River Terrace Inn Napa

... be leaving "the boys". We've had tons of fun. Unfortunatly it took us three damn months to teach them to play Euchre, but we've made up for lost time in the last week but playing every night and allowing it to get extremely heated. Although, with Rob playing any game.. things usually get out of hand. <br><br>The next few weeks should be fun though.. finally a ...

... sites trying eventually finding a nice spot in Petaluma for a a couple of days. We decided to drive into the state and through the gold Country to try and find better weather so headed off to the mountains to Lake Tahoe at 6,500ft on the California Nevada border Here are some photos of us 'biking the bridge' in San Franciso and also of some of the beautiful vines, wine country that we saw driving along.

... la 2e journée à Napa à la visite d'autres vignobles. Nous revoici dans les dégustations mais pour faire changement, à l'heure du dîner, on s'arrête à un comptoir de dégustation qui offre aussi des fromages, viandes, biscottes et un ensemble pour faire un pique-nique. On se choisit un très bon vin pour fêter l'occasion unique et revoici Diane et Rose-Anne pas mal joyeuses en profitant de la part de vin à Yves qui conduit aujourd'hui. On est là pour avoir ...

... prior to or just after work trips to LA and have enjoyed my stays here immensely. This was no different and proved a fitting quiet before the storm of the conference i was due to attend in SF the following week. Yes, once again, the sabbatical theory is being stretched by spending a week at a conference, but it is an important event in the games industry's calendar that i wanted, and was being paid, to attend. It also gave me ...

... to go. We are a little disappointed to miss the holidays just because we won't get to spend such a cheerful time of year with all of you, but I can definitely say that I will not miss the chaos on the roads or in the stores! It does get extra insane this time of year! Lots of love to everyone!

... Mendocino south it's one spectacular view after another along Highway 1. At Bodega Bay, we cut inland to Santa Rosa, which makes a good base for a day of winetasting in nearby Napa Valley. We pack a delicious picnic lunch of hummus, flatbread, cheese, and fresh fruit and head of for wine country. First stop is Sterling Vineyards, well known for its gondola that takes visitors to the hilltop location where they produce all their wine. The self-guided tour is terrific and ...

... highlight of trip to SanFran was the Bay to Breakers fun run. Now you may think you know what a fun run is but this one blew my mind. This event was more like the street parades I have been to in Berlin or Zurich. The event starts at 8 AM on Saturday, which noramally would be no problem but the night before we all went to a Crystal Method contert and did not get home until 3ish. So it was extremely difficut to get up at 7 just ...

Arrived in San Francisco hostel around 10:30am on Sunday 31st July. We went straight out and walked up and down hills to Fisherman's Wharf to buy tickets for Alcatraz, but we were told it was sold out until Thursday. We were pretty disappointed as the last time we were in SF we had tickets but ended up missing the ferry. So, disheartened, we spent the rest of the day just wandering round SF shopping areas and Market Street. We ate at ...

... you look there are big bunches of grapes growing on vines. We decided to stop off at the Mumm Winery purely because as a premium sparkling wine producer (they are not allowed to call it Champagne as it is not made in the Champagne region of France) they pick their grapes two weeks earlier than the rest of the region and that just happened to be today!! We would benefit from more of an action tour here (plus I fancied a glass of cold bubbly on this hot day!). We did the ...