Calistoga Village Inn & Spa

... bartender starts a fire for us and gets us hot drinks. We get settled into our rooms and hop into our private hot tub as soon as we as we can get naked.

After a nap we take a short walk to the private restaurant and tuck into a wonderful dinner. Then back to our wonderful little lodge. Tomorrow, hiking and taking in the delights of the spa.

Hello. recenly I have stayed at the heaven's edge ranch in jenner,ca. unfortunatly my stay was not comfortable. there was alot of mold and mildew in the house and when I was leaving I saw a mouse. just thought you would want to know before staying there. happy holidays and safe trips to all!

... of scenery and hopefully some excitment! On Wednesday Rob and I are heading up the coast with his mum and dad and spending the nightin Mendocino. Then Thursday we're meeting up with Doug and Flick to camp in the Anderson Valley then Eugene, Portland, Idaho... before heading up to Vancouver to settle down and work out our lives...

New Adventure.. starts now.

... up and the guy Jamie was great. A beautiful ranch, we sat in the lviing room and drank a collection of great pinots and syrahs. Second we went to the ever famous Chateau Montelena. (Winner of the imfamous Judgement of Paris 1976 tasting for their 1973 C******nay). After being greeted by the world's biggest douchebag, we were passed onto Mary-Ann this sassy 50-something year old woman who gave us a great tasting. We got to try the 2003 C ...

... Jessups. The host was nice but we weren't too keen on the wine so we moved onto Beringer where I got a bit tipsy on their lovely sparkling Rosé, mmm so good. After lunch we had decided we'd had enough of Napa as we both couldn't drink, so we hit the road for a few hours enjoying the quiet open road and forest scenery. We decided to stop in Garberville for the night and found a friendly motel to recharge.

... is only available later in the year and that is if the weather is fare and there is no wind at all. Eventually we made it through the darkening streets to our hotel. We were both exhausted from our navigation and glad to have returned the car in one piece back to the renters. Our next entry will feature further exploration of San Francisco, including Haight & Ashbury, where the 60's are still alive and well - Peace Out, dude!

... so deeply under other layers that they were as good as forgotten. Realizing for the umpteenth time how much really happens in a day that gets sanded-down and smoothed-over and in the end it feels like I haven't done anything at all. I get this feeling frequently: the feeling that I used to do so much more with my time compared to my average day now. I looked through my college notebooks (another episode of 'packing') and was astounded to ...

After a half day at work, Booboo picks up Cornboy from San Mateo, ending his last work day. Bob is packed and our apartment is abandoned. We take a quick trip to the postoffice to ship off our last boxes of stuff that is going to Hawaii - and we're off on our roadtrip!!! First stop is Paul & Shannons place down in Redwood City to drop off our ...

... I saw something that looked vaguely recognisable- so I sprinted down there- but it wasnt there! I cannot for the life of me imagine how i missed it, but missed it I did, and as I watched the time tick past 7pm, I stopped running and wandered disillusioned and disorientated down the road. It started to rain. (ha talk about sob story!) Fortunately I knew the area at the bottom of the road fairly well, so I only took a wrong turn once and walked back up to my hostel. So much ...

... Darren almost loses job until Samantha twitches her nose and saves the day]; and (5) continuous coverage of whacko jacko's then pending arrest. In California I am staying with my uncle Mike. Actually I am just staying with his belongings since he is presently on vacation in Lake Tahoe. Today, Mark, will pick me up for a weekend in Sebastapol. (Wynona Ryder's birth place?) I will return to Walnut Creek on ...