Santa Does Gayle’s
Authentic red velvet cupcakes - tender, moist and topped with an exuberant amount of butter-cream frosting, plus some colorful sugar ornaments. This really hit the spot last week, and for $2.25 a pop, might be one of the last culinary bargains in the known world....
Sparkle Plenty
The window of Annieglass, full of seasonal shimmer.
Best Dessert in Town
A pitch-perfect cinnamon bread pudding, served with warm stewed huckleberries and rosemary ice cream absolutely blew us away last Sunday night. At The Cellar Door. Thank you Charlie Parker — saints have been canonized for less.
Vine Hill Christmas
Winemaker Sal Godinez, of Vine Hill Winery, makes no boring wines. The proof is in the pouring, and the best way to discover some of these full-bodied Santa Cruz Mountains wines is to visit the beautiful winery high above the fog line. The tasting room is surrounded...
Classy Christmas Gift #1
Ceramic artist Jenny Morten makes porcelain objects so appealing, to the eye and the hand, that they manage to shape-shift across the border between sculpture and functionality. Ablaze with subtle hues of the ocean and shore, her bowls, vases and gleaming hand-thrown...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.