Are We Borg?
Dining as Social Construction Since the deep pockets at Oakland’s hot Camino restaurant won’t be fazed by any criticisms I make — the place was packed last Friday night — I’m going to remove the gloves. A box, even a box with a high, pressed-tin ceiling, a...
Wine Notes from the Trail
As always, providing crucial melodious background for the Alfaro Tasting room festivities during Corralitos Wine Trail weekend, was attorney Joe Haselton, whose operatic pipes regaled the pinot-samplers with the entire oeuvre of Elton John, with sprinklings of The...
The Great Pumpkin & the Night of Samhain
As a Celtic-American, I like to research my ancestral roots, passions and rituals. What a terrific find! Samhain, aka Halloween, is actually a pre-Christian, distinctly pagan, AND Celtic celebration of the change of the seasons. During this astronomical moment between...
Wine Trail Discoveries: Part I
Like many inquiring wine-lovers, I found myself in the gorgeous back country of Corralitos last Saturday, tasting wine at a quartet of impossibly scenic wineries. Yes it was hot! At Pleasant Valley Vineyards, the grapes were within hours (HOURS) of being harvested,...
Kelly’s Harvest Block Party – Oct. 24, 4-7pm
Back by popular demand - the Westside's largest block party will happen once again in the parking lot of Kelly's (Swift & Ingalls). You know the deal. Local restaurants, farmers and purveyors will set up food stations. You bring all of your plates, stemware and table...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.