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My mother in law was born in Hungary so this week I decided we’d travel there for our weekly shelter in place destination so my son could learn a bit […]

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This weekend’s shelter in place destination, Poland. My son and I pulled up a world map and I showed him where Poland was in relation to San Francisco where we […]

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These are unusual times we are living in to say the least………  As I write this, we are sheltered in place in San Francisco due to the Corona Virus.  Schools […]

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Valentines Day is a celebration of love and not only romantic love. Its a day to celebrate those you have in your life who you love and cherish. If you […]

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I love to travel and especially enjoy exotic destinations but now, I have a child to consider when making travel plans and at 17 months, that child is very curious, […]

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Travelling with a child can be a challenge especially when you are on a long flight.   Here are 10 tried and true tips to help get you and your child […]

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    Phil Carpenter is a true believer and lover of Santa Barbara wines and under his guidance and that of Tina Morey of Protocol Winestudio I was introduced to […]

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My husband and I decided to take a babymoon before the arrival of our first child.  We wanted to go somewhere warm to relax, get away and enjoy each others […]

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#WineStudio is an educational program on Twitter which includes tasting and discussion of producers, grapes (or in this case apples) tourism, terroir, regional culture, food and wine matching and what all […]

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Montes Wines began in 1987 when Aurelio Montes and Douglas Murray decided to create premium Chilean wines for export made by Chileans and marketed and sold by Chileans.  The focus at […]

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