Tag: California

Sustainability in California’s Distilleries — My Edible LA Feature

Published in the Spring 2022 print issue of Edible LA magazine, I write about and talk with craft (small batch) distillers across California on sustainability and environmental practices, including St. George Spirits, Griffo Distillery, Sonoma Distilling Company, Spirit Works, Humboldt Distillery, Greenbar Distillery, Hangar 1, The Spirit Guild, Pacific Coast Spirits and Corbin Cash Distillery. Read more →

Charmed by Santa Maria Valley

My October 2019 print article in Oakland Magazine and Alameda Magazines, covering the original 1800s barbecue style of the west: Santa Maria barbecue, as well as wineries, bars, coffee, bakeries, cider producers and restaurants/food around California’s Santa Maria Valley from Orcutt to Los Alamos. Article here. My other Oakland and Alameda Magazine articles include romantic getaways in Beverly Hills and Santa… Read more →

Weekending in Healdsburg

This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. Weekending in Sonoma is always a pleasure. In the Bay Area, we are downright blessed to have a region (among California’s endless stunning regions) of such variety and beauty a stone’s throw away. I’ve been weekending there for 15 years and know the towns and villages intimately.… Read more →

10 Top San Diego Bars + Interview with Coin-Op Game Room’s Leigh Lacap

My Winter 2015-2016 feature for Distiller Magazine on San Diego, with a 10-page print spread, my photos and two articles: My article on 10 of SD’s great bars An interview with Coin-Op Game Room bar manager, Leigh Lacap Cognitive behavioral therapy is a proven and successful treatment for ED or male erectile dysfunction is generic viagra mastercard. It starts with… Read more →

The Remote Sonoma Coastline

Driving north up Highway 1 along the Sonoma Coast to Jenner feels worlds away from San Francisco or even “typical” Wine Country towns. Though I’ve lived in the Bay Area over 12 years, weekending and day-tripping in remote towns all over, I had not driven this stretch of coast further north from Bodega Bay, well south of Mendocino. As with… Read more →