Posted by Stace on October 17, 2011 in
Tourist in My Own Town |
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In the Napa Valley, with all our amazing restaurants, wine bars, and actual wineries, sometimes it feels like there are a million places to go. One thing, though, that you may be hard-pressed to find, is a true happy hour. There are a few, but this summer my girlfriends and I decided to create our [...]
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Posted by Stace on August 31, 2011 in
Tourist in My Own Town |
∞ While I haven’t spent my entire life in Napa, I am a native of this fine region. Five years ago this month, I was unpacking boxes, having just returned home from San Diego to go back to school. It was about a month after I got here that celebrity chef Cindy Pawlcyn (owner of the [...]
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