Here is a partial list of New Years Events here in the Napa Valley to end 2019 and welcome 2020. The Napa Valley Wine Train Castello di Amaroso New Year’s Eve Veneti an Masquerade Ball Blue Note Napa w/ Kenny G The following list of events comes from Legendary Napa Valley’s website, our official local visitor […]
Napa Valley Open Studios, a chance to meet the artist where they work
Napa Valley Open Studios 2014 On Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21 and September 27-28 from 10 am – 5 pm, 79 Napa Valley artists at 45 studios open their doors to the public. This is a free, self-guided art event which allows you to peer into the creative spaces of Napa Valley artists and to buy local art right from […]
The City of Napa makes CNN’s top “10 healthiest list”
One of the newspapers I read, yes I still read print, the Napa Register had an article about making CNN’s “10 healthiest list” This was based upon a campaign to submit videos showing healthful living. To answer this challenge, Napa County organizations and individuals submitted more than 50 videos of people doing healthful things. After reviewing all […]
Uber comes to the Napa Valley
Uber is coming to the Napa Valley. Operating much like a private town car service, UBER cars are at-the-ready on a moment’s notice, without no hourly minimum– and charging slightly more than a taxi would. For those that don’t know what Uber is, it is a ride-sharing company who providers riders with access to local transportation. […]
More changes in the Napa Valley restaurant scene
In recent news, Cindy Pawlcyn is closing her short lived restaurant, Cindy Pawlcyn’s Wood Grill and Wine Bar, just south of downtown St Helena. Opened about a decade ago as Go Fish, then morphing into Brassica, the place though popular has never seemed to quite take off. Citing her current landlord’s intent to take over […]
2013 was year of many changes in the Napa Valley restaurant and wine tasting room scene
This is only a fraction of the changes that has occurred in 2013 to Napa Valley’s restaurants and wine tasting rooms. For a complete list and more detailed info about the type of food served, I refer you to Paul Franson’s excellent article in the Napa Valley Register, Transitions in Napa Valley restaurants and tasting […]
Beware of buyers who make a very high offer on real estate without seeing the property
Just yesterday we had the annual visit by Linda Bianchi, who is the Director, Professional Standards of Norbar, the North Bay Area Association of REALTORS®, speak on current hot button issues and how we should handle these. We are bound by a Code of Ethics and many of the happenings which are generating record complaint phone calls […]