Comments on: on wine country, by both of us

By: Meghan

Meghan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:14:19 +0000

I just saw your “in the kitchen with..” feature on Design Sponge and had to check out your site. As a Wine Country, and NorCal, native, it was a treat to see my county through the eyes of someone visiting it. You mentioned places I haven’t been, my family is consistent and tend to stick with the establishments that are tried and true for them. I’m thinking fried chicken night at Ad Hoc sounds like a great date night!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:25:45 +0000

Laughing out loud…..googled recipes for granola, yours is in my oven right now. Thought I would look around your website a bit and ran across your Ad Hoc travels….July 23, 2009! Laughing of coarse because we landed in Sacramento the 27th of July and must have passed you in every town, including San Fran! Loved loved loved St. Helena and all of the olive oil tasting, enjoyed Domaine Chandon but drove by Mumm, drove through Yountville….what do they say about six degrees of separation? By the way, the granola is making the kitchen smell delish!

Thanks for your postings and your recipes

By: mimi

mimi — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:13:33 +0000

we ended up in SF and sonoma for the first time over new years week and loved it. what beautiful photographs, and i loved reading about your travels and remembering some of the same places we tried.

By: Kristin at The Kitchen Sink

Kristin at The Kitchen Sink — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:10:04 +0000

Thanks, everyone! (From Kevin, too!)

Jillian: Nope, we didn’t make it to either one. Guess we’ll just have to make a return trip …

Kelly D: We’ll see what we can do to accommodate your request … : )

radish: I did love Paraduxx. We tasted out back, in a couple of adirondack chairs. Pretty lovely.

Shannalee: No Muir Woods, but in our brief drive up the coast (before veering inland) we did have some of those very scary climbing, winding roads.

Sarah: Chowhound is great for restaurant searches.

Elizabeth: Yes, next time!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:35:58 +0000

Marin and Sonoma counties are by far one of my favorite places in the country. I grew up there for a few years, and dream of going back all the time.

I’ve found that, along with Sideways, the movie Bottle Shock is, aside from being quite good, and about wine, a good cure for wine country withdrawl as well. Or just missing Northern California at any given time.

By: Megan@FeastingonArt

Megan@FeastingonArt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:33:22 +0000

Sounds like such a lovely trip, the photos are beautiful. So wonderful to compose a post with your partner, it is fun to hear the other side of a travel experience.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:18:46 +0000

It is always fun to see your back yard on someone’s blog.We live about 45 min. away from the wine country,and it never gets old. Very magical, and you went to all the good places…Maybe next time “French Laundry?” We went there for our 25th wedding anniversary and had a wonderful experience.
On our recent trip to France and England, my husband and I did the same thing kind of with the photos we took. I loved looking at his perspective of things!

By: Polly Rice

Polly Rice — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:02:18 +0000

I always enjoy your writing, but it was certainly fun to hear Kevin’s witticisms – hipster dufus and winergized cougars — good stuff. Oh, and I live in the locale of “Sideways” and can safely say I’ve seen only one or two Miles’. Come on down anytime!

By: Lynna

Lynna — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:27:06 +0000

I love that photo of the ice cream cups. The composition, colors, fact that it’s a polaroid- it’s all so vintage looking.

By: Eleana

Eleana — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:33:02 +0000

Sounds amazing! I go to Bouchon in Vegas and it’s fantastic … and the “biking” part was hilarious … good job to the both of you for a joint post