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CIA Secrets of Fine Cooking

Never grab a falling knife. That’s the first-day lesson of CIA Boot Camp, drilled into wine-addled tourists and serious foodies alike. Forget that maxim and ruin the [Read More...]

Create a Patio or Walkway Using Paving Stones

Creating a walkway or patio out of paving stones can add aesthetic appeal to a property. Pavers are less permanent than concrete and decking. As a result, it is [Read More...]

American River Bike Trail Makes USA Today’s Top Urban Bike Trails List

Although they lag behind their European counterparts, American cities are becoming more and more bike friendly. A growing number are launching bike sharing schemes—New [Read More...]

Southside Sacramento, CA

This industrial neighborhood in the capital buzzes with craft cocktails, a farmer’s market, and summer’s last snow cone Artists Call it Home What was once a [Read More...]

Napa’s New Harvest: Winery Sales

Prominent Napa Valley vintner and Dean & Deluca owner Leslie Rudd and other investors bought Clos Pegase Winery on Tuesday, promising to expand and improve the vineyard [Read More...]

Size does matter in the world of wines

You’ve seen them, those extra-large, giant or even enormous bottles of wine or champagne. But do you know the names for these different wine bottle sizes? How much wine [Read More...]

Favorite lures produce best catches in local fishing spots

Most would agree, I believe, that it would have been nice, when we all first got into fishing, if someone had given us a list of the top producing lures for the major lakes, [Read More...]

Unnamed peak remains adventurous, hidden gem in East Tahoe

Rising inconspicuously above the east side of Lake Tahoe is the unnamed Peak 8738 – its descriptor on US Geological Survey topographic maps. Rising nearly 600 feet above [Read More...]

Curiosity and patience get all ages up a new wall

With a desk job, the extent of my exercise is walking to the coffee machine and lifting the endless supply of junk food into my mouth. To get some form of a workout during [Read More...]

Embrace the Outdoors – Nature’s cure for stress-induced ailments

Today screen-addicted Americans are more stressed out and distracted than ever. And guess what – there is no app for that. But there is an easy cure, which is simply to [Read More...]

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