We know of no wine grapes grown in this Oakland California suburb. That does not mean there are no wineries. And where there are wineries, there are parties. Rosenblum Cellars We recently attended one of the two June 2011 bashes in Alameda California. Rosenblum Cellars’ June 4 “Summer of Love Open House Barbeque” was a […]
Destinations
St. Petersburg, Florida as a Art Hub?
A Passion for the San Francisco Bay Area

Tom and Joyce love exploring, finding interesting restaurants, touring wine regions, hiking, and going to theater, museums, and lectures wherever we travel. The San Francisco (SF) Bay Area is particularly blessed with opportunities in each of these—and many other—ways. SF has fascinating neighborhoods, some of the best and most interesting restaurants in the country, wonderfully […]
A Passion for Travel

Tom and Joyce love to travel. Neither of us traveled much as children. But from the moment we finished graduate school we started wandering. We selected cities to move to first based on lifestyle (Chicago, D.C., Boston, and San Francisco) and then sought out satisfying jobs. Each time we left one city, we would spend […]