Keeping busy on the flight with the Travel Aquadoodle – a great toddler travel toy! We’ve been sticking close to home since the birth of our second child in December.  That doesn’t mean we’ve actually been at home.  Naturally, we’ve been eating out at restaurants, wine

When you travel with kids, it’s wonderful to have brand new toys for your child to discover during the trip.  New toys are exciting and give your child something to look forward to.  But having to purchase new travel toys for each trip can add up.  Are there toys

Toddlers are endlessly curious and active.  Keeping them busy while traveling means keeping them out of trouble and keeping your sanity!  Even though we’ve been keeping close to home since the recent birth of our son, we’ve still had plenty of use for these great toys.  We shudder to

Wine tasting at Balletto Winery – it's best to start 'em young! :) Balletto Vineyards and Winery is set amongst fields of grapes.  It has a peaceful pavered patio, covered with a pergola and centered on an olive tree growing out of a large water feature.  Insid

Quivira's Dry Creek Valley tasting room is set in one of their biodynamic vineyards, and complete with solar panels. This family-owned winery has a lovely tasting room in a tranquil setting just outside Healdsburg in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley.  Their hand-crafted, esta

It’s raining again here in Wine Country.  It’s been raining a lot lately.  So much so that talk of drought has given way to discussions of full reservoirs and we’ve been wondering if our next vehicle should really be an ark.  So it seems like the perfect day to stay ind

Dutton Goldfield Winery's patio sadly lacks the beautiful views that most of Sonoma County's wineries offer. Dutton Goldfield Winery has a new tasting room on Gravenstein Highway North in Sebastopol.  They used to participate in the Visa Signature program, but sadly have

image Walking up to the Deloach Vineyards tasting room from their parking lot you pass through a tranquil Biodynamic garden.  There is a lovely brick courtyard complete with umbrella shaded tables for those who prefer to take advantage of Sonoma County’s fabulous weather and do t

Michel-Bernard's new tasting room in Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley We were on our way home from one of our favorite wineries, Armida, when we passed a newly opened tasting room.  Quite honestly, we weren’t that hopeful – there are a LOT of tasting rooms in Dry Creek Va