Category Archive: travel

Where do you go when you want to find a house that can accommodate 11 adults and 6 children ages 3 and under?  Why Guerneville of course!  We recently took a weekend getaway with friends to this lovely area located in the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County.  We had zero agenda and it was so nice to hang with everyone and not have any plans or try to be anywhere.  We cooked up great dinners at night and hung out at the house during the days.  And of course no weekend getaway in Northern California is complete without hitting up at least one winery.  Our friends just happened to stumble across the Porter-Bass Winery on their way to the house so we made a reservation and brought the whole gang. Porter-Bass is a family run vineyard practicing organic and biodynamic practices in wine making.  You definitely need to check them out if you are ever in the area.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I LOVE wine country.  It is one of my absolute favorite places to visit and we are so lucky to have this in our backyard.  Over memorial day weekend we decided to head to Anderson Valley and rent a house with some friends.  What’s great about this area is that it’s not super touristy or overcrowded like Napa or Sonoma or even Healdsburg.  It’s super laid back with no lines or hefty tasting fees.  Just what we were looking for.  One of my favorite wineries that we visited on this trip was Goldeneye.  This place was ABSOLUTELY  gorgeous!  We sat out back by a picnic table and roamed through the vineyard sipping on the 2011 Goldeneye Vin Gris of Pinot Noir.  So delicious!  The whole entire weekend was pure bliss.  I can’t wait to go back.

Ahhh vacation.  It’s the best.  It’s been years since I have been back to White Sands and the thing I love most about it is that it’s just as beautiful as I remember it and absolutely nothing has changed there.  This past March was our first vacation with the twins that did not include family members and it could not have been more perfect.  There were a total of 6 families all vacationing together and we all just had the best time.  The weather was perfect, the food was delicious and the company was stellar.  I feel so lucky to have such great friends in my life even though we live all over the country.  We still manage to make time for each other.  Thank you to each and every person, (big and small! ) for helping to make this such a wonderful trip for us!

I love exploring California.  They are so many great places to see in this state.  We recently spent a long weekend up here at Mt. Shasta and had such a great time.  We rented this house which was not only super cozy and comfortable, but it had so much great space.  Something we are severely lacking here in San Francisco.  The weather was cool and beautiful.  If you have not been up here, I highly recommend it.  And if you have recommendations of great places to visit in CA, please send them my way!