Filling Our Senses Along Oregon’s Fruit Loop

Mary Gilbert Food and Wine, Hotels and Rentals, United States October 25, 2013Alpaca, Anjou pear, Biscotti, Cascade Alpacas and Foothills Yarn & Fiber, Cascade Mountains, Cody Orchards' Farm Stand, Columbia River Gorge, Fox-Tail Cider, Fruit Loop, Fruit Loop map, Hard cider, Hood River, Hood River County Chamber of Commerce, Hood River Lavender Farms, Hood River Valley, Lavender, Mt. Hood, Oregon, Organic farming, Packer Orchards & Bakery, Pear, Portland, Sustainable agriculture, Timberline Lodge, Travel, Travel blog, Travel writer 6 Comments

Filling Our Senses Along Oregon’s Fruit Loop

Its peak barely discernible from the parking lot of our hotel in Hood River, OR, Mt. Hood was a constant, albeit, distant presence. This majestic, commanding, snow-capped mountain loomed beyond us like an ever-watchful sentinel, all 11,240 rugged feet ofRead more

Anne Teller and a Legacy of Land

Mary Gilbert Food and Wine, Homes and Gardens, United States August 26, 2013airbnb, Anne Teller, Bucklin Zinfandel, Glen Ellen, Highway 12, Hood Mountain, Oak Hill Farm, Old Hill Ranch, Otto Teller, Ravenswood, San Francisco, Secret Pasture, Sonoma Land Trust, Sustainable agriculture, The Locavore's Dilemma, Travel, Travel blog, Travel writing, Valley of the Moon, Vineyard Gatehouse, Wendy Westerbeke, Westerbeke Ranch, Will Bucklin, Zucchini soup, Zucchini soup recipe 2 Comments

Anne Teller and a Legacy of Land

Posted from Glen Ellen, CA Anne Teller owns the Vineyard Gatehouse, the cottage we’re renting in Glen Ellen that’s situated on Old Hill Ranch vineyard. She and her late husband, Otto Teller, are revered in Sonoma Valley as pioneering andRead more

Feasting in Napa Valley

Mary Gilbert Food and Wine, United States July 24, 2013Auberge du Soleil, Bob Hurley, Bottega, Brix, Hopper shrimp, Hurley's, Michael Chiarello, Napa, Napa Valley, Oakville Grade, Relais & Chateaux, Restaurants, Rutherford, St. Helena, Tour de France, Tra Vigne, Travel, Travel blog, Travel writing, Trinity Road, Yountville 2 Comments

Feasting in Napa Valley

Posted from Glen Ellen, CA We visited recently with six friends from Pittsburgh who were vacationing in the Napa Valley. As is our custom when we’re together, Jan, Art, Tim, Terri, Bill, Sandy, and Bill and I devoted quality timeRead more

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