Being a fan of Top Gear, I've been watching James May's Road Trip where he and Oz Clark travel around France, then California learning about wine. The recent eps have been about Californian wines and things sound more affordable. The last ep was all about Zinfandels, in particular wine made from old vinyards that were planted over a 100 years ago ( Read more... )

We were going to go out to Quartzsite, AZ last Sunday for a overnight shopping trip to the gigantic swapmeet out there in the desert. But I got another of my sore throats and had to cancel. I feel a bit better today so we decided to do an overnight to a casino resort south of Laughlin later this week. They also have a rock and gem show going on ( Read more... )