Thursday Loreto Update
For the golfing crew, there is some good news. The greens have been re-holed and flags are flying. This certainly must mean that Fonatur is…
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Loreto update
Dateline Loreto, August 5, 2009. The sweltering heat has subsided slightly. The humidity this morning at 7:00 AM was down enough to make walking the…
What’s better than a kid in a candy store?
A kid in a candy company…the Idaho Candy Company that is. Established in 1901 and discovered by yours truly circa this week during the Federation…
Is your companion worth an extra $49?
That is the question. It seemed too good to be true, the Alaska Airlines promotion where your companion could fly with you for only $50…
Video replay of live wine blogging and tasting from Sonoma WBC09
In case you missed it, here is the first ever live SSC broadcast. Shot from Sonoma during the wine blogging session. Blair Witch camerawork and…
Bhutan 2009: Paro > Jili Dzong
I handed the kids a bar of Trader Joe's chocolate which they devoured without hesitation.
Wine Bloggers Conference 2009, Day 2: Wine country immersion was hard work, but someone had to do it
Barry Schuler, Former CEO of AOL gave a compelling keynote on "New Technologies and How They Apply to the Business of Wine."
Loreto Bay National Park: Planning meetings result in the expansion of protected area and 26 new rules
I’ve just come back from Loreto, BCS where we held the third round of meetings to plan and set the direction of management for the…
Wine Bloggers’ Conference 2009: I survived and enjoyed day one
Instead of twittering or blogging during the event, we decided to broadcast live and had our fingers crossed that the internet would cooperate.
Wine Blogging: Is there room for so many voices?
Wine blogging, like a lot of its Web 2.0 counterparts, is a fledgling phenomenon. Is it really sustainable... to have hundreds, possibly thousands, of different…