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Art and Wine Tasting in Sonoma Wine Country

Happy Friday! How was your week? Good? Ready for the weekend? Looking for something fun to do this upcoming weekend? How about heading to an art fair or an art museum? For us, being so close to wine country, we headed to Sonoma recently and did an art themed wine tasting weekend.

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 4th of July Weekend in Ashland, Oregon. 3 days, 3 plays, 3 wineries.

Hello and Happy Friday! Today I’d like to share with you our holiday in the town of Ashland, Oregon where we visited to see the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). The OSF were celebrating 90 years of the festival this past July 3rd!

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Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain

Folks! I am beyond excited to share with you my visit to this phenomenal Dali museum in Figueres, Spain!!! This is by far the most unique museum I have ever visited in the world! I’ve visited many museums, but this one is in a league of it’s own! Let me share with you more details of my amazing visit to the town of Figueres in Spain to explore the Dalí Theatre-Museum.

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Christmas 2024 Holiday Craft Project

Hello! Happy week before Christmas! I hope you’re having a great week leading up to Christmas Eve and Christmas next week. I’ve been busy meeting with friends and family trying to cram in seeing as many as I can before the new year. Speaking of family time, our daughter Sridevi had us over for another year of holiday craft project. This year we graduated to a more sophisticated art project 😃🎄🖌.

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XINÚ Mexico City, Mexico

Hello February! Are you ready to celebrate the month of love? Valentine’s Day is around the corner and if you’re wondering what to get your loved one on this special holiday – take inspiration from the XINÚ boutique in Mexico City, Mexico. Candles, perfumes, and organically nature inspired objects all await at this sensory boutique.

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Ceramics Shopping in the Markets of Mexico City, Mexico

Did someone say local pottery? That’s all I heard from my daughter when she visited Mexico City earlier this year, and if I had to be honest, pottery shopping is what I was most excited about doing in Mexico City 😁.

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Hoshigaki – The Japanese Art of Drying Persimmons at Folktale Winery in Carmel Valley, California

A unique way of drying persimmons, this Japanese drying technique is getting its wave of popularity lately.

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