Your Guide to Embracing the Travel and Vacation Mindset
Champagne – an area in France located 90 miles northeast of Paris – is the only wine-producing area permitted to call their sparkling wines Champagne. During a recent Champagne tasting, sponsored by the Champagne Bureau, USA – I learned just how much I didn’t know about this amazine wine.
What’s amazing about Sausalito is its impressive display of container gardens. Rows upon rows of flowers, lemon and lime trees, and succulents lined each dock, giving the whole area a feeling reminiscent of the Mediterranean coast and making you forget the closest grass-filled yard is a few hundred yards away.
Sausalito’s famous houseboats are as unique and charming as you can imagine.
Chicago Gourmet 2013 exceeded my expectations once again – not only because of the vast selection of wines and the incredible gourmet food bites, but also for the amazing photo opportunities – aka blogger eye candy.
This year’s Chicago Gourmet was, by far, the best of the three I’ve attended. Not only did the event sponsors bring back the fan favorites like the cooking demonstrations, a wide variety of gourmet food tents, Stella Artois beer (along with the free glass!), and the spectacular Grand Cru wine tasting, but they added a few enhancements.
