Saturday, October 9, 2010

Sunset's Victory Garden

Last
April
John and I
(and Toulouse)
attended
the
"ground breaking ceremony"
for the
Sunset
Victory Garden
at Santa Margarita Ranch.
The
was to
be
organic,
using
compost
and
sustainable
gardening
techniques.
I was intrigued
to see
the outcome
of
this
one
acre
garden

fast forward
October 2, 2010
The
entrance
to the Victory GardenAlign Right
Hi John!
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I
am
in AWE!
The
garden
is
absolutely
magnificent!


There is a scheme,
well, duh!
I guess every
good
garden has a SCHEME
There
are small plots of herbs
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here and there
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Gorgeous
olive trees
surround the garden
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And
exquisite
veggies,
integrated with
flowers
are everywhere!


Thai Chiles
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Bok Choy
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amazingly beautiful
Swiss Chard
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hundreds of
tomatoes,
peppers,
cucumbers
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melons and pumpkins
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beans,
eggplants
peas
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onions
garlic and leeks
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recycled wine corks
used
kinda like
bark
for weed maintenance
and to
keep the ground moist
(great idea, I am saving our corks!)
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I wanted
to
do a "Peter Rabbit"
in
all the
lettuces
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and kale
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parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, basil, savory, oregano
so fragrant
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The gardeners
were
on duty
seven days a week
to insure
that this
would be
the garden
among all
gardens.


IT
WAS!

Friday, October 8, 2010

Sunday at Sunset's Savor the Central Coast

Sunset Magazine's
SAVOR THE CENTRAL COAST

The main events
of
Savor
were
held
Saturday and Sunday
at
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Santa Margarita Ranch
about
fifteen minutes,
or so,
from SLO.

The location was
majestic
nestled
among
the oak trees
with
an
old
historic train
chugging
right
through the middle of the property.
I
get
why
Sunset
chose
to
hold
Savor
here
....
majestic!
You enter
and
get
a
Riedel
wine glass
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and
this
huge
green
bag
(for grocery or farmer's market shopping)
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goodies in hand
you can
start
enjoying
the event.


Fall is in the air!
I
LOVE
FALL!
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There
is
food and wine
sampling
everywhere!
Really
good
food
and really
good
wines!
That's Patty
from
Corner View Restaurant.
They were
serving
a
delicious
Smoked Salmon and Arugula Salad
mmmmm
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John and I
found a
Pinot Noir
from
Ortman Vineyards and
enjoyed the two delights together
h e a v e n

....
I
had to
put my
camera
away
in
order
to
taste
the
food and wines
(or get a third hand)

Then I came across
these
marvelous
little wonders
from
in Paso Robles
Grilled Shishito Peppers
with lemon
they were my fave!
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great people watching
while
nibbling
and tasting
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That's
Dana,
one of the
"twisted sisters"
from
amazing wines
and
a spectacular location
I had a glass of their Grenache
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There is
also
a
beer garten
with
Stella Artois
and Leff
and other artisan
beers
(incase you don't like wine)
There was
so
much
to see,
and taste,
and
smell
and touch

SAVOR THE CENTRAL COAST
2011
around the
first weekend
of
October.




More EXTREME fun!

Remnants of the Past
.....

DAY 2
of my fabulous
weekend
was spent
at

Remnants
is
a feast
for
your senses

It
is filled
with
beautiful
vintage
rustic
extraordinary
STUFF
in
the quintessential
perfect
local,
in
Nipomo

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entering
....Remnants
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I brought my camera,
really,
I did!
but,
I was
so
mesmerized
by
all the
goodies
that I forgot
to
take
pictures
So
here
are
some
and videos
to enchant
you
Keep these pages
handy
and
watch the
dates
for
April 2011
Remnants of the Past

I
am
going
to
read
the blogs
and
mark
MY calendar!

Monday, October 4, 2010

Thursday before the BEST Weekend~

We,
as
in
John and I,
and
about a thousand
other peeps
have been
waiting for this
weekend
for
maybe
like a
year and a half.

It
is
hard to believe
that
it is finally here!

Ta-Da

Sunset Magazine's
Savor the Central Coast
The
Opening Ceremony
was
in front
of the
historic

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This guy
is
truly
one
of the
thousands
of peeps
really really
looking forward to
this day
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For
Opening Night
there
were delicious
little
bites
from
local restaurants
and
tastes of wines
from the
county's
wineries
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Even Mayor Romero and his wife were excited about the Opening Ceremony!
Woot! Woot!
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A toast
to
SLO
to
Sunset Magazine
and
to
a weekend
full
of fabulous
Flavors of the Central Coast.
Cheers~!

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......




Friday day
(it that correct...Friday day?)
well,
Friday during the day
various wineries
throughout
the county
had events,
winery and
vineyard tours,
luncheons
and tastings.
Friday evening
was
A
Most Amazing
dinner
in
Mission Plaza
we were there in spirit

Rumor
was
that
is
was
beautifully presented
and
beautifully delicious!
(next year!)
Saturday and Sunday
the
was at
More about
Savor the Central Coast
later....