Category: Tours & Experiences
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Time for Midnight (err, Mid-evening) Margaritas!
Tonight at 5PM Pacific time, it will be time for mid-evening margaritas during an Instagram Live featuring Spooky Little Halloween.
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Sips & Spirits Halloween Special
If you’ve been following along on my podcast, my husband and I have been teasing a Sips & Spirits Halloween Special releasing this Thursday!
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Thir13en Ghosts is Legal Drinking Age
On this day in 2001, a quirky remake of a William Castle film hit theaters, which means Thirt13en Ghosts turns legal drinking age!
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Sips & Spirits Virtual Party
Come hang out around the bar for a Sips & Spirits Virtual Party on Instagram Live this Saturday, January 29th at 6PM PST!
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Have a Drink with the Sips & Spirits Podcast
My husband and I want to invite you to have a drink with the Sips & Spirits podcast where we enjoy alcoholic and spectral spirits.
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Let’s Talk Wine…Luxury Experiences at Castello di Amorosa
I’m no stranger to the beautiful Italian castle nested along the Calistoga highway. It is no secret that is it one of my favorite stops when we find ourselves in the Napa Valley.
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The Toasting Skipper ventures into Trader Vic’s Hawaiian Bazaar
It has been silly busy this April. Considering I was planning to take it very easy in real life after all the crazy wild adventures I embarked on in March, the month still ran away with me. With it being my birthday month, I couldn’t help squeezing in an unexpected trip or two. For example,…
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Visiting Chateau Montelena
This historic winery has been on my checklist for a couple years now (since Mary Davek recommended the film Bottle Shock to us and visited the equally historic Stag’s Leap for my birthday). We decided it was a perfect time to sneak it in during our thrilling adventure of celebrating our anniversary in the ever…
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Visiting Chronic Cellars Tasting Room
I imagine most people are home now, back from their tricks and treatings, or have doused the candles on their alters. We, as a family will be wrapping up our Halloween celebrations with a “Graveyard Gallop” to some of our loved ones’ resting places this coming weekend as a belated homage to Day of the…
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Anniversary Celebration at Trader Vic’s
We celebrated our anniversary at Trader Vic’s last Friday for lunch and boy, did we have a blast! We had the pleasure of checking out Trader Vic’s last year for brunch in November when we attended their Hawaiian Brunch and Bazaar to support our favorite bar tender, B-Rex selling his wares. I was eight month…
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20 Weeks of Tiki Drinks
On the small island of Alameda, California is a quaint little tiki bar which houses a vast collection of rums from around the world as well as delicious tiki-inspired libations for your consumption. This small hide away is the one and only Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge. They have an exclusive “Kill Devil Club” for those that have conquer the…
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Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
Last year, I celebrated my birthday adventure in wine country. I had such a blast that I decided to do the same this year and even ventured out of my comfort zone from my beloved Castello di Amorosa. I was not sure what awaited us during our time at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, but it was…