My friend, Kirk Probasco, has closed Stokes Adobe. The fact that he is a veteran of food and wine is a no-brainer when you watch him work the room. Since I live two blocks away and that this was the last real local joint around, I need to relate some history here and celebrate his passion and the community.
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23 November 2009
Living with Wine
Back in April 2008, Damaris Colhoun got in touch with me about a book that she and Samantha Nestor were putting together on custom wine cellars called Living with Wine. She asked if they might include some of my client's cellars in the book and of course I said, hell yes. My friend Alice Feiring was writing the text so it sounded like a great project and long overdue.
Damaris' family has Landmark Vineyards in Sonoma County which makes wonderful chard and pinot and is in one of my favorite hangs, Kenwood. They have a long family ag history as her mother is the great, great granddaughter of John Deere. Most importantly though, they have a wonderful cottage on the vineyard to stay at if you are in the area.
This was all going great and then it didn't...
05 November 2009
Whole Trees Architecture
Roald Gundersen is designing wonderful spaces. His company, Whole Trees Architecture in Stoddard, WI, has a quiet and thoughtful approach to structure and form. He was just featured in a New York Times article but I don't think that will change his focus.
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Inspiring Artists
- David Williams
Fine craftsmanship plus nutty conversation - Lonesome Cowboy Ranch
Impossible to find vintage boots, hats, native arts and clothing - Danny O'Keefe
One of the great writer/voices has a new CD - Doug Sharp
Creating low cost, low maintenance shelters for the world's poor - Richard Hoover
The finest custom luthier today - Gregory Colbert
Breathtaking photography of humans and nature in harmony - Bill and Athena Steen
The Straw Bale House pioneers - Bruce Hammond
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