Tag Archives: Santa Barbara County

Last Graduation

Posted on July 22, 2018 by thewineraconteur

I think we have gone to the last graduation party for the year and the last one was for my nephew.  I am basically retired, but I try to help out a store if I can, and the week up … Continue reading →

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Rosé at The Village Anchor

Posted on May 11, 2018 by thewineraconteur

It was a beautiful day in Louisville, the weather that they should have had for the Kentucky Derby.  I was doing some Raconteur stuff on my laptop and my Bride was working that morning courtesy of her phone and laptop, … Continue reading →

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More Touts

Posted on January 23, 2018 by thewineraconteur

I have to admit that sometimes my prose sounds like it was borrowed from Damon Runyon or Dashiell Hammett, and I guess you can blame it on my youth and my environment. People actually talked that way and it even … Continue reading →

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Bubbles Can’t Hurt

Posted on January 21, 2018 by thewineraconteur

January has been a killer month so far, with all of the extreme cold weather that has pounded us. We just got finished with the holidays and it should have been a month to just (ice) skate through. The extreme … Continue reading →

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No Escape

Posted on January 5, 2018 by thewineraconteur

Escape Rooms seem to be all the rage these days. We just went to a big family get-together and there were about seventy people that showed up. The party was held at “Time 2 Xcape” out in Clinton Township which … Continue reading →

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Hiding Out

Posted on December 14, 2017 by thewineraconteur

For some odd reason some people find me shy, while most would describe me as gregarious. The other night, I think the first would be a better fit. It was the first Friday night in December and tradition holds that … Continue reading →

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Anyone for Whites?

Posted on November 30, 2017 by thewineraconteur

There must be an unwritten rule about not being punctual for holiday dinners and after all of these years, you would think that we should expect it. As the house slowly filled up with the Thanksgiving guests, you know that … Continue reading →

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Opening and Closing

Posted on October 1, 2017 by thewineraconteur

The city of Plymouth, Michigan was celebrating their 150’th Anniversary so off to celebrate. A young lady that is an alumna of my old Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Detroit was one of the featured artist entered into a … Continue reading →

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Keeping Up with Ms. Yoga

Posted on September 13, 2017 by thewineraconteur

I have never asked her, but I am sure that Ms. Yoga must have been voted “Miss Popular” in high school. When she is in town, there is just a whirl-wind of activity and she attempts to see everyone on … Continue reading →

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Villa Marine Bar

Posted on August 24, 2017 by thewineraconteur

While we were up in the wine country, we took a side excursion to another village that we have been to before. We went to Frankfort, Michigan which sits on the Betsy Bay. There is quite a marina just off … Continue reading →

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