Day: April 1, 2008

Thankfully, the rain was dwindling down for our 85 mile drive to Upper Lake, an area of wine country that I had never even heard of. However, even I knew when we passed the big neon Pink Elephant Saloon sign twice in one hour that we were going around in circles. After a not-very subtle…

We left the spa, feeling contentedly like spaghetti noodles cooked way past al dente, and headed back to Occidental for dinner. If you haven’t been to Occidental for a while, Negri’s and The Union restaurants are still battling it out for who serves the biggest family platters of old-style Italian food. But if you’d rather…