Good Cause, Good Food, Good Wine…What Could Be Better?

The 22nd annual B.R. Cohn Charities Auction Dinner, held under the 140 year old picholine olive trees at the B.R. Cohn Winery, will kick off your weekend in grand style. Tickets for this lively evening of unique auction lots, fabulous food and special B.R. Cohn wines can be purchased by calling the Tasting Room at…

New Cal Academy of Sciences a Big Bang!

New Cal Academy of Sciences a Big Bang!

Just 8 days and counting till the big, green behemoth that is San Francisco’s most new and improved science museum opens in Golden Gate Park. The California Academy of Sciences’ utterly anticipated opening marks TEN YEARS and tens of thousands of man and woman-hours with wild engineering marvels and the move of about 38,000 critters…

Inspiration: Pt. Reyes, California: To the Lighthouse

Inspiration: Pt. Reyes, California: To the Lighthouse

by Jennifer Anthony Sunday morning. The Inverness Ridge forest just beyond the balcony of the bed and breakfast is coated with fog. It is seven a.m., and everyone seems to still be asleep, or at least cocooned and hushed by the mist. But soon a few brave birds manage a timid twitter, a hummingbird’s steady…

dormitory dunster house of harvard university by weeks footbridge over charles river

Help Celebrate the 15th Birthday of Oldways’ Mediterranean Diet:: Cambridge, Ma.

I can’t believe it’s already been 15 years since Oldways, a widely-respected non-profit “food issues think tank” successfully introduced the consumer-friendly health-promoting Mediterranean Diet Pyramid. I remember we all had fantastic time eating, drinking and learning from the pros about incorporating more Mediterranean foods into your diet. (Keep in mind that back then, olive oil…