Category: Restaurants

Wedding Rehearsal at MacMurray Ranch and Bella Vinyards

After a beautiful wedding rehearsal, Ian’s parents treated special guests to a four-star dinner with wine pairings at Bella Vineyards and Wine Caves in Healdsburg, California: www.bellawinery.com

Beer, Beautiful, Beer!

Monterey Coast Brewing not only brews their own beers, they also have a friendly staff, serve delicious food and they have a nice banquet room in the back of the restaurant. The atmosphere is warm and family-friendly, yet still a great place to hang out with friends and have a locally brewed beer- my favorite? The sampler- a set of seven distinctly different flavors all in a row, so I don’t have to decide. Monterey Coast Brewing is located at 165 Main Street in Salinas, near the Steinbeck Center.

Scenes From a Bistro

I’ve had a lot of fun lately taking photos at a wonderful restaurant in Carmel called Bistro 211. The chef, owner, and very cool guy, Jon Magnusson often hosts top-notch musical guests at his restaurant so you get to eat delicious food and listen to beautiful music at the same time. Thank you to the friendly staff, musicians, and patrons who were so patient with my presence! Below are just a few of my favorite photos from several different sessions. The guitarists are Storm Nilson and Renzo Staiano and you can visit their websites here www.stormnilson.com and here www.staianomusic.com. I will update this post later with information about the beautiful cellist and harpist. You can visit the website for more information about Bistro 211 here www.bistro2111.com.

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