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I decided to take my Mom for a belated birthday dinner to the Barking Frog last week. They are currently participating in Dine Around Seattle which has select restaurants offering 3 course dinners for $30 and 3 course lunches for $15. This runs Sunday through Thursday (except Thanksgiving) through the end of the month. This […]

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Halloween week was a mad social whirl so it’s taken me a while to get to this. It began with the Cabernet Classic over in Shilshole which was a great opportunity to taste many local Cabernets and Cab dominated blends. Thursday was a Seafair Pirate Fundraiser where, of course, we were dressed as Pirates.  The night […]

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There is a new tourism web site, Discover Outside Seattle, that is helping to promote the Eastside. It pretty much is all about what is outside of the downtown experience. It has information on hotels, shopping, dining, and wineries. There is a page for wineries.The site just went live a few days ago and it […]

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Village Wines – Friday, October 30th – Village People at Village Wines – Wear the costume of your favorite personality and win hourly prizes, enjoy the vibrant crowd and lively wines. Get your spookable Halloween themed wines. Tweet This Post

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Every once in awhile on a Wednesday evening Chef Bobby Moore does a cooking demonstration at Fireside Cellars at Willows Lodge. I was at the one last Wednesday where he made Butternut Squash Soup and Duck Confit. His demo is usually right in the middle of Happy Hour so I sipped on a glass of Chateau […]

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I couldn’t resist stopping by Willows Lodge on Friday night as part of their 9th anniversary celebration was two glasses of wine for $9. It was a fabulous evening and I ended up sitting outside with one friend and friends just kept arriving. I think we ended up with about 7 people at our table […]

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The September issue of Seattle Metropolitan has a great article about Wine Country Weekends. They mention wine places to go and wine things to do in Lake Chelan, Whidbey Island, Woodinville, and Kirkland. Tweet This Post

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Did you miss the 1st Grape Killers event? Did you have so much fun the first time you are ready to do it all again?  Join the Grape Killers in Woodinville on Thursday, September 17th, 6pm – 9pm, at Willows Lodge for the second VIP evening.  One last night out for the winemakers before they are knee-deep […]

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Wine in the Pines is a three day food and wine festival held up at the lovely Suncadia resort just over the mountains in Cle Elum. It runs from Friday, August 21st through Sunday, August 23rd. On the Friday there is a preview reception and a concert in the amphitheater. Saturday, you have choices of workshops […]

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