Even though the blissful days of winter are months away the reindeer games are kicking into gear later this week. Friday (August 7th) marks the 4th installment of CHEERS! St. Helena where a bounty of good clean fun comes riding into a neighborhood near you. If you’re adverse to driving out of your own town comfort zone just hop aboard the Napa Valley Wine Train that is porting peeps to the party from Napa and Yountville, allowing just about anyone who wants to, get in on the festivities. On the first Friday of every month (through Oct. 09) St. Helena’s main strip closes down to car-folk and opens up to street-folk. Standard crowd pleasers stand including wine pours from 70+ vineyards that graciously set up their makeshift tasting rooms inside and out of the hottest shops in town. Get slightly snockered while you shop (don’t mention that you heard that here)! Hang out for free at the friendship lounges located at each tip of town (Hunt & Adams St. closures) and catch live tunes at Ana’s Cantina and outside Neiman’s Motorcycles. The CHEERS! gang has even set up a kiddie corner and (child care for the small fries, activities of the older tots) bike valet so leave your four wheeler safely parked at home and get your butt on a bike. The antics start at 6PM and end at 9. This is your chance to meet an estimated 3000 other reindeers that have decided life is too damn happening to hibernate at home. Admission is free. If you want in on the wine, individual pours are available for purchase, but I recommend the evening pass for $35 beans. What more of a stimulus do you need - 70 swigs in a two block radius. Having attended every CHEERS! since my arrival in town, I’m going rate this bash before it even happens because that is how much of a good time you are guaranteed to have. Wacky WineSense rating: 5+ Grapes!
LA artist Jason Lockyer is at it again. This time his work hits the road, so you don't have to. No longer are you relegated into a gallery to see his work you can view it from the comfort of your own car or sidewalk as he whizzes right on by. You too can wallpaper your car with some of his arty delights. That is if any of them are left after his latest exhibit, spawned from it's Germany-based rendition. Read more about it here.
Cari's Corner
Not that anybody seems to notice but I’m back to my slim, post-bud break fighting weight of a svelte 20.5 pounds. I’m tempted to drop down to 20 but that would require a major overhaul to my wine-swilling repertoire and I’m not ready to commit to such a change.
Columnist, novelist, food, wine, event critic, marketing and promotions. When someone recently told me to "get a life" I decided to get a "wineward" life instead. When I slurp wine, I feel fine, enough said. I intend to slurp and scribe as much as humanly possible. My background came of age slinging ads (interactive and traditional ad agencies) from the glamorous (Sony, ABC/Disney, WB), the cuddly (Purina), foodie (Kraft), techie (HP, Intel, AT&T, Apple), & publishing (Conde Nast, Time Inc., Hearst), film festival production, and the list goes on and on.
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