One of my favorite topics in life is raising animals. Â I love my cats, my dog, my horse and my chickens. Â Susan Orleans of the New Yorker, is one of the funniest and best writers on this topic and many others.
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Animals in the Big City
August 9th, 2011 
Georgina 
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Features 
Tags: Cats, Chickens, Coyotes, New Yorker Magazine, Raccoons, Susan Orleans 
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Jim Clendenen & Central Coast Wine Classic
May 3rd, 2011 Georgina Avila Beach Golf Resort will host the Central Coast Wine Classic from July 7 – 10. This event raises money to fund grants supporting the healing arts, studio arts and performing arts for non-profit organizations from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties; even the discriminating The Wine Spectator sponsors it. Since 2004, it has [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Events, Features, Food and Wine, Resorts & Spas Tags: Archie Mclaren, Au Bon Climat, Central Coast Wine Classic, Jim Clendenen, Wine Spectator Comments Off
Avila Beach: A Little Bit of Heaven
April 28th, 2011 Georgina The first time I went to Avila Beach was when my daughter was about 2 years of age. I always took her to the Central Coast for our vacation because it was only three hours from Los Angeles and was about as long of a car ride as she and I could take.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Events, Features, Food and Wine, Market Report, Resorts & Spas, Restaurants, Reviews Tags: Avila Beach, Chuck Carlson, Curtis Winery, Fish & Farmers Market, Payne Walnuts, Sycamore Springs Resort Tranquility Comments OffReally KNOWING Pinot – Story and Photos by Bob Dickey
March 21st, 2011 admin Earlier this year, Georgina suggested that if you want to learn a foreign language, take a lover who speaks only that language. I’d say, similarly, if you want to understand Pinot Noir; attend the World of Pinot Noir at The Cliffs Resort in Shell Beach, California.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Features, Food and Wine Tags: Bob Dickey, Cliffs Resort in Shell Beach, Evening Land Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Post Ranch Inn, Tolosa Winery, World of Pinot Noir Comments OffMiddle Eastern Dance at Seaside Palace
March 6th, 2011 Georgina I am no Badia Masabhi, but I began to appreciate and  learn to belly dance two summers ago at the Angel’s Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro. My friend Mary had become obsessed with Shakira and didn’t want to go to class alone. It has been one of the best endeavors of my life. Â
