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		<title>St. Helena, CA &#8211; Culinary Boot Camp at CIA at Greystone</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have complained, in earlier writings, of certain wine country traps; of time and effort willingly spent to vacation oneself to exhaustion.  The 9PM stupor that follows decadent dinners compounds the 5PM wine stupor from crashing one tasting room to the next.  Of late, I have sought wine country adventures that surpass the ordinary, that possess classic appeal and that won’t leave me catatonic.  When the CIA at Greystone (of which I am a longtime fan) invited me to sample its “Flavors of Wine Country” Culinary Boot Camp program for food enthusiasts, I accepted forthwith!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leonasghost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7996084&amp;post=50&amp;subd=leonasghost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calistoga, CA &#8211; Fall Camp Schramsberg</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me and Camp Schramsberg it was love at first sip.  I’d known of the event since June.  I toured the winery then, to research articles for my Examiner column, and my love for the bubbly glowed brightly.  At home, I explained to my Schramsberg hosts, there was always a bottle of sparkling in my fridge, and I needed no preamble to pop the cork.  For a glorious hour, I took a private tour of the caves, dug deep on the history of the winery and tasted six amazing vintages.  My starry-eyed reverence must have been rare, for they recognized me as one of their own.  Shortly after my visit, I was invited to be a guest of the winery’s fall session of Camp Schramsberg.  I couldn’t accept quickly enough.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leonasghost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7996084&amp;post=35&amp;subd=leonasghost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call off the Vultures!  Predatory Service Practices at Luxury Resorts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Checking in today?” an über-polite attendant asks as I pull up to the security checkpoint of a five star resort. “Yes, under Kim Palacios,” I confirm with subdued politesse. Beaming cheerfully as he scans his list, his smile grows impossibly brighter when he finds my name. “Welcome to the resort, Ms. Palacios.  If you drive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leonasghost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7996084&amp;post=28&amp;subd=leonasghost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Loving Napa Again</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I drove over the rainbow bridge, curving right up 29 and easing past the turnoff to Sonoma, the familiar embrace of the vine-laden hills filled me with the requisite joy of being in wine country.  I’d like to be able to say that I held on to that joy—that it unequivocally and indelibly infiltrated my system and colored a rapturous stay.  It didn’t. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leonasghost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7996084&amp;post=20&amp;subd=leonasghost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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