Maybe it’s the Type A person in me but one of the things I find most satisfying in both a professional and personal context is putting something on a list and crossing it off when it is completed. Sometimes it’s the only way I can get something done, but other times it’s the joy of feeling that I’m bringing something to life that was long awaited and planned for. Sage Cottage fell into that category as it was sitting on my wishlist and I finally found the perfect time and availability to book it.

This Keys, Please feature involves a fun bit of backstory. Before I was the owner and host of Harold House I was just a single girl who had recently moved to San Francisco and was becoming familiar with different parts of wine country. To be honest I don’t even know how I first heard of Healdsburg, but it was on my list of towns to visit.

We dusted off our passports and spent 10 days in Paris, France. It was quite an indulgent endeavor, with no food or drink choice spared.

One of the perks of moving from New York to California is my activity and hobby count has definitely increased. The past couple years I’ve learned to ski and I am totally bought in - steadily working on my Blues game right now. Fortunately we’re all really just in it for the Aprés right?

Santa Ynez Valley is a hidden gem of a region about two hours northwest of Los Angeles. We stopped there for a weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday, and while the area may not stand out to most on the map all of the places we went left us with excitement for what’s to come for the valley.