Let it snow! Santa Paws is coming to town!
Will it be a white Christmas for you? While we may get snow dusting the mountains above town for a few days here and there each winter, and it has been unseasonably cold this past week (with freeze warnings for the citrus farmers in Ojai!), it is very rare for it to snow in coastal Ventura county where most people live.
However, it will be snowing on Main Street at the annual Downtown Ventura Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday, Dec. 4 at 5pm. Meet in front of the Mission Trees at 211 E. Main St. There will be pre-ceremony fun including an interactive snow globe photo booth and dancing! The ceremony includes local choirs and dancers leading up to the arrival of Santa via firetruck at 6pm. When the trees are lit, snow will fall!
It will snow again Saturday, Dec. 5 from 6:15-8pm as part of the holiday festivities planned for the Street Fair and Winter Wine Walk! Rain or shine, the snow will blow!
Clear skies are predicted with temps in the low 60s and sightings of Santa expected.
Keep track of Santa’s progress this Christmas eve here with help from NORAD. The site also has a countdown and music.
Santa will be busy Saturday night guaranteed but another great way to get some Santa time in for you is a visit with Santa Paws!
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See “Spotlight”: movie review by Ron Wells
artists unite in LA to call attention to climate change 11/30 – 12/11/15
http://visionlafest.org/calendar
The Los Angeles climate action arts festival coincides with:
• United Nations 21st Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris
• ArtCOP21, a Paris-wide arts festival
+ over 290 events across Paris and around the world – 34 countries & counting
According to a press release,
VisionLA ’15 offers 80 events at 32 venues: main “hubs” of activity include
• Armory Center for the Arts [Pasadena] film & performance events
• First Congregational Church of Los Angeles [Koreatown/Westlake] music events
• Helms Design Center [Culver City] film & performance events
• VisionLA Home Gallery [Bergamot Station/Santa Monica] festival opening event and fine art exhibit
See Facebook page for various event pages (more to come) and follow @VisionLAFest #COP21 #VisionLAFest #AllUnited #ArtCOP21 #ArtMakesChange #Community #FutureIsNow
Most events are free.
Note: yes it’s snowing on my blog! Let it snow on your blog! go to settings — general — snow !
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Thanksgiving 2015: World’s role in our liberation
It is my experience that the world itself has a role to play in our liberation.
Its very pressures, pains, and risks can wake us up — release us from the bonds of ego and guide us home to our vast, true nature.
For some of us, our love of the world is so passionate that we cannot ask it to wait until we are enlightened.
— Joanna Macy
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Hitler and Springsteen’s The River Box Set
by Ron Wells
As I’ve stated previously, I’m not all that excited about Bruce Springsteen’s The River box set which is about to be released in December 2015, but the video of the show from Tempe in 1980 will be worth every penny. Read more…
It’s All About That Baste — More Zinfandel! 7 Reasons Why
Happy ZInfandel Day! What’s in YOUR glass? Cheers!
Sorry Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but for me, Turkey Day is All About That Baste –with More Zinfandel!
While I am not sure yet what exactly I will be sipping this holiday season (or on Sunday when we will cook turkey and ham and do some sampling!), what I have learned from previous tastings with various wines and holiday meals is that Zinfandel can handle well turkey, ham, and prime rib — and many of the sides.
Seven Reasons Why I Love a Good Zinfandel on Zin Day or any day:
- A beautiful garnet or ruby jewel color
- A nose full of both floral perfumes (cecil bruner roses!) and fruit — much like walking on a country road in summertime that has
- Plentiful brambleberry fruit, perhaps plum, rich and jammy on the palate.
- While that fruit might tend towards ripe jamminess, it has lots of spice and that fruit is balanced…
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where does it hurt? #everywhere
poem by Warsan Shire
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Ferrari Bubbles from Italian Alps
Join us tonight and discover Ferrari Sparkling Wine from the Italian Alps!
What? There are CARS bubbling out of the Italian Alps? No I don’t mean that kind of Ferrari. I mean bubbles from the sparkling wine grown in the Alps and made in the winery started by Guilio Ferrari over 100 years ago!
On Tuesdays in November from 6-7pm I am participating in Protocol Wine’s Wine Studio Project tasting and education series with Ferrari, a sparkling wine producer from Trento which is located in the Dolomite region of the Alps in the northeastern part of Italy. To learn with us about Ferrari this month, check out the hashtags #winestudio and #FerrariTrento as we taste Ferrari’s award-winning wines: Brut, Rose, Perlè 2007, and Guilio Ferrari 2001.
Founded in 1902 by…
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2 Central Coast Tempranillo to Tempt you on #TempranilloDay 11/12/15
What will you be tempted by for Tempranillo Day Th. 11/12?
Are you ready to be tempted by Tempranillo on Tempranillo Day this Thursday November 12, 2015? That’s right,
International Tempranillo Day is the second Thursday in November which means this year it is Thurs. Nov. 12!
While you may not recognize Tempranillo by name, if you’ve ever had wine from Rioja, then you have tasted this spicy, lively varietal.
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Be A Space That Welcomes
Let yourself become that space that welcomes any experience without judgement, advises Tsoknyi Rinpoche in this week’s Weekly Wake-up from Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo, artist of the silk applique thangka detail pictured above. Read more…
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