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Four Days in Key West!

Steve (DOS) and I made a quick and fairly impromptu trip to Key West the week before Labor Day. My brother Andy, his partner Art, daughter Angie, husband Drew, and friend Pam were already going to Key West, and were…

Steve UnoSeptember 20, 2025September 21, 2025 Airbus 319, Airports, Allegiant Airlines, Boutique Inns and Hotels, Caviar, Chardonnay, Cruise Ports, Dinner with a View, Flights in 2025, Florida, Food and Wine dinner, Friends, Fun dinners out, Hyatt Centric, Key West, Orlando Airport (MCO), Pubs, Restaurants, Room with a View, Ships No Comments

Touring the Barossa Valley!

On our first full day in Adelaide, Steve (DOS) and I took a full day wine tour thru the beautiful Barossa Valley, only an hour’s drive north of the city. We used CP Tours and Charters for our wine tasting…

Steve UnoApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024 Adelaide, Australia, Barossa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Hilton, Hotel Executive Lounges, Hotels, Platypus Wine Tours, Suites, sunsets, Tours, wineries, Winery Tours, Wines No Comments

Spa Day and Dinner at Peninsula Hot Springs!

After a free day on our own in Melbourne, we met our good friends Ian and Rosemary at the Grand Hyatt here in Melbourne on Thursday. I first met Ian and Rosemary way back on my first trip to Australia…

Steve UnoMarch 25, 2024March 25, 2024 Australia, Beer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fun dinners out, Grand Hotels, Grand Hyatt, Hot Springs, Hotel Executive Lounges, Hotels, Lunch, Melbourne Australia, Tours No Comments

Touring Wineries in Charlottesville VA

After leaving Roanoke, we stayed in Charlottesville, Virginia for four nights. Charlottesville is a two hour drive from Roanoke, and is a good stop-over for us when we are taking the Auto Train home from Lorton, Virginia, which is also…

Steve UnoMay 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Blue Ridge Mountains, Brunch, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Charlottesville, COVID, Dinner with a View, Dogs, Family, Food and Wine dinner, Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Mountains, Spring, wineries, Wines No Comments

Happy April 2019 and Easter!

I’ve gotten way behind with blogging lately, but not from the lack of things to blog about. The month of April literally flew by, and I’m trying to catch up now for an even busier May. Hope everyone had a…

Steve UnoApril 30, 2019March 17, 2022 Brunch, Chardonnay, Dinner with a View, Dogs, Easter, Food and Wine dinner, Friends, Neighbors, Restaurants, Wines No Comments

Pre-Christmas weekend at Jekyll Island 2018

Jekyll Island pre-Christmas 2018 -Arrival day One After a wonderful night out at Bern’s, we drove from the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Airport, to Jekyll Island Georgia for a 3 night pre-Christmas weekend, in what has now become a yearly…

Steve UnoDecember 15, 2018December 15, 2018 Balcony, Chardonnay, Food and Wine dinner, Friends, Grand Hyatt, Hotels, Hyatt, Suites, Welcome Back No Comments

Touring Wine Country in Montevideo

On our first full day in Montevideo, we took a wonderful wine tour to a family winery which included a private room lunch with wine pairing. As we got ready for breakfast, we had a nice view out the window…

Steve UnoNovember 16, 2018 Breakfast, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Food and Wine dinner, Hotels, Hyatt Centric, Iconic Wines, Montevideo, South America, Tannat wine, wineries 2 Comments

Happy Pre-Birthday Steve “DOS”!

For those who read this blog regularly, you know that we are both Steve’s; I’m sometimes referred as Steve number one or in Spanish “Uno”, while the other Steve is nicknamed “DOS”, for Spanish two. My family picked up on…

Steve UnoOctober 26, 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, desserts, Friends, Iconic Wines, Neighbors, Orlando No Comments

Chilean Wine Touring with Jose – Day Two

On our second full day of wine touring, we awoke to a beautiful sunrise view over the vineyards and distant Andes Mountains at our hotel, TerraVina in Santa Cruz, Chile. While yesterday was overcast and rainy all day, today was…

Steve UnoJuly 7, 2018 Andes Mountains, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Chardonnay, gift shops, Hotels, Iconic Wines, July 4th, Postcards, South America, Sunrise, Tours, wineries, Wines No Comments

Day trip along the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway to Chateau Morrisette

I’ve been up in Virginia for the last month or so while my parents are both recovering from separate falls. While I’ve been working remotely during the week, and visiting the parents twice-daily, by the time the weekend came, Steve…

Steve UnoNovember 15, 2017January 14, 2018 Blue Ridge Mountains, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fall, Family, Restaurants, Roanoke, Scenic drives, wineries, Wines No Comments

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