The good, the bad and the ugly of wine trends
The new year is ushering in the good, the bad and the ugly of wine trends. Some of the following will no doubt fall into more than one category.
Rubber-banded Ruddy Duck released
This male Ruddy Duck was rescued Jan. 6 with rubber bands cruelly attached between its head and beak, so tight that it wasn't able to open its beak or eat.
Pet Friends annual fashion show
At the Diablo Room at Ridgemark, Pet Friends will present the "Raining Cats and Dogs" Fashion Show and Luncheon. We will feature fashions from local stores, along with a luncheon, No Host Bar, and Drawings for prize baskets. Tickets are $25 each, and are available from She's, Postal Graphics, Ridgemark, and Pet Friends. The luncheon begins at 11:00 on March 10th, and all proceeds go to support Pet Friends Rescue and Shelter, and the Hays-Stratton Spay and Neuter Clinic.
Finalists for USA men’s Olympic basketball team named
Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge made it very hard for Team USA officials.
OFF THE TOP: Floating on Cloud 49er
“It's a miracle.” My grandma (we call her Nona), who gave me my first Joe Montana jersey at the age of 2, texted me that succinct phrase moments after the San Francisco 49ers defeated the New Orleans Saints 36-32 in the NFC Divisional playoff round Saturday.
GETTING OUT: Coe Parks’ home to ‘Mother of all Madrones’
With the possible exception of clouds, few common sights in nature can inspire more awe than a tree. At 12,000 feet, in the dry desolation of the White Mountains, bristlecone pines grow that were 3,000 years old when Christ was born. The largest giant sequoia, the General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park, weighs nearly 2,000 tons and is 104 feet around at the base. It grew from a seed the size of an oatmeal flake from a cone the size of a walnut.
