With Valentine's Day coming this week it is time to think about where to take your sweetheart. If you enjoy a romantic dinner in a charming setting in Santa Barbara then Andersen's Bakery & Restaurant Valentine's Dinner is for you. They are having a special dinner with live Jazz & Bossa Nova Music and lets not forget the wine!

Sit back and sip a glass of wine while listening to soothing and upbeat Jazz music. Visit Ventura, California for the annual celebration of Ventura Music Week.

We wish you all a joyful and successful Chinese New Year for 2012! The Chinese new years starts starts on January 23, 2012 and this year is the year of the water Dragon. The year 2012 is the 4709th Chinese year. 

Le Vingne Winery is having a 5th Annual Double Decadence Chocolate Extravaganza on February 11-12. Start your Valentine's Day celebration with chocolate and wine pairings in the Paso Robles wine region. 

Riverbench Winery & Vineyard is having a special Valentine's event called For the Love of Archery on Saturday, February 18th, 11-12noon. Have you ever tried archery before? We did many years ago and it was exciting and challenging.

This event caugt our attention since Corina briefly had a graphite composite bow (but Judit made her return it after steel arrows went whizzing past the kitchen window) and archery lesson sound like a great idea.