Calling out to all my fellow peeps who were humiliated and tortured by PE in high school! John Muir HS in Pasadena has built a school garden off their football field (where the bleachers used to be) that supports their school lunch program. Not only are students getting Physical Ed credit in exchange for tilling the soil and learning about organic farming for an hour every day, but they are also eating healthy doses of organic produce instead of typical cafeteria sludge.
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Our tasting room, The Salon, gets in so much natural light, it is perfect for taking photos and shooting videos like this. Our friend Bonnie joined us to shoot Joy and Matt for Joy’s blog. Bonnie is an expert at capturing details and making food look impossible to keep your diet.
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It’s a big turning point, 30, so we decided to throw a grand fiesta in our back parking lot garden to celebrate. Over 200 people joined us and lots of friends contributed to pulling it off into a festive extravaganza, including the custom font (!) made by Smog Design for all our menus and invitations.
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| Photo: Tara Maxey |
An event planner recently requested cocktails that hinted of the Belle Époque for an upcoming wedding but she was specific about using wine, rye, and something “piney”. Here’s what our Chef Tad came up with, and as per usual, they, like every single one of his cocktails, were sublime.
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| Photos: Max Wanger |
We get asked a lot what our Drop-Offs look like and we say, “Oh they’re so pretty.”
But, sight unseen, people have their doubts. Above is an example of a Chef’s Choice Vegetarian Drop-Off so you can be the judge.
Last month Bri of Design Love Fest had herself a birthday party in The Salon and our good friend Bonnie shot these beautiful photos to capture the evening. Bri wanted to keep the vibe casual so we made a bunch of appetizers and a couple of signature drinks for the 35 guests, most of whom wore paper crowns encased with glitter and colorful crystals that fell off throughout the night and made our floor really sparkly.
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| Photos: Tec Pataja
Here’s a hearty recipe for Asparagus Soup elegant enough to serve as a tray pased appetizer as we did on this wedding in Ojai featured here on Style Me Pretty as well as the latest issue of Pacific Weddings, but you can serve it as an entree for lunch or a starter for dinner. |
Last August, we hosted a dinner pairing in our private tasting room, The Salon, with our friend Jeff Fisher who makes Habit Wine. Our friends from YEAH Rentals set up a bar out back and the talented Annie Mc Elwain came aboard to shoot some very lovely photos. Among the guests were Jessica Gelt of LA Times who wrote about the night here, and Leslie Balla who wrote about it here.
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