Wine country road in Paso Robles.

If you’ve been following my posts, you know that we’ve enjoyed a tremendous visit in Los Angeles from the Song Hong Ensemble of Hanoi. There’s nothing like seeing where you live through the eyes off friends who come to visit from a far off land.

Curiosity. It’s the one trait that makes a big difference to me and I wish more people understood its rewards. To eat something you’ve never tried. To try to learn a foreign language. To read a map of a strange place and know that in reading that map you are no longer lost, anywhere in the world. To cook a meal you’ve never thought possible. To listen to music out of your comfort zone.

And when in Paso Robles, to take the roads less traveled and find a good bottle of wine.

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