The mustard festival marketplace on the riverfront in downtown Napa on March 13th and 14th.
We were confused at admission pricing based on information from the official website. To clarify things, anyone can walk through the tents and booths, you can even purchase some food items directly through the vendors. However, purchasing wine and food tickets from the main booth is the way to go.
Interestingly every wine booth we went to, asked for one ticket for a pouring, which was pretty consistent with a 2oz pour. …

If your visiting the Napa Valley and want to catch a movie, try the cute and posh single screen theater in St Helena. While it may not have the same choices as the Cinedome in Downtown Napa, in many cases the movies shown are more brilliant, due to the latest in projector technology. For example, the recent childrens movie Up was shown in full 3D unlike the cinedome which showed the feature in boring old 2D. While we would prefer to see something of the likes …

The new dessert treat seems to be cupcakes. This trend is sweeping many cities, and it is certainly evident in Napa, with three full bore cupcake establishments. I’m sure there were a few confused souls as they walked into Cake Plate with salivating tongues, only to learn it was a clothing store. Well now to satisfy those desires you can get a delicious cupcake while perusing the latest in women’s fashion, Sift, a cupcakery has opened up inside the Cake Plate store.
Gigi’s cupcakes in Browns Valley, and Kara’s cupcakes in …

Two Napa Valley chefs were apart of Bravo TVs Top Chef Masters program. Cindy Pawlcyn of Mustards Grill, Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen, and Go Fish competed with Michael Chiarello of Bottega, against twelve other esteemed chefs from around the country. While neither chef won the competition, they made it pretty far, beating out famous chefs from around the country.
As they won competitions they also won prize money for their charity. Both chefs were playing to raise money for Clinic Ole, and won a good deal of cash for …

The 2009 4th of July celebration in downtown Napa was a great success.
The festivities began with a respectable parade that included local groups, schools, fire engines, horses, gymnasts, karate students, military vehicles, old cars and more. The event was well planned, so that when the parade commenced, it was a short walk to memorial park. Here you could get some good food from one of a dozen vendors and listen to music. The days’ events continued till the grand finale of sparkling fireworks shot over the …