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My husband and I had the delightful opportunity to attend the Release Day wine event at the Fess Parker Winery in the Santa Ynez Valley.  Yes, it's thee Fess Parker from Davy Crockett TV show days.  He opened this winery and has a lovely Inn in Los Olivos.  He actually loved the Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley areas and was at the winery a lot until his passing. What a great day trip to visit and admire the beautiful old towering oak trees and flowers among the rows of wine grapes.  The setting is a stunning example of a natural California landscape.                              Four wine tasting stations and the scrumptious BBQ lunch was a delight...                                            not to mention the live Blue Grass music, Ventura Strings. ...

Lauren Bacall was such a lovely and mysterious woman.  She passed away recently and her apartment at the Dakotas in N.Y. went up for sale.  Her antiques and fine art have been auctioned recently.  The Louis Vuitton ensemble luggage with Ms. Bacall's monogrammed initials went for $37,5000.  Wow, that's traveling in style.   Photos on Lonny. Thanks for viewing...