The McMinnville AVA: A Detective Mystery
It just so happens I’m in the travel detective business. It’s bad business to have an American Viticulture Area (AVA) right in your backyard that you don’t know. It’s like a clue hiding in plain sight. From what I’m hearing on the streets it’s the stuff dreams are made of: Sloping hills ripe for trodding, cool breezes wafting from the sea. The whole place like a lover waiting to be touched.
All we’ve got is, maybe the McMinnville AVA will have the best wine in the history of wine and maybe it won’t. But the fact is it’s there, it’s waiting and for most of us working stiffs it’s so close you can almost smell it.
Read more of this Tiny Travels Detective mystery at the Visit McMinnville website.
Why every established writer needs a logo
Making the leap to logo: A personal story, with vectors
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Well, there it is. My new logo. My first, actually. I’ve had branded blog headers and other graphically oriented signifiers, but I’ve never had a logo before. And now that the process is done — the terrible, gut-wrenching, headache-inspiring trip from idea to emblem — I can’t recommend more that you get a logo for […]
Astoria: The rare, four season destination for families
If you’re looking for a three-day trip for the whole family within driving distance of Seattle — one you can take every season of the year — you can’t do much better than Astoria, Oregon. Read more at Parent Map.