Happy Summer Solstice! This is Red Shoes. Red Wine.‘s quarterly newsletter/e-zine, the second of its kind on the blog: a short and colorful recap of all the adventures we’ve had this past quarter, blog posts that were published, and a reminder to subscribers of all the goodies hidden in the password protected Subscriber’s Only page (sign-up at […]
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What’s a Back-to-Back Cruise?
What IS a back-to-back cruise? I didn’t know either until I booked a girls cruise out of Orlando/Port Canaveral, decided a few months later that cruising again on the same ship with my husband would be cheaper than spending the weekend immediately following the girls cruise in Orlando with him, and called Carnival to figure […]
Loire Valley Wines Event: Spring to Loire in Houston
There are a couple countries/regions that have been swaying me away from my usual Italian pour lately. While I’ve been learning about and enjoying South American wines, I received an invitation to attend the Spring to Loire tasting and seminar event hosted by Loire Valley Wines. Having never dabbled in this French region, I jumped […]
Wine & Alligators…the Perfect Pairing (Part 3: Post-Festival in Miami)
A guest blog post by Tracy Continued from: Wine & Alligators…the Perfect Pairing (Part 2: South Beach Wine & Food Festival) Part 3: The Fun Isn’t Over Yet! When we planned this trip back in October, our excitement level over the festival events far exceeded anything else we hoped to see or do in […]
Wine & Alligators…the Perfect Pairing (Part 2: South Beach Wine & Food Festival)
A guest blog post by Tracy Continued from: Wine & Alligators…the Perfect Pairing (Part 1: Pre-Festival in Miami) Part 2: Let the Festivities Begin! Now for the festival details. The festival ran from Wednesday, February 21st, to Sunday, February 25th. With over 90 (90!!!) events taking place over five days, we somehow narrowed our […]
Wine & Alligators…the Perfect Pairing (Part 1: Pre-Festival in Miami)
A guest blog post by Tracy Part 1: Pre-Festival Shenanigans After attending a few really impressive food and wine festivals over the last few years (including the International Pinot Noir Celebration in 2013 (Willamette Valley, Oregon), the Telluride Wine Festival in 2015, and the Aspen Food & Wine Classic just last year), we felt a […]
Downtown Nassau on Your Own: Walking Guide
For Jean and other friends leaving for the Bahamas soon… Last month I cruised the Bahamas on two back-to-back cruises, both times stopping in Nassau. I had visited Nassau before and did the full day Atlantis Resort excursion, but I wanted to see and experience historic (and touristic) Nassau. So this time we […]
Drinking Outside the Cookie Box: Our Girl Scout Cookie and Wine Pairing
For the most part, children scare me…except for the ones in the green uniforms selling cookies. I always cave and buy Girl Scout cookies every year, and I rarely share. This year was an exception to being greedy with my cookies, and I brought four boxes to a geek/costuming convention in Dallas to share with friends. […]
Spring Equinox Newsletter
Happy Spring Equinox! This is Red Shoes. Red Wine.‘s quarterly newsletter/zine, the first of its kind on the blog: a short and colorful recap of all the adventures we’ve had this past quarter, blog posts that were published, and a reminder to subscribers of all the goodies hidden in the password protected Subscriber’s Only page […]
Four Days in Los Angeles: Sights & Bites
A guest blog post by Tracy How can two Americans possibly regard themselves as well-traveled if they’ve never been to Los Angeles? I don’t believe they can. Despite visits to multiple California cities over the years, we’d somehow never made it to L.A., and so we finally corrected this oversite last February. As I’m sure […]