Wildling Spring Photo Competition
The Wildling Art Museum, located in Los Olivos, California, invites all permanent residents of California, eighteen years or older, to participate in its 2012 spring photography competition on the subject of “birds” in nature. The Wildling will be accepting   [more]

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Santa Ynez Wine Tasting
Comware International, Inc., a Southern California-based web development company, has developed an online web database for wine tasting. Currently covering the Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Maria, and Lompoc areas, the website provides a list of known wine tasting rooms based on their GPS coordinates, thereby allowing visitors to sort based on distance from a reference point.

The database is web-accessible from hand-held devices like the iPhone and Droid, allowing every wine wanderer to find out where each wine oasis is located relative to standard "reference points" - providing distance and direction. The most famous reference is   [more]

Valley Vino Wine Bar
Pete's Promenade Taxi Wine Tours
SYV Hotel Association
El Rancho Market
High Meadow Ranch
Wildling Museum
Santa Ynez Wine Country
Girls' Softball (updated)
RPL Property Management
Reagan Ranch
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Parker J. Palmer at Lobero Theatre
In his first ever public appearance in Southern California, acclaimed writer, speaker and public intellectual Parker J. Palmer will talk about his newest book, Healing the Heart of Democracy. Building on his decades of social activism and inner life exploration, Palmer looks with realism and hope at how “We the People” can deal with our political tensions for the sake of the common good. His talk will be   [more]

Gold: $n/a, €: $1.3223 , Crude: $n/a graphs
The above values are obtained automatically from New York Mercantile Exchange, reflecting current prices of critical commodities: Gold, the Euro, and a barrel of Crude Oil. They are a reference point for the perceived value of the dollar based on spot values at the end of the next commodity expiration: 5pm Eastern time the third Friday of next month.

Christine Deats' Tortilla Soup
      This is a light, clear broth version of Chicken Tortilla Soup. Think of this as the soup version of Chicken Nachos. It is quick and easy and kids love it too.

INGREDIENTS:
2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 lb.)
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon bottled lime juice
1/2 teaspoon bottles minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin
2 cans (14 1/2 ozs. ea.) fat-free chicken broth
1 cup bottled salsa
1 cup corn (canned or frozen)   [more]

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