Go-Trippin Happenings: Recap for the Week Ending March 21, 2014
New Orleans, LA
St Patricks Day in New Orleans
March 15 -17, 2014
New Orleans is the original New World melting pot of ethnicity and race. We got Mardi Gras from the French, beer and brass bands from German immigrants, St. Joseph’s Day altars and red gravy from the Italians, jazz from African-Americans, and wrought iron balconies from the Spanish. It would be a mistake, though, to overlook the Irish contribution. In the 19th century, only New York had more Irish immigrants than New Orleans. By the 1930 census, when New Orleans had 485,762 residents, the Irish population was outnumbered only by the Italians and Germans.Read More…
Fair Play, CA
Oakstone Winery’s 17th Anniversary
March 15 – 16, 2014
17 years ago, out of the bowls of the soil in Fair Play came the birth of Oakstone Winery. Hills were shaped and vines planted, a D3 caterpillar graded the shape for a building to be built. Footings set and timber framed so a resemblance of what was to be built emerged. Tile was strewn around the floor and put in their proper place with thinset and grout. The masters’ hands were steadily going about the creation of Oakstone Winery. When finally the building was done, the real job was just developing in the right mixture of anticipation and excitement. Read More…