Feel a Whole Lot Better When I'm Gone

All apologies for leaving you bereft of the wit and wisdom you've come to depend upon pointing your browser at this blog. I was out of town for a few days, celebrating my bro-in-law's 40th birthday (Happy Birthday Ken!) and visiting one of the neatest places in the world, Anderson Valley. I really shouldn't tell you about it, because one of the joys of the area is people rarely make it further north than Sonoma and Napa, but if you do go, you can bring the dogs and stay at a restful place like this and eat amazing food at places like this (delicious duck!) and this (a sturgeon that might be my last meal request, not that I really want a say in the matter).