Napa Valley Travel Stories | Stories from the Road

Collected Moments

What we wore, where we ate, and the stories worth keeping.

Stories from the road

The road asks a lot from us. Long mornings, late dinners, vineyard runs, cross-country flights, market days. These are the quiet reinforcements that help your body keep pace.

Reset Rituals: Everyday Wellness Kit

Four small swaps that make a big difference for mindset, sleep, strength, and skin.

Top 3 Autumn Vineyard Stays in Wine Country

Silverado Reset: A Pre-Tasting Ritual with Elemis

A British skincare ritual with Elemis offers a quiet reset before an afternoon of wine, history, and elegance along Napa’s Silverado Trail.

A Calistoga Morning at Indian Springs

Steam, linen, and sandals that held their ground through bocce and rosé.

Market Notes: Downtown Napa Threads for Oxbow Market

Linen blazer, slip-on loafers, and the confidence to hand out napkins.

Cool Down: Post-Run Wine

Performance gear, a second pour of Malbec, and no rush to change.

Urban Harvest: Friday Threads from Downtown Santa Rosa

Rolling Stones tee, slow-walking boots, and a toast to indecision.

Low and Slow: A Carneros Morning

A leash, a pét-nat, and a dog who understood slow better than we did.

Sonoma Plaza, 11:04 a.m. to 3:47 p.m.

A linen shirt, a silent sneaker, and four hours of slow spectacle in the square.

Al Fresco Friday: Kenwood Threads

Silk tailoring, a serious brim, and lunch that felt like a meeting I wanted to attend.

Castle Conquer: When Tom Ford Goes Wine Country

Velvet, oud, and one heel caught near a moat.

Photo credits: www.napavalley.com, Robert S. Donovan, Sarah Stierch, Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar, Jim G, Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0; others via Flickr/Wikimedia Commons (CC0), Hotels.com