January 27, 2021

Good Movies To Watch While Drinking

January 27, 2021

From documentaries, binges, soap opera series to best shows to watch while drinking your favorite cocktail, wine or mixed drink.

Claudia Castro

January 21, 2021

The Nest

How To Lock The Double Doors

Claudia Castro

January 21, 2021

The Nest

How frustrating when you're trying to leave the house for a wine tasting and you can't figure out how to lock the back door! Here are the instructions on how to lock the deadbolt on double doors. This is how it works.

How to unlock double doors with a deadbolt.

Claudia Castro

December 28, 2020

Wine

Finding A Good Wine

Claudia Castro

December 28, 2020

Wine

I forget sometimes how long it’s taken us to learn how to pick a good wine. It hasn’t always been this way. How do you pick out a good wine? Here's one way you can.

Claudia Castro

October 24, 2020

Recipes

The Healthy Food App Everyone is Talking About!

Claudia Castro

October 24, 2020

Recipes

The Healthy Food App Everyone is Talking About!

Hands down, I’m obsessed with this app! This has to be the best place to find recipes that are so easy to prepare.

Claudia Castro

October 15, 2020

Halloween Ideas During COVID-19

Claudia Castro

October 15, 2020

So there you have it. Saturday night Halloween on a full moon complete with daylight savings time to give you an extra hour of sleep - foiled!

Claudia Castro

September 29, 2020

Spirit

Wildfires and How We Remain Resilient

Claudia Castro

September 29, 2020

Spirit

The fires are spreading quickly but by the time you read this, they will have spread a lot more. However, even though the fire seasons are rough, you can still visit when the fires are over. Even still.

Claudia Castro

September 24, 2020

Services

When Reputation Matters

Claudia Castro

September 24, 2020

Services

It may be a common thread we’ve been telling ourselves for a long time and has certainly made me feel comfortable about never caring what others think. For the most part, I’ve always thought this has been a strength of mine until now.

Claudia Castro

September 2, 2020

Santa Barbara

Claudia Castro

September 2, 2020

If you’re just slightly familiar with Santa Barbara, you know that there are different neighborhoods that differ when it comes to wine tastings.

Here are my recommendations based on wine, atmosphere, and location if you’re trying to decide where to go for wine tasting.

Claudia Castro

August 26, 2020

The Nest, Wine

Gracianna Winery's Amazing Savings

Claudia Castro

August 26, 2020

The Nest, Wine

Here is an amazing wine discount. Wineries are doing all they can. Photos of Westside Road and the signs that wineries are putting up for firefighters.

Claudia Castro

August 25, 2020

Stephen & Walker Newsflash

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August 25, 2020

We are OPEN in HEALDSBURG - Fire 27% Contained

Claudia Castro

August 20, 2020

Services

7 WFH Skills To Know

Claudia Castro

August 20, 2020

Services

I’ve been working from home (WFH) now for years and I’ve learned this takes skills. Are you learning the skills it takes to work from home?

Claudia Castro

July 29, 2020

Services

Impact of Online Reviews

Claudia Castro

July 29, 2020

Services

Reputation Management doesn’t have to be complicated, expensive, nor does your business have to be in crisis mode to need it. Managing your reputation online should be as crucial to your business as being claimed on Yelp.

Claudia Castro

July 27, 2020

Plant-Based

10-Steps To A Plant-Based Diet

Claudia Castro

July 27, 2020

Plant-Based

I tried different things and failed a lot in the beginning. However, I learned to love PB dishes not because I’ve completely changed my diet to plant-based but I accomplished learning to eat more produce and less meat.

Claudia Castro

July 9, 2020

The Nest

Reviews

Claudia Castro

July 9, 2020

The Nest

Here are a few of the reviews we’ve received on the Sonoma Wine Nest. More can be found here.

Claudia Castro

July 9, 2020

The Nest

Sonoma Wine Nest Deals

Claudia Castro

July 9, 2020

The Nest

Here are some great deals that are now available. These will only be available to past guests, family and friends in the future.

Claudia Castro

July 6, 2020

Plant-Based, Recipes

Finding PB Recipes

Claudia Castro

July 6, 2020

Plant-Based, Recipes

I use plant-based recipes from the internet, cookbooks, and apps. Eating plant-based dishes has changed a lot for my husband and I.

Claudia Castro

June 23, 2020

Plant-Based

Plant-Based Journey

Claudia Castro

June 23, 2020

Plant-Based

The reason I published my first 26 days of changing my diet in 26 Days; A whole Food Plant-Based Diet and What You Need to Know was to show how truly hard it was for me. Critics believe a plant-based diet should be easy. Well, it’s not for a lot of us.

Claudia Castro

June 15, 2020

Services

WFH - Away From Home

Claudia Castro

June 15, 2020

Services

Ways of doing things have changed and now we’re doing things we would have never imagined doing before the pandemic. How long everything will be open, well, who knows.

This is what some people are considering now to change it up. I thought I was the only one to think about this idea.

Claudia Castro

June 10, 2020

Wine

Sonoma’s Terroir

Claudia Castro

June 10, 2020

Wine

While at a wine tasting, we had the most beautiful view in all on Sonoma and I just couldn’t grasp the concept of these wines. I just really didn’t like them. However, as I read their wine menu, I realized I didn’t have enough experience with this type of wine.

Claudia Castro

May 12, 2020

Binge Watching On...

Claudia Castro

May 12, 2020

We’ve been able to watch all the movies and videos straight from the apps that our TV comes with, no longer needing to access them from Apple TV.

And our favorite app, believe it or not, is YouTube.

Here are some of my favorite videos on YouTube.