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California's least known and most beautiful wine country, Anderson Valley, has a lot of farm-fresh food and sublime wine. Located about 120 miles north of San Francisco and about 40 miles southeast of Mendocino, Anderson Valley is a wine country unlike any other. Wolf shares the things that keeps her husband and herself coming back to the valley.
Jaffe describes the beauty of Taos NM. With its creative heart, natural beauty, and ancient roots, Taos delivers an ephemeral but intense experience that drawn artists for more than a century. His travel experience in Taos is also detailed.
Wilson highlights James Bullard and Emily Wilson's version of Octoberfest. It's a party happening in their backyard with copious amount of eating and drinking. Here, tips on how to follow Bullard and Wilson's example and recipes suitable for the party are presented.
In creating a more child-friendly garden, Leigh Anne and Mark Yuhasz remodel their backyard lawn with the help of a color-savvy landscape designer Scott Junge. Here, McCausland details how Junge infuses color to the garden.
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Travel: Mountain Day Trip
Set in a grassy valley enclosed by mountains, Logan UT is the place to go when one is homesick for the country. One can decompress among 100-acre breathing spaces, rendered all the more beautiful by blazing fall color. Skoy presents some of the wonderful destinations in the area.
Travel: Around The West
The top 10 uninhabited and windswept beaches are presented.
Travel: Outdoors
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado became America's latest national park in 2004. Unlike any other national parks with its cooler temperatures, Steadman shows why it makes for one perfect fall outing.
Garden: Mountain Style
Landscape designer Barbara Simon and contractor Alfred Dinsdale created the look of an alpine retreat with nature-inspired elements to Elizabeth Ruis and Mark Ruis' home. Water and plants carry the theme throughout the garden, and the natural look of the landscape conceals deft craftmanship. Mackey presents the three great ideas from the garden Simon and Dinsdale created.
Garden: Mountain Checklist
What to Do in Your Garden: October
Several gardening tips for the month of October are presented.
Food: Reader Recipes
Several recipes are presented.
Food: Wine Guide
Schneider highlights some ghost wineries in Northern California. These ghost wineries are the skeletons in the industry's collective closet: Many were built on the backs of Chinese laborers, who erected the thick stone walls and toiled in the vineyards.
Food: Weeknight
A recipe for Thai red curry fish stew is presented.
Garden
In the West's mild climates, fall color means deep red, rich plum, and vibrant gold. Here, Chai presents container specialist Jean Manocchio's designs and combination of autumnal hued plants in earth-toned pots to display on one's porch or patio.
Home
Paring things down to their essence is a key component of the Japanese art of wabi-sabi. George Tischenko and Mari Tischenko took this idea to heart when they remodeled their traditional home in Orinda CA into a contemporary tranquil retreat. Holstein details how the smart remodeling did more with less.
Food
Several pumpkin sour recipes are presented.
Garden: Produce
Food: Technique
A recipe for linguine with gorgonzola, potatoes, green beans, and sage is presented.
Food: Ingredient
Three pork chop recipes are presented.
Food: Flashback
A recipe for rich refrigerator doughnuts is presented.
Travel: Postcard
Fish shares the fun experience he and his family had in Wailea, Maui. Spending time at Maui's Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, he relates that Wailea Canyon is a traveler's aquatic paradise with its various amenities, incluing nine pools, seven waterslides and six waterfalls.
Garden: Before &Amp; After
More living space can be hard to find on a small lot, especially if one doesn't want to spend big bucks to remodel the house. Swezey features the Granoski family's effort in turning an unused front garden into an outdoor room.
Home: Easy Project
A set of instructions on how to make leaf prints is presented.
The Next Frontier
Cheek highlights urban vitality forsaken by couples and families following a surge of downtown living in cities across the West, from Seattle to Phoenix. Best established in San Diego, San Francisco, and Portland, the movement is also burgeoning in Denver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and several smaller cities. Urban pioneers are doing city redevelopment schemes involving convention plazas and performing arts venues and downtown malls.
The Sunset View
Fish interviews restaurateur Traci Des Jardins. Traci talks about being an Iron Chef competitor, her favorite cocktail, and cooking for kids.
October In The West
The new Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa, located 18 miles north of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, melds clean, contemporary design with ocean views and adventures. It is the ideal base for exploring the 13 square miles of islets and reefs in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve.
Five tourist destinations for kayaking are presented. These include Santa Cruz Island in California, San Francisco Bay, and Lake Union in Seattle.