Please The Palate

With only 18 rooms, the new Hotel Ynez in Solvang has been in high demand. On a few weekend visits to Santa Ynez, every room...

21 August, 2021

A trip to wine country conjures up images of visiting a winery and tasting wines while enjoying views of the vineyards. In the Santa Ynez...

07 August, 2021

Summer is here and it is time for fun and sun! Summer 2021 also marks the 10th anniversary of Please The Palate. It is hard...

09 July, 2021

Windmills, souvenir shops, and pastry shops line the streets of Solvang in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley. No other town in wine country...

06 July, 2021

Heading up to Santa Ynez wine country this week, we were looking for a place to stay. But with travel kicking into gear, many hotels...

26 June, 2021

Sitting at my desk day after day does a number on my back. No matter how much exercise or stretching I do, if I sit...

05 June, 2021

Like the majority of people, travel stopped for me in March 2020. Since my flight home to Los Angeles from Washington, DC on February 23,...

22 May, 2021

I don't think I have ever taken a trip to a wine region and not come home with wine. I try to find bubble wrap...

15 May, 2021

We are all itching to travel, to get out of our houses and go somewhere new. But we also have to be safe and smart...

13 February, 2021

Itching to get out of the house? While your holiday travel plans may have been thwarted, you may still want to travel. But if you...

22 December, 2020