Hollywood and Wine

Like that!  I thought it was a good title for this post since we are in Southern California.

Come to find out Fran had never been to the observatory at Griffith Park.  Go figure as she grew up in Southern California.  So we went on Friday.  It had rained all night so it was a cool day and very clear air so you could see a long way.  While there we had someone take our picture with the Hollywood sign in the background.’

Here is the observatory.

The views of Los Angeles were spectacular.

There are miles of hiking trails throughout the park that we would have liked to explore but with all the rain lately they were a little soggy.  We will save that for another time.

That takes care of the Hollywood part.  Now for the wine part.  This is for our friends from the wine group we belonged to in Naperville.  With a mobile lifestyle and smaller living quarters we have not sacrificed drinking and storing wine.  I created a “wine cellar” in our fifth wheel.  Under the corner portion of the sofa was a very nice storage area that so happens to be the right size for wine storage (around 3 to 4 cases).  Here you can see what I created.

Being under the sofa and on the floor it stays cool and is protected when we are moving.   As a side note, on Friday we went to a local Trader Joe’s and verified that Charles Shaw wine is truly “Two Buck Chuck” in California.  It sells here for $1.99 a bottle.  In Illinois it is $2.99.