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A lifestyle blog by Allison Arbuthnot on The Whole 9

Allison was raised on the vine in Sonoma, California, and believes that life is too short to drink bad wine, count calories, or second-guess your destiny. She now lives in Los Angeles where she practices many things, the two most important being contentment and tricks for opening a wine bottle without a wine key.

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A Cherry Pie Day

June 14, 2010
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You’d think I was riding my bike down one of the many poor-excuse-for-pavement country roads of northern Santa Barbara County, foggy ocean breezes just beginning to flow from the west over the Solomon Hills into Santa Maria Valley and through my hair.  You’d think I was kicking up dust as I kicked down my kickstand, squinting my eyes to keep out the floating earth and the sun as I leaned over to pick ripe blackberries from an untamed bush taking over the side of the road.  You’d think I was dancing to an old Loretta Lynn song in a dark purple cotton sundress, twirling in circles in the patchy shade of a eucalyptus tree, bare feet dirty and soul showered in the sweetness of a day like cherry pie.

Really, I was at home in my kitchen, sipping the Santa Barbara Wine Company Pinot Noir, North Canyon Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley 2008, as the sunshine darted through the window to warm the beautiful silence of late afternoon.  But I swear, you’d never think it.

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  1. tomcapo57

    Told you you’d like it…

  2. rosendo

    That does sound like a pie in the sky day. All that’s missing are the tangerine trees and marmalade skies~

    Thanks for the tip~

  3. lisamc2010

    Sounds lovely…

  4. awaken2sun

    Mmmmm….sign me up for a couple of bottles!

  5. jonathanc

    quick someone get an I.V., though purple is my favorite color, I don’t know how I would look in the dress. I will have to try this. Thanks

  6. madre

    Cute! Save some for me.

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