This week's Bohemian featured Healdsburg friend Scott Keneally in an article, that not only made me tear up from laughter twice, but also made me question my own habits. 

I tried the detoxifying diet "The Master Cleanse" a few years ago. 

Unsuccessfully.  I made it two days and ended up having a big meeting at work which required several shots of espresso beforehand and a cocktail, or three afterward. 

It isn't a diet I would recommend to anyone who works 8 to 5, especially those who cannot get outta bed without coffee.  But for a person who eats and drinks for a living like I do, time off is needed.  Summer (or at least this crazy version of summer) out in Wine Country means that there is a wine or food event every single weekend and many week days, so even if I wanted to attempt a detox, it just too difficult for me to say no to a winery BBQ, or a baseball game or next weekend's Grape to Glass event in Russian River Valley. 

So I did some investigating of my own... The next 10 days I have free without a birthday party, vacation across the country, conference, holiday, wedding or wine event isn't until February of next year.... YEAH.  I never realized how completely jam packed my life is until seeing my calendar spread out like I did today.

So, next February (or maybe sooner, if I can clear some things in my calendar), expect to see my journey into some sort of detox.   Definitely not the Master Cleanse...  But something to restart my body.

Until then, I cannot help but to continue to enjoy the local dining scene here in Wine Country.   


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