Best stuff in the valley.

Back in the '60s, Santa Barbara County was known for screw-cap wines -- that's what you'd drink at a party after everything else was gone. In the last 20 years, the county has come into its own with wine-making on a very high scale.

Ah, you've been to cholesterol corner.

Christians can have doubts and they can have questions, and the unhealthy way to deal with that is to keep them inside where they fester and grow and can undermine our faith. The healthy way to deal with it is to talk about it and be honest about it.

Creative non-fiction is such a liberating genre because it allows the non-fiction writer, whether he or she be journalist or essayist, to use all of the techniques of the fiction writer and all of the ideas, creative approaches, that fiction writers get a chance to use, but they have to use it in a true story.

My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy.