Health and Wellness

Three Must-Try Boozy Dessert Treats for Your Holiday Parties

The holidays are a hectic time, filled with planning what gifts to buy, how much food to make and the stress of family gatherings. There’s always one thing that can help lift the mix of excitement and anxiety — booze. While a good cocktail can get the party started, we’re partial to desserts. So this holiday season, we decided to mix the two. Our theme? Dark liquor. We’re talking dark rum and bourbon — rich, bold and a little throat-burning — giving these decadent spirits a

August Seasonal Fruits to Keep in Your Kitchen

Santa Barbara Farmers Market The Central Coast is one of California’s top agricultural regions, second only to the Central Valley. While...

Make Mustard at Home With Central Coast’s Mustard Wildflowers

If you’ve ever driven down U.S. 101 during the spring, you’ve likely seen large patches of yellow flowers along the way. These gorgeous...

Creating Realistic Morning and Nighttime Routines

All over the internet, we’re faced with endless videos of folks showing us their morning and nighttime routines that most likely inspire...

Three ways to survive this presidency

President Trump has only been in office for a few months and has caused immense stress for many Americans. From attempting to sign off...

December Mental Health Check-In

The countdown to 2025 begins now. For the next 31 days, we’ll shop for gifts, celebrate the holidays, and navigate the final month of the...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Here’s how to check for signs and do a breast self-exam

Breast cancer affects many women and men daily. Every year the American Cancer Society estimates how many women and men will be diagnosed...

Why it's important to step outside your comfort zone

Being put in a position where you have to step outside of your comfort zone and engage in new activities is challenging. Doing something...

What's Happening Around Town

Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on the Central Coast

St. Patrick’s Day is the one day when folks get excited to go out and drink with friends from sunrise to sunset. Regardless of your drink preference, St. Patrick’s Day turns everyone into a green beer fanatic. There’s something about the green dye that makes the beer taste better and more enjoyable. The company you keep on St. Patty’s Day also enhances the experience. This year, St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Tuesday, which for some folks falls during their work week. However,

Central Coast March Events

Paso Robles 3/22 Wine Bottle Bouquet at Stilson Cellars, 1-3 p.m.; wine bottle cost plus $20 for flowers and supplies 3/28 Festival of the Undiscovered Grapes, 12-5 p.m.; Price: VIP: $125, General Admission: $75 3/29 A Progressive Pour Party, 11-5 p.m.; Membership: receives complimentary tickets, and additional tickets are $25, Public Tickets: $40 3/29 Roots to Wings Fundraiser Presented by Santa Lucia School, 11:30-3:30 p.m.; Price: $100 San Luis Obispo 3/1 Buffalo Pub and

Paso Robles v Santa Barbara: Who Has The Best Pumpkin Patch?

Autumn is one of the best seasons for many reasons: the leaves changing colors, the weather getting colder, pumpkin is used in everything, the color palette is incomparable, and the state of coziness is mandatory every day. However, visiting pumpkin patches and picking out pumpkins to take home, buying local honey, walking through trippy corn mazes, and seeing the farm animals are the top-tier things about autumn. You get dolled up and buy an iced dirty chai to walk around en

Central Coast November Events

Paso Robles 11/1 Wine Walk at Downtown Paso Robles, 2 to 5 p.m. Tickets: $60 11/3 Margarita Mondays at River Lodge, 4 to 8 p.m. Margaritas $12 Margherita Pizzas $18 11/4 Pint Night at California Coast Beer Company, 4 to 8 p.m. 11/5 Barrelhouse Bingo at BarrelHouse Brewing Company, 6 to 8 p.m. 11/5 Wine Down Wednesdays at Donati Family Vineyard, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Select Wine Bottles 50% off 11/8 Warbirds Wheels and Wings Car Show at Estrella Warbirds Museum 11/9 Paint and Sip

Locals and Tourists Take Solvang During Danish Days

Viking Ship SOLVANG, Calif. — Heil og sæl! (pronounced: hail oh sail), meaning “healthy and happy” in Old Norse, was a common greeting...