Northern California Rocks

I just got back from a work trip to the Napa Valley and the Sonoma Coast as well as a few days in San Francisco and all I can say is wow. I'm not a big fan of SoCal, but I have to say San Francisco and wine country especially the Sonoma Coast are stunning. I love being in a city where my liberal ass is considered "conservative." Solar panels on every other house, great mass transit, good baseball, amazing restaurants, and plenty of freaks, I was in heaven. One thing that really impressed me was when we visited two of the wineries that we represent, one of them is on the grid but is generating enough solar energy to sell some back to the power company each month, no small feat, especially when you consider the fact that they produce 30,000 cases of wine a year. The other winery in Mendocino is totally off the grid and is a biodynamic farm. My 1500 square foot house uses more energy from nonrenewable sources than these two wineries that produce over 60,000 cases of wine a year, absolutely amazing.