Does the prospect of hiking in wine country have you salivating? Here's your chance to participate: just fan me up! http: / / www. facebook. com/ californiawinehikes< /a> Thanks! See you on the next trail and/or behind the next wine glass!

I went and did it: shill that I am, I today announce my new Facebook fan page! W00t!! Since you're already a friend, please consider becoming a fan too: http: / / is. gd/ 2aMVI Many thanks - I hope to walk with you soon in this lovely California wine country heaven that I call home.

Feature Alert! Find others you may know who are already kickin' it on MyBlogLog. Friender searches your friend lists across the web to suggest new contacts. http: / / mybloglog. com/ user/ friender - The MyBlogLog crew

I have started doing virtual wine tastings on http: / / www. grapescott. com every saturday night. Think of it as book club for winos. The way it works is: I announce a wine-o-the-week on Monday... everybody runs out and gets a bottle. Then we convene on http: / / www. grapescott. com at the specified day/time. I post a review of the wine and everyone can use the chat widget to discuss what they like/dislike or whatever. A ratings widget to rank the wine, and the wordpress comments feature to log comments. I'll announce next weeks wine on Monday. I hope to see some of you around... last night's tasting was really fun :) -gs

Howdy MyBlogLog friends, I just now heard from the executive producer of NBC's 'In Wine Country' TV show. The story they shot with me at Picchetti Winery (Cupertino, CA, USA) in mid-May will air at 9:30pm PST this Sunday on NBC11 (or shortly thereafter due to football post-game shows). The story will also be on their website at http: / / www. inwinecountry. com. In a few weeks, it will also be available on iTunes.com as a free podcast, at which time I'll upload it to my blog and share that link with you. Feel free to share this news! And thank you for reading my labor of love, Winehiker Witiculture.

Great site. Keep up the good work. Thanks for joining our community!

Hi Everyone, Just a heads up - The Writers' Block blog has an interview up w/ Ellen Datlow, award-winning editor of The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. She has over 20 years of experience & has worked w/ writers such as Stephen King. She'll be checking in periodically as her schedule permits & is kind enough to respond to questions & comments, so if you'd like to know something, or just want to comment, feel free (but be respectful - thanks:)! Here's the link - click it or copy & paste: The Writers' Block - Interview w/ Ellen Datlow http: / / writersgroupblog. wordpress. com/ 2007/ 02/ 05/ interview-with-ellen -datlow-award-winnin g-editor/

The Writers' Block is looking for guest bloggers, check it out here: The Writers' Block Thanks, and even if you don't want to be a guest blogger, drop by, say hello & leave a link to your page.

Love the Murderati blog! Planning on adding a link to it soon.

Great!