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THE COAST NEWS
MAY 27, 2011
New ways to use an old shower curtain liner Shower-curtain liners are fairly cheap. They can be washed and last quite a while before needing to be replaced. When ready to replace it, you can look into buying a cloth/fabric curtain that repels water and elimi-
SARA NOEL Frugal Living
nate the need for a vinyl liner. You can reuse your old liner, too. Visit frugalvillage.com/2009/10/31/ four-ways-to-reuse-an-oldshower-curtain/ for some ideas on how to reuse a liner. The first reader tip shares
another idea.
a wheelbarrow. Then I just drag it to the compost pile. REUSE SHOWER CUR- Easier to dump than a wheelTAIN: I use an old shower barrow, too. — Franny, liner for a ‘wheelbarrow’ Washington while weeding. Easier to hit the shower curtain, (bigger) WEAR MORE THAN than to try to toss weeds into
ONCE: The way that I keep up with what is clean and what is “used” is to use white hangers for the clean clothes and colored plastic hangers for TURN TO FRUGAL LIVING ON B15
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TASTE OF WINE CONTINUED FROM B5
Pacific Rim International Wine Competition when all Gen 7 wines entered won medals, including gold for the Viognier and the Muscat. Look it up at brooksidegen7.com. Call (619) 540-1986. Learn more about Wine Styles at winestyles.net/encinitas or call (760) 633-0057.
A Sage restaurateur shows how to succeed in today’s economy
Several months ago I got curious about Sage Grill in Encinitas after seeing some “come on in” inviting e-mails. Longtime owner Rick Campbell was turning things around with a combination of custom-quality entrees without the premium pricing, a Sunday/Monday $15 dinner, a retail wine selection at less than retail pricing, a wine bar and events at consistently lower price points. I call it the “Trifecta” to drive traffic into a wine/food operation. All wine dinners are priced at $59. They include a three-course dinner and four generous glasses of wine from a leading winery. On the occa-
son. Call (760) 729-7377 for an RSVP. — The Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival is June 3 through June 5. On June 4, many hot air balloons ascend skyward at dawn. Twenty wineries will pour. Check out temeculacvb.com or call (888) 363-2852 for tickets and other Wine Bytes information. — Encinitas Rotary pres— The great Grammy Award singer Sheena Easton is ents its annual Wine Festival at performing at the Grand Del Mar’s Club M, May 27 and May 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $85 each. Call (858) 314-2700. — Meritage Wine Market in Encinitas has a “Walk Through Washington” wine tasting May 27 from 6 to 8 p.m for $20 per person. More info at (760) 479-2500. — Miner Wines of Napa Valley are spotlighted at San Clemente Wine Co. May 27 from 5:30 to 9 p.m., with wine maker Dave Miner. Cost is $15 for seven wines, cheese, crackers and chocolate. Call (949) 429-7067. — PAON is hosting a Moshin Wine Tasting June 1 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the wine bar, and later in the month on June 29. PAON will have a Livingston-Moffett Wine Maker Dinner for $85 per persion I attended, Rutherford Hill was the winery. Sage has Napa Valley’s Markham coming on June 20 and Argentina’s Catena on July 18. All dinners begin at 6:30 p.m. For an RSVP to the wine dinners, and other information, call (760) 943-7243.
Frank Mangio is a renowned wine connoisseur certified by Wine Spectator. His library can be viewed at www.tasteofwinetv.com. (Average Google certified 900 visits per day) He is one of the top five wine commentators on the Web. Reach him at mangiompc@aol.com.
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