{"id":237533,"date":"2015-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/wine-wednesdays-and-wow\/"},"modified":"2015-03-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T08:00:00","slug":"wine-wednesdays-and-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wine-wednesdays-and-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine, Wednesdays and WoW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Darlynne and Marc Menkin |\u00a0It\u2019s All Happening<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe but it\u2019s been 24-plus years since we left the East Coast and moved to San Diego. During that time, we\u2019ve never once said to ourselves \u201cwe\u2019re bored.\u201d Far from it, as we\u2019re always uncovering cool things to see and do.<\/p>\n

Take for instance the last time we were Downtown. We had just wrapped up one of our fun Urban Challenge Scavenger Hunts<\/strong> and didn\u2019t feel like going home yet, so we headed to the cocina marina<\/strong><\/a> en el Marriott Marquis<\/strong> cerca Seaport Village<\/strong>. We heard about their \u201cWine\u00a0Wednesdays\u201d\u00a0event that happens from 6 \u2013 7 p.m. on select Wednesdays. It was a warm, summer-like evening, so it was the perfect way to end our long day. We were with four other people giving it a nice, intimate feel, which allowed us to really interact with Josh Orr, the sommelier and his sidekick Amanda.<\/p>\n

\"D<\/a>
(l to r) Josh Orr and some shiny happy wine people (Photo by Marc Menkin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI like when it\u2019s 12 or less people,\u201d Josh said. \u201cWe can do the event in the cellar and have great conversations. I get a kick out of interacting with people.\u201d He added that when they have more than 18 people, they will sometimes do the tastings out on the patio, which has great views of the bay and Coronado.\u00a0Josh had a nice, laid-back style and his passion and knowledge for wines really came through in his storytelling.<\/p>\n

The wine tastings were excellent and they complemented the food nicely. We had Marina Kitchen\u2019s signature homemade bread, featuring a special olive oil and tomato spread that literally exploded with flavor in our mouths.\u00a0They also served samples of their fish and pork specialties, both mainstays at the restaurant. In addition to the food and wine pairing class, Marina Kitchen also offers a blind tasting. That\u2019s when the identity of the wine is unknown to the taster, allowing for an unbiased evaluation. The cost for the food and\u00a0wine\u00a0combo is $40 per person, $20 for the regular tastings.<\/p>\n

In addition to wine and culinary adventures, immersion theater is something else we truly enjoy. We recently checked out La Jolla Playhouse\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cThe Grift\u201d \u2014 part of their Without Walls (WoW) Festival \u2014 playing at the Lafayette Hotel<\/strong> in Uptown and it was quite a treat. It\u2019s a unique way to immerse yourself into a mystery. If you\u2019ve never experienced this form of theater, it\u2019s a fun, interactive performance that allows the audience to be part of the show. In \u201cThe Grift,\u201d small groups of 10 or so people visit different rooms of the Lafayette Hotel and at each stop, you have to solve a clue in order to move on. The moving show accommodates 50 audience members and requires some walking and climbing stairs.<\/p>\n

It starts out with five groups and several people in each group are given colored armbands with a key attached. You aren\u2019t told how these keys will be used. It\u2019s all very mysterious but fun. One of the rooms even features food and drinks, which is a nice touch.\u00a0\u201cThe Grift\u201d runs through March 22 and tickets are $40. For more information, visit lajollaplayhouse.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And finally, if you\u2019re into music like we are, the Centro de Ciencias Reuben H. Fleet<\/strong> en parque balboa<\/strong> is offering some great concerts. The next show is March 27 and will showcase blues artist Earl Thomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarl Thomas has been selling out shows in San Diego since the 1990s,\u201d said Nathan Young, promotions manager for the science center. \u201cHe sings a style of blues and soul music that we don\u2019t often get to hear in San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other upcoming concerts are Eve Selis and Berkley Hart on April 17 and Steve Poltz on May 22.<\/p>\n

Queremos escuchar de ti<\/strong> \u2014 DecoBikes are the new bike-share program installed Downtown. Take a creative photo with you and a friend with a DecoBike. Do something fun like a popping a wheelie! The best picture will win two tickets to a Downtown Urban Challenge\/Scavenger Hunt and two tickets for a biking adventure to secret spots in Coronado!<\/p>\n

\u2014Darlynne and Marc Menkin are co-owners of Where You Want To Be Tours. Several of their teambuilding adventures are Downtown and on Coronado Island and their niche is Hidden San Diego. Visit Wheretours.com<\/a> y GroupAdventures.com<\/a> para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darlynne and Marc Menkin |\u00a0It\u2019s All Happening It\u2019s hard to believe but it\u2019s been 24-plus years since we left the East Coast and moved to San Diego. During that time, we\u2019ve never once said to ourselves \u201cwe\u2019re bored.\u201d Far from it, as we\u2019re always uncovering cool things to see and do. Take for instance the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":237534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Wine, Wednesdays and WoW","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}