Greetings from Napa!

Dipstick and I are having a blast here in Napa, California with the Curve staff and many of its readers. We started out the weekend last night with a welcome party/wine tasting in the resort's cave. They were serving Trinitas wine and it was delish. Here Dip and I are with two of our biggest fans--Denise and Elana, who are getting married Oct. 11th.

We then went to a romantic dinner in downtown Napa (isn't everything more romantic when you're in wine country?) at Ristorante Allegria. God bless the restaurant; they took a reservation for 20 lezzies.

Today, after a leisurely morning at the resort, we headed to the Curve pool party where we ate from a delicious spread the hotel provided and drank beer by the pool. It is 95 degrees here today, so we spent most of our time in the water. Very good times, great music and lots of laughter.

We're now headed to a wine tasting and then a champagne tasting at Domaine Carneros, where they'll be serving us dinner. Such a rough life here in Napa, but someone has to do it. More tomorrow.

Our Time in Oakland

Thank you Laurel Books and all the lesbos (and one guy!) who came out to our reading last night. Luan and her partner, Emily, hosted the event and they had quite a spread for the enthusiastic crowd. Wine, cookies and an explosion of fruits. After the reading, we went to Velvet Nightclub, one of the Bay Area's only exclusive dyke bars (The Lexington is the other).

We met lots of lovely people, including MJ, Carol, Lamb Chop, Jude, Teri, Alison (who interviewed us for THIS piece) and fellow author Lucy Jane Bledsoe, who we'll also go see in Portland next week. She'll be reading from her new book Biting the Apple. We snapped a picture with her below.

Santa Cruz Lezbots Rock

Thanks Santa Cruz for showing us the love last night by coming out to our reading at Bookshop Santa Cruz in California. What a great turnout (about 30 peeps) and the Q & A was the longest one we've had with some really great questions (you anarchists, you).

A special shout out to George with the Bookshop and her partner of 21 years (we told them they should write the next relationship guide!) Ellen. Also, Diana and her sexy, sassy bitches (all pictured with our book) for coming out even though our reading interfered with the L Word (note to self: BAD PLANNING on our part). Despite the run-in with Shane, Bette and Ilene Chaiken, the crowd was great.

Two very special guests were in the audience: My brother--aka The Swami in the book--and his wife, Lanie. We're staying with them while we're here in Santa Cruz and I think the reading was very eye-opening for my brother. While he laughed a lot (we are have the same sense of humor and even though we were born 3.5 years apart, we are convinced we are twins), he probably learned more about his little sister than he ever wanted to know. We read the chapter: Dip Me in Honey and Throw Me to the Lesbians.

That said, he is always such a great sport and Lanie, too, is such an ally. In their wedding years ago, there were more lesbians standing up on her side as bridesmaids than breeders!

Straight allies are the best!

I love you, B + L!

PS: We went to this great place in downtown Santa Cruz after for dinner and wine. Check it out: Soif