The VCB

Today, I got some pretty good news. I've been elected to the Board of Directors for the San Luis Obispo County Visitors and Conference Bureau.

My dream job has always been to be a Marketing Director for a winery on the Central Coast. I've always thought that selling Paso wine must be the easiest job in the world since it's like selling joy in a bottle. Anyone who has ever visited here and done the winery thing would understand what I'm talking about. Under the right conditions at some quaint back country winery, a person can almost have an out-of-body experience here.

What I will be doing in this position is to assist in the marketing of the region as a whole: the wineries, the lodging, the activities, everything tourism related. I'll have the opportunity the develop relationships with the business owners and tourism directors for many different organizations with the goal to facilitate tourism for the area. In many ways, I'll be working to promote something even better than Paso wine: the entire beautiful Central Coast.

I expect to lose some amount of sleep with this but most likely it will all be worth it. Who would have expected we'd be in this situation just two years ago? Life is crazy.

Written by Chris Johns

Rain rain rain

For the second weekend in a row, we've had rain.

 

It's ironic how we can have perfect weather for 5 days in a row then two days of torrential downpours followed by 5 more days of sunshine. The weather here on the Central Coast is like a box of chocolates...you never know what yer gonna get. It's fun watching the storm clouds roll in.

 

Actually, we really needed the rain. Totals are down 30% this year.

 

It's our 6th wedding anniversary today. We originally planned to go to San Francisco for the weekend, but the predictions of downpours killed that idea. So we're settling on a cozy afternoon watching Mad Men episodes and having Top Sirloin for dinner tonight. We're all still in our pajamas and wouldn't want it any other way.

 

Written by Chris Johns