Since Monday is the big deadline day here at Seven Days, it’s not a good day for deep and meaningful posts. Instead, I offer you a pretty picture.

I took this shot in Yountville, California at The Villagio — a beautiful hotel and luxury inn. My sweetie and I were taking a walk before heading into San Fran — in part to work off some of the calories from a sumptuous dinner at The French Laundry the night before — and came across these multi-colored bunches of grapes. Memories…

This article appears in Apr 25 – May 1, 2007.

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Former contributor Suzanne Podhaizer is an award-winning food writer (and the first Seven Days food editor) as well as a chef, farmer, and food-systems consultant. She has given talks at the Stone Barns Center for Agriculture's "Poultry School" and its...