http://blog.805living.com Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:07:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thursday, July 29th Fiamme Restaurant in Thousand Oaks is host to Headliners Comedy Club which performs there every weekend.  On July 29th, comedian John DiCrosta, known for his wide range of voices and impressions, will headline.  On that night, a four-course dinner will be served with wines from Cantara Cellars.  Dishes ... http://blog.805living.com/grapes-of-laff-wine-comedy-dinner/ Saturday, July 24th, 5-9 p.m. & Sunday, July 25th, 1-4 p.m. The Meadowlark Service League is sponsoring A Taste of Camarillo held on the grounds of the Adolfo Camarillo Ranch House. On Saturday evening, a buffet dinner will be served along with wine and champagne.  Musician Tony Ybara will pay his guitar.  ... http://blog.805living.com/taste-of-camarillo/ Saturday & Sunday, July 24 & 25, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Oxnard's Plaza Park is the scene of the 17th annual Salsa Festival.  Over the space of two days you can enjoy the Salsa Tasting Tent with different salsas dished up by local restaurants and residents, salsa music and ... http://blog.805living.com/oxnard-salsa-festival/ Sunday, July 18th, noon - 6 p.m. The Shoemaker Brothers will be playing music all afternoon on the Bocce Ball courts of Limoneira orchard and packing plant in Santa Paula.  There is no charge for the music or the bocce ball.  Food and liquor from Jonathan's at Pierano's will be for ... http://blog.805living.com/bocce-blues-bbq-at-limoneira/ Thursday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. Bernard's Wine Gallery is sponsoring a dinner featuring Coquelicot Estate Vineyard.  The six course meal will be paired with six glasses of wine.  Dishes include baked Fanny Bay oysters paired with Refugio Ranch Sauvignon Blanc 2007, tenderloin of beef with morel mushrooms paired with Estate Mon ... http://blog.805living.com/bernards-coquelicot-wine-dinner/ Thursday - Saturday, July 15-17 The California Wine Festival taking place in Santa Barbara over the next few days is chock full of wine-tasting events.   Thursday night's tasting (6:30-9 p.m.) has an Old Spanish Days theme with flamenco dancing and tapas.  Friday night's tasting (6:30-9 p.m.) takes place at Chase ... http://blog.805living.com/wine-festival-in-santa-barbara/ Wednesday, July 14th Bastille Day festivities at Ladyface Alehouse & Brasserie include menu specials like Vichyssoise and a new ale sorbet, but the real draw will be the Parisian Waiters' Race in the parking lot at 5 p.m. Waiters from Ladyface and other restaurants will run carrying trays laden with full ... http://blog.805living.com/bastille-day-at-ladyface-brasserie/ Tuesday & Wednesday, July 20 & 21, 6-9 p.m. Send your college-age kids to this cooking class at Main Course California in Ventura designed specifically for those living on their own for the first time.  They'll learn, in a two-part series, basic knife skills, basic cooking techniques, and how to stock ... http://blog.805living.com/cooking-class-for-college-kids/ Saturday, July 17th, noon Saddle Peak Lodge in Calabasas has never done a luncheon before so this must be good, right?  Chef Adam Horton pairs pub grub like Alaskan halibut fish & chips and game sausages & choucroute with six different beers.  The four-course meal, including drinks, costs $50.  The full ... http://blog.805living.com/beer-luncheon-at-saddle-peak-lodge/ Wednesday, July 14th, 8:15 p.m. The Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore in Santa Barbara in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is bringing in members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit for a night of educational stargazing.  Telescopes will be set up on the Monte Vista lawn for ... http://blog.805living.com/starry-night-at-four-seasons-santa-barbara/