However, there really is more here than food and wine. You could go golfing between sips and bites. For those inclined to spoil a good walk, the Napa area provides some pretty interesting choices. And many don’t require you to mortgage your home. Here are some excellent choices.

Eagle Vines Golf Club
Located about 15 minutes east of the town of Napa in American Canyon, Eagle Vines is a challenging but fair Johnny Miller-designed track that will give you the opportunity to swing away and practice your target golf. It’s a pretty course, surrounded on many holes by vines and water coming into play on eight holes. It’s nicely groomed and the greens tend to be quite true and of moderate to quick speeds. The two putting greens leave something to be desired. And be careful, in my experience, the putting greens tend to be slower than the course greens. You can find green fees ranging from $39 to $80. My favorite hole is #11, a par five with water to to the left off the tee and a second shot that requires first a carry over a stream then a carry over a lake to reach in two; or a precision shot between water and bunkers to set up a pitch to the green.

Chardonnay Golf Club
Located direct adjacent to Eagle Vines is Chardonnay Golf Club. It, like Eagle Vines, is incorporated into a vineyard landscape with vines coming into play on a number of holes. The views from many of the elevated tees are spectacular. Uniquely, Chardonnay presents six par 3s, six par 4s and six par 5s. Beware that the par fives are difficult holes. Many of them are long and demand a careful carry over ravines and washes. The practice facilities here are quite good with a large putting green and a grass range. There are numerous elevated tees here, some of them monumentally elevated. And like its neighbor, Eagle Vines, wind can be a serious factor later in the afternoon. My favorite hole is the elevated par 3 8th that hits to a undulating narrow and wide green. Given the wind factor, I’ve hit everything from a 52 degree wedge to a 7 iron on this hole.

Napa Golf Course at Kennedy Park
This is Napa’s local municipal course, and it’s a good one with lots of challenges. Like most municipal courses it’s not in absolutely pristine shape (some sand traps remain “rock traps”). However, water comes into play on 14 of the 18 holes and in many cases, this isn’t just incidental water. It’s you-better-hit-your-tee-shot-straight kind of water. As you would imagine, prices as Kennedy are lower. You can easily get on for $35 or less. There is a driving range with mats as well as a fine putting green. My favorite hole is #8, a medium length par 5 with water on both sides and lake about 100 yards out that must be traversed. You can get to the green in two with two good shots, but you’d better not be errant.

Vintners Golf Club
This is the Valley’s local 9-hole track located smack dab in the middle of the Valley in the culinary haven of Yountville. They keep this little nine holer in very good shape and it is mightily popular with locals not only for the quick round it provides but also for the driving range that allows for hitting off mats as well as grass. Water comes into play on three holes but only on number 4 is it of any consequence. The folks that run this place are fantastic and the local pro, Jeff Dennis, is outstanding. Rates range from about $20 up to $40 for a round of 18.

Hiddenbrook Golf Club
This one is located about a 25 minute drive from the town of Napa and it might be the best course around that you can easily get on. It’s an Arnold Palmer-designed course that has hosted LPGA events and it is a challenge, well-groomed and well worth an afternoon.The course features some huge elevation changes, a number of holes with wide open fairways and holes that require you traverse water to reach the green. In my mind, it is the most challenging of the easy-to-get-on-courses in the area. From the blue tees you have a 71.1 rating and 133 slope. This course comes highly recommended. Rates for a round range from $40 to $100 depending on when you play. Hiddenbrook also provides a driving range, an undulating putting green and a chipping green.

Mare Island Golf Club
Located about a half hour from Napa in the town of Vallejo on a former army base located on an island of sorts, Mare Island Golf Club is unique. Opened in 1892 as a nine hole track it claims to be the oldest golf course still operating west of the Mississippi River. In 2000 an additional 9 holes were added providing for two very different golfing experiences between the original nine and the new nine holes. The front nine is a traditional layout with tree-lined fairways and greens like postage stamps. The new back nine opens up, and provides a more links-like experience Much of Mare Island is target golf, made even more difficult by the frequent afternoon winds that can turn a 9 iron into a 5 iron. The green fees are great values ranging from $15 to $45 depending on day and time of play. A small putting green is provided with an irons only driving range.

There are other courses in the area, most of which require membership or a stay at the connected resort. All of the courses described above require no more than a tee time. I tend to rotate around these course and find something to like about all of them. For golfers coming to Napa, a few hours away from the food and wine will be rewarding. And the wine will always be here.

 

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The past few days’ warmer climes are a dead giveaway, but for those who prefer to celebrate by the book: Spring officially begins Sunday.

(If you’re annoyed by the fact that this column so often begins with a reminder as to what holiday or season is on the horizon, apologies. Let it be your constant reminder to drink in season, just as you should eat in season.)

More important than the fact that yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, or that a certain day this year marks the 244th anniversary of the invention of soda water, the start of spring gives us permission to polish off our brown liquors and move into lighter territory (think gin, tequila, light rum). True, bourbon remains an excellent transitional spirit to be enjoyed in the months warming up to Derby Day in early May, but toasting the equinox deserves a bit more effort.

That said, go out. Yes, this column primarily encourages staying in and trying your hand at drink recipes. This weekend, go out. Yes, in the rain. (It’s part of spring, after all.) Sit somewhere with windows that have the capacity to open up to the elements, even if it’s too cold to do it just yet. Allow yourself to daydream about temperatures that reach into the 60s. No — the 70s. We’re almost there, folks.

This is the cocktail you should drink while you’re waiting: The Soiled Dove at Bangers & Lace (1670 W. Division St., 773.252.6499).

Comprised of silver tequila, dry sherry, agave, lime and grapefruit juice, it’s served in a Collins glass with ice (it’s been a long time since you had a tall drink, no?) and is finished with bitters and black salt. As for that added salt: Don’t let the mention of it conjure images of rock salt-strewn sidewalks. We’re past that now.

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Seven fighters attended the UFC on FUEL TV post-fight press conference: Chan Sung Jung, Dustin Poirier, Donald Cerrone, Tom Lawlor, Yves Jabouin, Igor Pokrajac and Amir Sadollah. UFC President Dana White missed his first fight in eleven years due to impending surgery, but provided commentary via his Twitter account.

Jung and Poirier earned Fight of the Night for their thrilling main event scrap. After a back-and-forth battle in which the momentum swung in each fighter’s favor, Jung landed an uppercut in the fourth round that sent Poirier retreating toward the fence. Jung pursued, stuffed a Poirier takedown attempt, and secured a fight-ending d’arce choke. For his efforts, “The Korean Zombie” was also awarded Submission of the night.

Knockout of the Night went to Lawlor, who dropped veteran Jason MacDonald early in the first round. Lawlor, who turned 29 tonight, took home his third Fight Night bonus (after earning Fight of the Night for his battle with Aaron Simpson, and Submission of the Night for his victory over CB Dollaway).
Each fighter received $40,000 for their bonuses (with Jung taking home $80,000 for his two bonuses).

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Ready for another week of affordable, multi-course meals at top Chicago restaurants?

Heck, yeah. 

Chicago Chef Week is underway, running through Saturday, during which some 52 restaurants will feature three-course lunches for $22 and three-course dinners for $33.

It sounds a bit like Chicago Restaurant Week, doesn’t it? Same prices, and indeed, some of the same restaurants. This week is a bit shorter and has far fewer participants, but you’ll still be able to dine at the likes of Avec, Big Jones, Bistronomic, Boka, C-House, Cibo Matto, Green Zebra, Hearty, Mana Food Bar, MK, Nana, Nightwood, Perennial, Sable, Sepia, Sola, Terzo Piano, Veerasway and Zealous.

You can find all the participating restaurants, and make online reservations, at the Chicago Chef Week website. Clicking on individual restaurants will link you to their respective sites, but as of this morning, very few had bothered to post their Chicago Chef Week menus. Think of it as the thrill of anticipation.

 

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World championship leader Sebastian Vettel set the fastest laptime of the final practice session ahead of qualifying in Barcelona this morning, but is sure to face a fierce battle for pole position later today. In what was a highly unpredictable session, Vettel’s laptime of 1m23.168s beat Williams’ Pastor Maldonado (1m23.336s) and Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi (1m23.350s) by less than two tenths, with many others likely to be in contention come qualifying also.

Conditions were sweltering once again at the Spanish track as teams and drivers made their final preparations ahead of this afternoon’s qualifying session and Sunday’s race. The session was an immediate disaster for Lotus’s Romain Grosjean however, as he coast to a halt in the opening minutes with a fuel pressure problem. Despite the best efforts of his team he was unable to return to the track and goes into qualifying on the backfoot.

Free Practice 3
No.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1’23.168	13
2	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1’23.336	19
3	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1’23.350	19
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1’23.578	16
5	Sergio Perez	Sauber	1’23.742	22
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’23.807	15
7	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1’23.833	14
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1’23.909	13
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	1’23.936	16
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’24.070	24
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’24.179	16
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1’24.323	17
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1’24.331	15
14	Bruno Senna	Williams	1’24.409	18
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	1’24.599	15
16	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1’24.778	15
17	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’24.825	17
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1’25.911	20
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1’26.587	20
20	Charles Pic	Marussia	1’27.469	18
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1’27.689	16
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1’28.207	24
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1’28.373	13
24	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	-	2

source : ManipeF1

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Posted on 05.12.2012 12:00 by Simona Filed under: Ford | coupe | video | Ford Mustang | sports cars | Cars | Car News

If we were writing about a motorcycle, then this story would not be as incredible as the one we are about to tell you, but James “Ski” Smith attempted to do something a little more extraordinary then hopping on a motorcycle for a fast lap. Smith flipped his Fox bodied Mustang up onto a 2 wheeled SKI and tried to complete a lap around the famous Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey California.

The first thing we have to mention is that no one should try this at home, or their local streets. It takes a tremendous amount of skill to drive a car on two wheels for that length of time and, to make his attempt even more difficult, James Smith had never actually been around the race course before this stunt. Imagine how difficult it was to go on a maiden lap on two wheels!

Check out the video to see what it’s like lapping Laguna Seca on two wheels with the use of the onboard camera and the view from the car alongside it! Enjoy!

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Video: Man tries to lap Laguna Seca Raceway on two wheels originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 12 May 2012 12:00 EST.

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The BMW 2-Series Convertible will arrive a few months after its coupe brother and will be sportier than the current 1-Series. Under the hood, there will only be four-cylinder engines: a 2.0 petrol with either 150 HP, 177 HP, or 218 HP and a 2.0 turbodiesel with 214 HP. These engines will be combined with either a six-speed manual transmission or an optional eight-speed automatic transmission. An xDrive system will also be offered to make the car even more fuel efficient.

Expect to see the new BMW 2-Series Convertible launched in late 2013.

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Maldonado, starting from pole position, held his nerve as he withstood the challenge of Ferrari’s Spanish driver to take the 66-lap race at the Catalunya Circuit by 3.1 seconds and give F1 its fifth different race winner of a so far unpredictable season.

Maldonado become the sport’s first Venezuelan winner, while Williams’ 114th triumph was its first since the 2004 Brazilian GP.

“It’s a wonderful day for me and the team. An unforgettable race,” said Maldonado, who was hoisted onto the shoulders of Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen before being doused in champagne on his first visit to the podium. “It was a tough race, with the strategy and a couple of laps we were struggling. But the car was so competitive from the first lap.”

Raikkonen made up nearly 20 seconds over the final stretch to finish 3.8 seconds behind Maldonado in third, ahead of Lotus teammate Romain Grosjean.

Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber was fifth, ahead of two-time defending F1 champion Sebastian Vettel, who charged past Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes to take sixth and maintain a share of the overall F1 points lead.

The Red Bull driver, who was given a drive-through penalty during the race, shares 61 points at the top of the driver standings with Alonso through five races. It is F1′s most varied start since 1983, when five different drivers also opened the season with victories.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was seventh and Lewis Hamilton, demoted from pole to last place in the 24-car field because of a rule breach, finished eighth for McLaren.

Hamilton finished ahead of teammate Jenson Button with Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg taking the last two points in 10th.

Alonso provided home fans with a steely start as the two-time champion kept his inside line, under pressure from Maldonado. The Spaniard led around the first corner with Raikkonen moving ahead of Grosjean to sit third.

Hamilton, who set the fastest lap in Saturday’s qualifying but failed to retain enough fuel in his tank to get back into the pits, overcame a poor first stop when his crew failed to clear a tire quickly to stay in the points. He moved as high as fifth after the second round of stops, when Maldonado took over the lead from Alonso, with Raikkonen still ahead of Grosjean.

Maldonado’s third stop was far from graceful as he lost valuable time, returning to the track behind Raikkonen, who took the lead when Alonso stopped for the third and final time.

But Maldonado passed Raikkonen on lap 47 to open up a gap on Alonso, who passed the Finn one lap later to stay on Maldonado’s back.

“It was a fantastic start. We took the momentum there and led the race for the first start but Williams anticipated (our pit) stop and got in front,” said Alonso, who finished runner-up for the fourth time. “We tried a couple of times to get in front but it wasn’t possible.”

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado picked up Formula One career win No. 1 in Sunday’s Spanish GP. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) The 27-year-old Maldonado drove with confidence down the final stretch despite Alonso, whose lone victory here was in 2006, bearing down on him.

“There was some moments where he was so close but I managed the gap,” Maldonado said.

Michael Schumacher bowed out after running into the back of Bruno Senna’s Williams on lap 14, the German driver’s terrible season getting worse as he failed to finish for the third time while also knocking his Brazilian rival out of the race.

Hamilton stayed third in the driver standings ahead of Raikkonen going into the Monaco GP on May 27.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to be strong again,” Maldonado said. “Consistency will be the most important thing this championship.”

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Posted on 03.28.2012 10:00 by Simona Filed under: Mini | compact cars | coupe | Spy Shots and Rendering | hatchback | Mini Cooper | special editions | Cars | Car Reviews | Mini

The top model Mini from the last generation was the JCW GP – a special edition with just 2,000 units. Now it seems history is about to repeat itself as Mini is testing a new GP version for the current generation Mini Cooper. Our spy photographers have caught the prototype just outside the Nürburgring as it makes the customary rounds at the famous German track.

Just like the old GP version, the new Cooper JCW GP will be distinguished by a new front bumper/spoiler, a huge rear diffuser that was inspired by the Challenge race car, and a massive spoiler at the back end of the roof. The car will also get a new set of wheels combined with a lowered suspension.

The new Mini Cooper S JCW GP is rumored to deliver somewhere around 220 HP. It will also be lighter compared to a standard model, so expect it to be the pocket rocket all Mini fans have been waiting for.

An official debut for the Mini Copper JCW GP will be made later in 2012.

Mini Cooper S JCW GP originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 10:00 EST.

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