Markham Vineyards presents “Mask Italia and In Your Face Pastel” by distinguished artists from Mask Italia and highly regarded artist Joy Waters. The show opens with a reception Saturday, 4:30-7:30 p.m.  

With more than 40,000 acres of vineyards in the Napa Valley, who has time to focus on a single grape leaf?

The Napa Valley Symphony presents its first classical concert of 2007 featuring renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis on  Jan. 21, at 3 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville.

The Tarabinis are becoming regulars on the Napa music scene, much as they were back in the ’50s and ’60s around the Bay Area.

Copia warms up January with a Latin American theme for its Friday Night Flicks, and offers a complimentary tasting of a wine from Latin America before each screening between 7:15 and 7:45 p.m. Films all start at 8 p.m. The cost for films is $7 general, and $6 for Copia members.

Jeannie Hutton has a message for those intent on carrying out a  New Year’s resolution to shape up: Take it easy on yourself.

In her clinical psychology practice, Joan “Joni” Dittrich, Ph.D., often counsels people about weight and eating issues. In her yoga instruction, Dittrich stresses the alignment of body, mind and spirit.

January is renewal month, and Steve Andrews, director of marketing at Villagio Inn & Spa in Yountville, said his staff have been at work on “guilt-free and fat- free” treatments to get a new year off to an invigorating start.

If you thought housecalls were a thing of the past, think again. Dr. Cameron Parrett is a 21st century circuit rider, illuminating the lives of elderly patients unable to drive, walk or even get out of bed.

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The Oxbow Public Market, scheduled to open in the fall of 2007 in Napa’s burgeoning Oxbow District, has announced the addition of the Model Bakery, which will bake fresh artisan breads on the premises, along with morning pastries, sandwiches/panini, pizza, prepared foods and coffee drinks.

Mohammed Daftari could be an ambassador for pomegranates.

NEW YORK -- Rick Lofstad sliced an inch-thick steak off a hunk of tuna, red as beets, and offered up the fish’s pedigree: a 40-pounder caught off Montauk, football-sized without the tail and fins.

Although Mohammed Daftari can recall the time when he had to search through the East Bay looking for pomegranates, the fruit is now turning up everywhere from salads to martinis, and now has a book of its own, “Pomegranates,” by Ann Kleinberg (Tenspeed Press).

Each Tuesday The Register reviews an area restaurant, with an emphasis on establishments where a couple can dine for $30 or less. Reader suggestions are welcomed.

Texture can make a world of difference when it comes to making low-fat food appealing.

If you're mounting a remodeling project in the new year, here's a checklist of nine things you can do to curb homeowner angst and avoid the pitfalls of home-improvement makeovers gone awry.

In the '70s, actor and comedian Redd Foxx portrayed the character Fred Sanford on the hit TV series "Sanford & Son," in which he and his TV son played owners of a junkyard. Although the show's set was a simple, sparsely decorated home, you just knew it was smack dab in the middle of the messiest junkyard known to humankind.

Here's an easy-to-follow pattern for a hand-knitted mobile phone case with a buttoned strap, designed by Sarah Marie Fuchs and submitted to the book "One-Skein Wonders" by Bella Filati Luxury Yarns in Southern Pines, N.C.

Bill Griffiths and Melanie Rashbaum, both of Orlando, Fla., were married on Nov. 11 at 4:30 p.m. at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Charles and Suzanne Messina celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 23.

ROBINSON-PERLOW-PERLOW -- Yvette Robinson-Perlow vs. James Perlow, Dec. 26, 2006

ACUNA SALDIVAR-TORRES VAZQUEZ -- Hernan Acuna Saldivar, 28, River Glen Drive, Napa, to Beatriz Adriana Torres Vazquez, 22, River Glen Drive.

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