Good morning, fellow seniors. Welcome to our friendly Senior Corner.

This week saw three changes to the newsroom, two significant and one annoying.

Naturally, the best Web front page is the one you like. Many of us chose a front page so many years ago that we use the one we’ve got out of habit. That’s certainly the way it is with me.

If the closing of Brewsters on Main Street meant the end of an era for downtown Napa, the emerging Westin Verasa east of Soscol Avenue could be the commencement of a new era transforming our once sleepy village to a world-wide resort destination.

What is a winery? Sounds like a simple question, right?

The other night our two dear friends, Paola and her sister Mary, were over at our house for dinner.

Good morning, fellow seniors. Welcome to our friendly Senior Corner.

A few years ago, fishermen were challenged to dump their old motors that leaked gas and oil into the water.

Do ratings help to sell wine? It depends on whom you talk to. A recent survey of about 500 wine industry leaders by Scion Advisors, a Napa Valley-based consulting firm, asked about the influence of ratings and scores by the “Pillars of Wine Criticism” — Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate (Robert Parker’s newsletter).

If a Neanderthal were hired to do my job, he would feel right at home with my antediluvian system for keeping track of my reporter’s phone numbers.

“Dry rosé is what red wine drinkers drink when the weather is hot,” advises grower/vintner Rob Crane.

Dear Len & Rosie, My father passed away two years ago. Now Medi-Cal has sent my brother a letter asking for the estate to pay back Medi-Cal expenses in the amount of $36,500.

Gordon’s Cafe hopes to reopen in the fall after extensive renovation under new owner Leslie Rudd.

This is a very dangerous time of year. No, not because there so many people driving on our highways. It is vacation time. It is the time that individuals and families take off for the long-planned annual vacation. There is a tendency to overspend while on vacation since it is a once-a-year trip and it's easy to rationalize.