Photographer Nanci Kerby and her assistant Michelle Imbach, have just returned from the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International 2008 convention/trade show in Las Vegas.

Charter Oak Bank reported net income of $160,000 during the first quarter of 2008, an improvement of $202,000 from the prior year first quarter net loss of $42,000.

Redwood Credit Union has received silver-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for their recently remodeled Administrative Office & branch building at 3033 Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa.

Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is pleased to announce that Scott Ghisletta has joined the downtown Napa Valley office.

With names like Jimmy Blue Eyes, Vinnie Gorgeous and Boopsie Castille, the bikinis made by DesNeiges Design are meant to stand out from the usual beach and pool attire.

Judy Naimo said she came to Napa in 1972 on a fluke. Arriving at a friend’s house in St. Helena, “I spent the night and fell in love with the Valley. I thought, ‘I have to live here.’”

I went to EschaCon ’08 in Philadelphia this past weekend and came home with an increased respect for both the craft and the commitment of the blogging community.

When home values were rising at double digit rates, owners saw the opportunity to turn this equity into cold cash to fund vacations, new cars or convert high-interest credit card debt to a lower-interest home equity line.

In 1972 Mark Jardarian, tasting room manager at Wineries of Napa Valley in the Napa Town Center, went to work for Marine World/Africa U.S.A. as a parking lot attendant.

Harris Interactive, a major international research firm, recently published a report about how aging Americans feel about their approaching retirement. The study was comprised of a survey of Americans between ages 45 and 65, and it had some interesting results.