The French author Charles Pierre Monselet once said, “The pleasant hours of our life all are connected…with some memory of the table.”

 Everyone in the nonprofit sector has been, or is adjusting to the difficulties posed by the current economy. Executive directors who have had to reduce staff, cut back work hours or reorganize may think all the hard work to face these tough economic times is done.

‘Be Mine’ Italian cherry cordials are available at Annette’s Chocolates & Ice Cream Factory of Napa Oxbow store for the Valentine’s holiday. J.L. Sousa/Register

Bon Vivant World Traveler, a Napa Chamber of Commerce member, will be conducting a travel workshop featuring Arlyne Thompson, who will be showing attendees how to travel as an industry insider with perks and benefits that can make vacations tax-deductible.

Napa Valley College Hospitality Institute is hosting a day of training for managers and supervisory staff in the hospitality industry.

Ira C. Smith came to Northern California for the first time to broadcast a 1974 football game between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinal.

One of the advantages of having a small business in Napa County is our size. The county is small enough that local businesses and community events are featured, yet we are big enough to have our own, local print media.

The arrival of one more luxury resort in the Napa Valley would be hardly worth mentioning except that eco-developer Phil Sherburne’s new Bardessono, recently opened in Yountville, just raised the bar for sustainable development in Napa County. And it may also be the hospitality model for the future.

Dear Len & Rosie, My mother named my sister and me as successor co-trustees in her revocable living trust; and co-executors in her will.