Things I Love This Week: August 19

A selection of wines from Sort This Out Cellars

I can’t believe August is more than half over! We’re finally getting some warm weather here in Santa Barbara, so I hope that means our summer will last well into September. Here are a few things I’ve been loving lately.

• Australia and Britain’s Next Top Model: I stopped watching America’s Next Top Model several seasons ago, but I can’t get enough of its overseas counterparts. Both Australia and Britain are in the middle of their respective sixth seasons and I’m loving all of the catty competition replete with adorable accents.
• Everything Scott Pilgrim: I discovered the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series last year, so have been eagerly anticipating the film adaptation by Edgar Wright, one of my favorite directors (see also: Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced). Well, the movie was fantastic and stayed true to the essence of the comics. Along with the soundtrack and the video game, it’s been a Scott Pilgrim-heavy couple weeks!
• Book clubs: About a year ago, I met up locally with a few people from Goodreads and we’ve been meeting monthly since and continue to add new members here and there. I read a lot, and it’s so fun to talk about books with other readers and pick up books I would never choose on my own.
• Wine tasting: I always love wine tasting, but I just went over the weekend for the first time this summer. I prefer independent wineries with a laidback vibe, so this time I visited one of my favorites, Sort This Out Cellars, which has a Vegas lounge motif, and found a great new spot, Carivintas, which donates some of its proceeds to animal charities. Both are in Solvang, CA and well worth a visit if you’re in the Central Coast area.

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