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Paint and Wine @ Labor Day Lift Off!! [September 2017]
I said Albuquerque for the Balloon Festival last week, but what I meant to say was Colorado Springs for the Labor Day Lift Off Balloon...
Sharon Wix
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey [August 2017]
Surprise!!! We are still in Colorado and Wine with Wixy is visiting another awesome winery!! A very unique winery at that, I mean how...
Sharon Wix
Nov 6, 20244 min read
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The Winery at Pikes Peak [August 2017]
In our travels back and forth between Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak over the summers we've spent here, I happened upon this beautiful...
Sharon Wix
Oct 30, 20243 min read
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Beringer Vineyards, Napa Valley [August 2017]
I’m going to admit something here, [and I'm not afraid to do it... LOL] by now my new wine brain and baby wine tastebuds don't even begin...
Sharon Wix
Oct 23, 20244 min read
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Chateau Montelena Winery, Napa Valley [August 2017]
Chateau Montelena is considered one of the most historic wineries in Napa Valley. Not uncommonly, it sits on the hillside overlooking...
Sharon Wix
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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Grgich Hills Estate, Napa Valley [August 2017]
I don’t know what crosses your mind when you hear the word Pigeage, [ pronounced… peej-AHJE] but … ok, ok, I must admit, I have never...
Sharon Wix
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Napa Wine Train!! [August 2017]
I believe the comment I made on my Facebook post was “ALL ABOARD.. The Napa Wine Train!! Seriously one of the coolest things I've ever...
Sharon Wix
Oct 2, 20244 min read
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Sterling Winery, Napa Valley [August 2017]
So, how can you possibly compete with a winery fashioned inside of a medieval Castle!? Well, in my opinion you can’t [hahaha] but… you...
Sharon Wix
Sep 25, 20244 min read
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Castello di Amorosa, Napa Valley [August 2017]
When we started planning this trip to visit our good [balloonist] friend, Chad Cassell in Napa, I diligently started my research. I knew...
Sharon Wix
Sep 18, 20245 min read
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D'Vine Wine [June 2017]
Welcome back to Colorado Springs!! This summer I was able to find an assignment at UCHealth Memorial Hospital, right in the Springs!! It...
Sharon Wix
Sep 11, 20243 min read
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Happy Trees Painting Parties [May 2017]
One of my co-workers from CISH... the hospital where I was doing my current assignment, [I mentioned them in my last blog about...
Sharon Wix
Sep 4, 20243 min read
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Verde Valley Wine Trail [February 2017]
Welcome to the best “team building” activity ever!! First thing was to find an experienced, responsible designated driver with access to...
Sharon Wix
Aug 28, 20244 min read
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Uncorked Wine Lounge [January 2017]
I am honestly not sure what brought me to the intersections of Bell Road, Scottsdale Road, and Frank Lloyd Wright on this day. I think I...
Sharon Wix
Aug 21, 20244 min read
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Vino Colorado: the Sweet Elephant [August 2016]
On a day I was off from work, we went to drive/walk around the Old Town sector in Colorado Springs. [it seems like there is an “old town”...
Sharon Wix
Aug 14, 20244 min read
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Wines of Colorado [August 2016]
During the summer of 2016, Shawn and I decided to head to Colorado Springs instead of back to Albuquerque. [as we did th e previous...
Sharon Wix
Aug 7, 20244 min read
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Su Vino Winery [January 2016]
I am always looking for new and extraordinary things to do/see on my days off. [and I drag poor Shawn with me all over the place, which I...
Sharon Wix
Jul 31, 20244 min read
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Art Therapy for Me [January 2016]
Since publishing the blog about painting [the wine bottles] at Sisters Paint and Wine, I went there at least one other time to paint a...
Sharon Wix
Jul 24, 20243 min read


The Healing Power of Rest
The Healing Power of Rest: A Nurse’s Advice for Quality Sleep Habits... I wish I could say I wrote this article based solely on personal...
Sharon Wix
Jul 19, 20241 min read
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Fry's Marketplace [January 2016]
The first time I walked into our local Fry’s Marketplace [out on Dove Valley in North Phoenix] to get some groceries, I saw something...
Sharon Wix
Jul 17, 20243 min read
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Winery 101 [January 2016]
Let me make this story of accidentally finding another wine room [a long and semi-uninteresting story] short!! Shawn and I found a new...
Sharon Wix
Jul 10, 20244 min read
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Corrales Wine Loop [August 2015]
Ok, so what exactly is a wine loop or wine trail!? Well… it is a group of at least three [or more] wineries, usually not more than 15...
Sharon Wix
Jul 3, 20244 min read


Strong Heart, Healthy You: Strategies to Improve Circulation
Let's focus for a minute on a system of the human body that often taken for granted- the vascular system, also known as the circulatory...
Sharon Wix
Jun 26, 20241 min read
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Sisters Paint and Wine [June 2015]
I am super sad to inform you that Sisters Paint and Wine is no longer in business. I am beginning to surmise that 10 years is a long time...
Sharon Wix
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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