Craig Smith

…Are the headline band at today’s Blues, Brews & BBQ, and admission is free. If that isn’t enough of an incentive, there are seven other bands on two stages, including Napa’s own Second Street Band, which opens the show at noon.

Now a part of Napa’s fabric, the Main Street Reunion Car Show is a highly anticipated event.

Okay, actually Grace Kelly style is back, via a line of handbags now available at Muguette Renee Boutique at 1409 Second St., inspired by the actress-turned princess.

As they say, there are two kinds of people in the world: Those who like to go out at night, and those who don’t. If you are one of the latter, skip this column and turn to the sports page.

The Downtown Napa Association recently hosted a half dozen travel writers, introducing them to all things new in Napa.

Napa Live: Inside and Out, a music crawl featuring 35 bands playing throughout downtown, kicks off at noon on Sunday.

Downtown Napa’s music crawl, featuring 40 bands at 35 locations, is Sunday, June 4 from noon to 6 p.m.

Michael Bauer, food critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, just released his annual list of the top 100 Bay Area restaurants.

Last year, the Downtown Napa Association (DNA) introduced Napa Live: Inside and Out. A music crawl, the event featured 30 businesses hosting music either inside their store or outside the patio, as well as music in Veterans Park and Dwight Murray Plaza. Because it was a new event, organizers…

Cheryl Richburg, owner of Napa Valley Traditions at Main and Pearl, thinks egg hunts should be for everybody, not just kids, and is hosting one at the store on Wed., April 12, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Indra Fortney, owner of Boho Lifestyle at 1012 First St., next door to Starbucks, lives and breathes fashion – the variety, the fast pace, the creativity and the ever-changing looks.

The Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company opened for business 32 years ago in downtown Napa.

Becky Anderson owns Miyamo, a clothing store for women, located at 1128 First St. The first time I met her was weeks before the business was to open.

Romance’s Big Day is Tuesday.

Want to research an eye doctor before making your next appointment? Check out Dr. Craig Sultan on Yelp, and you’ll find more than 100 comments, mostly from locals but with a visitor or two thrown in, all singing his praises.

During the recent storms, many held their collective breath as the creeks and river rose, wondering if flood control was going to do what it was designed to do.

Jill Brandt, who owns the Napa General Store with her husband Jim, describes their business as a “lifestyle store and community gathering place” that includes a restaurant and wine shop with a tasting bar.

Mother Nature said “no” to last Thursday’s free horse drawn carriage rides, bringing us much needed rain instead. Next Thurs., Dec. 22, will be the last night for carriages, which run from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and begin at Napa River Inn.

John Shackford, who opened Shackford’s Kitchen Store at 1350 Main St. in 1975, said that in some ways the store is stuck in the ‘50s.

Join your family and friends Wed., Nov. 23, 6 p.m. at Veterans Park for the annual Christmas tree lighting.

Winemaker Mark Herold is a scientist, having earned a Ph.D. in ecology with an emphasis in nutritional biochemistry.

...Or not, depending on your perspective, but Halloween is right around the corner.

Cake Plate, at 730 Main St. in the Riverfront building, just turned nine years old.

JaM Cellars (named for John and Michele Truchard, who own and operate the brand recently opened a tasting room at 1460 First St., just west of the Andaz hotel.

Enjoy three suites for Solo Cello by Bach, performed by concert cellist and symphony conductor Thomas Shoebotham, Sept. 25, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Quent Cordair Fine Art Gallery, 1301 First St. 

If Blues, Brews & BBQ isn’t your thing, this might be a good day to clean the gutters or organize that sock drawer.

Now a part of Napa’s fabric, the Main Street Reunion Car Show is a highly anticipated event. Three years ago, the show organizers added a ‘pre-show’ event, to give folks an added chance to take in the cars.

It sounds like a cliché, but as soon as you walk into Greenhaus Spa, located at 1300 Pearl St., you can feel stress drain from your body.

Two of Napa’s favorite events are just around the corner.

Craig Smith's column will return. 

The response to Napa Live: Inside and Out was overwhelmingly positive.

Napa Live: Inside and Out is Sunday, from noon to 6 p.m.

Napa’s first “music crawl”, featuring 40 bands at 30 locations, is Sunday, June 5 from noon to 6 p.m.

After being part of the management team at Cole’s Chop House for 12 years, Eric Keffer and his wife, Heather, bought the restaurant.

This one is off the hook – a music crawl featuring 40 bands at 30 locations, some inside and some outside, all within walking distance of each other.

The first thing you notice when walking into Sidestreet Fine Cigars & Luxury Accessories in the Napa Riverfront Building, is the absence of a distinct cigar aroma.

Andy Renda, co-owner with Garrett Ahnfeldt of the Wine Thief, at the corner of First and McKinstry, knows without a doubt that wine is going to be his life’s work.

Lisa Wunderlich, who owns the newly opened Wunder Boutique + Salon at 1428 Second St., right next to the Post Office, knew as a teenager that she wanted to go to beauty school.

Easter is only a few weeks away, Sunday, March 27, and I have it on very good authority that the Easter Bunny himself will be visiting downtown Napa.

Becky Berger wanted to open a yogurt shop and knew she wanted it to be in downtown Napa.