When my son was younger, numerous our summer season journey revolved round theme parks and water polo tournaments. Now that we’re empty nesters, increasingly typically music is the driving pressure in our adventures. Final weekend we hit the street to see Tori Amos, one in all my favourite artists since I first found her Little Earthquakes album in 1992. She’d been performing for greater than a decade by then, however to me she was edgy and new with a passionate sound and extra substantive lyrics than numerous her fellow rockers.
She’s nonetheless bought the fervour, and watching her swivel between devices — an enormous Bösendorfer piano on one facet and a financial institution of keyboards on the opposite — is thrilling, particularly whereas sitting underneath the celebrities on the Vina Robles Amphitheater in Paso Robles. It’s a beautiful area to see live shows, the wide-amphitheater, 3,300-seat set-up implies that each seat actually is an effective one. The entire seats are inside 150 ft of the stage, however the “VIP Field” seats that we had as a part of our Resort SLO Summer time Vibes bundle had been notably wonderful. My husband and I had completed this earlier than, however the buddies we introduced together with us had been notably impressed by the sponsor field service, which included somebody to carry us beer and wine (handily, we had been on the Vina Robles Vineyard property), in addition to meals.
The VIP remedy additionally contains tremendous shut parking, and offers you entry via the Vina Robles tasting room (no strains), in addition to entry to the personal vineyard patio with comfortable chairs and fireplace pits, one other menu of meals and wine pairing choices, and my favourite perk of all, VIP restrooms.
There are numerous nice exhibits nonetheless to return at Vina Robles this season, and the Summer time Vibe bundle deal is a pleasant approach to do it. Resort S.L.O. has a cushty, hipster stylish vibe, nevertheless it’s S.L.O., so hipster means pleasant and comfy, not simply cool. Our room had a king-sized mattress; our personal personal balcony, which was nice for morning espresso; and a terrific walk-in bathe — all the good things.
Earlier than we ventured to the theater, we had cocktails and appetizers on the rooftop Excessive Bar, which had shade, comfortable chairs, good greenery, and a terrific view of the rolling hills and the town. I used to be too busy having fun with my “Excellent Margarita” (it was wonderful) to play a spherical of bocce, nevertheless it’s a enjoyable possibility, and never one thing you see on each roof! The grilled artichoke was scrumptious, as had been the housemade chips and guacamole, which shouldn’t be a shock, as all the delicacies at Resort S.L.O. is overseen by Santa Barbara–born, Napa–educated Chef Ryan Fancher, whose steakhouse on the property — Ox + Anchor — even has a Michelin point out.
Resort S.L.O.’s Summer time Vibe Particular runs via the start of November, with upcoming exhibits at Vina Robles Amphitheater together with: Joe Bonamassa (Aug. 2), Los Lonely Boys (Aug. 11), Chris Isaak (Aug. 12), Michael Franti & Spearhead (Aug. 18), Fleet Foxes (Aug. 22), Chicago (Aug. 25), Yachtley Crew (Sep. 2), Widespread Kings & Metal Pulse (Sep. 13), Los Lobos (Sep. 21), Lupita D’Alessio (Sep. 22), The Avett Brothers (Sep. 23), Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Night (Sep. 24), Shakey Graves (Oct. 5), Rumors of Fleetwood Mac (Oct. 6), Alice and Chains (Oct. 7), Banda MS (Oct. 8), The Used (Oct. 11), Psychedelic Furs & Squeeze (Oct. 12), Oingo Boingo Former Members (Oct. 21), Alice Cooper (Oct. 23), and Devo (Nov. 3).
Along with all of these nice live shows, the lodge is inside a straightforward stroll of sights like Bubblegum Alley, the San Luis Obispo Museum of Artwork, and Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, in addition to a great deal of outlets and eating places.
For extra data and to ebook the Summer time Vibe Particular, name (805) 235-0700 ext. 3 or go to hotel-slo.com/presents/particulars/?id=20.
