Entering picnic season – be prepared!

The Symphony on the Prairie concert schedule is under way, and the summer movies at the Indianapolis Museum of Art have begun. And it’s June, which increases the chances you’ll be needing to buy someone a nice wedding gift.

For all those events, a picnic cooler is the perfect solution. Some models are high-tech, insulated ripstop nylon upgrades of traditional wicker picnic baskets, while others are built along the lines of backpacks or carry-on bags – but packed with plates, glasses, utensils, napkins and tablecloths instead of clothes and three-ounce travel bottles.

Grapevine Cottage carries picnic coolers in a variety of configurations from Picnic Time and Picnic at Ascot, ranging in price from $24.95 to $129.95. Come pick one out, and start planning some picnics!

A little wine art

Looking for a new way to utilize your wine accessories? Here’s a shot of downtown Zionsville as seen through Grapevine Cottage’s front window in a Ravenscroft decanter stopper placed on the granite base of a Rogar wine opener....