About the Valley Villager

The Valley Villager is a newsletter that covers food, drinks, and happenings in and around the Napa Valley. We email our subscribers about twice a month — and if you’re really lucky, we’ll share some #napasecrets and hacks that only locals know about.

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Who are we?

We are a group of friends who live and work in Napa. We are semi-anonymous for no reason in particular.

We created the Valley Villager because of Third Eye Blind.

Allow us to explain:

On August 14, 2022, Third Eye Blind played the Oxbow River Stage in downtown Napa. But we weren't there. We didn't even know it was happening. We missed it.

We only learned that the guitar heroes who defined our (everyone's?!) adolescence were playing down the street when the faint “doo doo doo, doo-doo doo doo” of "Semi-Charmed Life" reached our backyards. By then it was too late.

How could this have happened? We are culture vultures, actively seeking out walkable fun in our small town.

We vowed to never sleep on another happening in Napa again. Never again would we let this narcolepsy slide into another nightmare.

At that very moment, the Valley Villager was born.

As a Valley Villager subscriber, every other week you can expect a curated sampling of Napa Valley's latest and greatest. In other words, we will be YOUR “third eye” (mmm??), spotting all the best stuff that our village has to offer, and serving the highlights to you in a tidy email.

Sounds pretty good, right? We think so too.

Thank you for reading, and thank you for subscribing. If you have any hot leads or if you would like to contribute scoops, leads or news, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at hello@thevalleyvillager.com.