Article: Many tour companies in San Francisco offer personalized service to Napa, and they’ll even help you plan out your whole day, from wineries to restaurants. You can book a private tour with a small group, which will be a little pricier but more personalized, or join in a larger group. Ask what the company’s transportation services are; they should be able to pick you up right from your hotel in San Francisco. This will also be a more expensive option, but is also simple and easy to set up. Ask the concierge at your hotel to book you a ride or look up taxi companies online to set up a pick-up. The taxi will likely just drop you off at your first winery, but you should be able to book a limo for the whole day. It will feel fancy and glamorous, but if you’re riding with a large group, remember that limos are often cramped and hard to move around in for a whole day. Like a taxi service, a ride from a ride-sharing app will just drop you off at your destination, and won’t stay with you the whole day--you’ll need to call another ride when you’re ready to move on. But this option could be an easy and slightly less expensive alternative to a taxi if you’re looking for a simple way to get from San Francisco to Napa. The Napa County Airport can only be accessed by charter flights and private airplanes. From the airport, you can take a rental car or use a ride-sharing app to drive to your destination. This is the fastest option, but also the most expensive, costing $9,000-$25,000. You’ll also need to leave from the airport in Oakland or San Carlos, as small planes don’t depart from the San Francisco airport (SFO). You can also fly into Sonoma County Airport with Alaska Airlines. From there, you can use a rental car or shuttle to drive the hour into Napa. Another expensive but unique and exciting option, you can ride on a private helicopter over the bay and up to the Napa airport. Some larger wineries and resorts even have their own helipads. Research helicopter tour companies online to ask about their prices and landing options in Napa.
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Book a private or large group tour for an all-inclusive trip. Call a taxi or limo for easy, private service. Use a ride-sharing app for a slightly cheaper private option. Use a private plane to fly into Napa’s small airport for a bit of luxury. Book a helicopter ride or tour for a thrilling journey.
Article: You want it to be after people have eaten and feel satisfied, but before they actually feel hungry for the next meal. A small group of 6-8 is best for interaction and for costs. Invite people who are interested in savoring food, rather than just gobbling it up. People who like wine are more likely to enjoy a chocolate party. There are many different kinds of chocolate to choose from. Select a few different kinds of chocolate you have never had.  You can select organic and fair trade chocolates, and talk to your guests about how chocolate is made and how the cacao industry works. For a fun twist, throw in some chocolates that are made with sheep's milk or goat's milk. There are also chocolates made with chilies, figs, bread, and curry (although not all in one bar!). You can also expose your guests to chocolates with a much lower sugar content than they're used to. At first, it'll seem bitter, but challenge them to notice flavors that would otherwise be overshadowed by sweetness. Another potential theme is choosing chocolates that are made in your region, if there are enough. Look in the closest city with a chocolate shop or chocolatier. There should be enough for each of your guests to have two squares of every bar. Remember that this is a chocolate tasting party, not a chocolate eating party. It should look like a spreadsheet, with columns for aroma, flavor, texture, finish, and the chocolates you've chosen listed on the left. Make copies and have them ready for your guests, along with pens or pencils.  If you want to encourage people to mingle, put the chocolates in a different numeric order for each sheet, so you have, say, two random people at one chocolate at any given time. If some chocolates are sweeter than others, be sure to have your guests taste the sweetest ones last.
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Schedule the tasting for mid-afternoon or mid-evening. Choose your guests. Choose your menu. Purchase enough chocolate for everyone to taste. Create a sheet for notes.
Article: If it is malfunctioning, or is a sand-bed filter, backwash cleaning methods could have damaged the filtration media. It is essential to continue pool maintenance, and any malfunction should be treated seriously.  Check the lines and filtration media before deciding what to replace. Vacuum any loose debris, scrub the sides and floor with a brush, and vacuum any loosened detritus. Run the pool filter for 8-12 hours to remove any flotsam and detritus that might be clouding the pool. Loose colloidal particles cause cloudiness. They are either organic in nature (like algae) or mineral buildups (loose calcium). Adjust the chemicals to these ranges and run the pool filter system for another day before re-testing.  Free chlorine: 1-2 ppm Combined chlorine: <.3ppm pH: 7.2 – 7.8 Total alkalinity: 80 – 120 ppm Calcium hardness: 180 – 220 ppm (higher levels are acceptable up to approximately 400ppm) Do not attempt to mix strong acids or bases in your pool or without eye and skin protection and respirators. Combined chlorine is free chlorine that has reacted with an agent in the water to form chloramine, which produces a strong chlorine scent. Pool shock kits should raise the chlorine to over 30ppm.  If your pH test kit uses litmus paper and produces a purple or off color, this may be due to high levels of chlorine. Test kits often have a reagent, typically thiosulfate, that will remove the chlorine and enable an accurate test. High levels of cyanuric acid can reduce chlorine’s efficacy as a sterilizing agent and can be reduced with dilution. High variance day-to-day indicates a chlorine demand problem. Monitor cyanuric acid levels, which acts as a stabilizer for chlorine to prevent UV degradation, and consider investigating your chlorinator or investing in one to ease the process of keeping your pool stable. Add them according to the directions on the package according to the volume of your pool. The solutions should be dispersed and accomplished their chemical reactions within six hours of treatment. You can also use dilution with softer water to soften the water. These are agglomerating solutions that work best in slightly alkaline water, and take several days for the full effect to be observed.  The hardness of local water resources varies tremendously from area to area, and the strength and dilution of these products can be recommended by pool cleaning professionals. Clarifiers are agglomerating solutions that bind to colloids from the water and bring them out of suspension, to be removed by vacuum or through the filter. These chemicals are called flocculents, and the process is referred to as flocculation.  Continue filtering for without interruption until the water clears. and continue to run your filtration system if the pool has not cleared. Keep in mind that too much clarifier will actually work against the clarifying process; particles will repel one another rather attract, and the concentration of the clarifier will increase. Follow label instructions to the letter. Do not repeat more often than 2 additional times over the course of one week. Discoloration, buildup, or rust, is likely the result of water hardness or alkalinity changes, rather than the flocculent. Multiple treatments failing generally indicates a secondary, unseen problem that can be detected and treated most effectively and safely by a professional. Multiple cleanings can cause skin and mucous membrane irritation for swimmers. Make sure any cleaning hardware is not malfunctioning.
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Consider replacing your pool filter. Clean the floor and walls of the pool. Treat the water chemically to remove small particle buildup. Adjust the pH using a commercial acidifier or basify it with borax. Shock the pool if combined chlorine levels (the total chlorine level minus the free chlorine level) exceed .3ppm. Monitor the chlorine and bromine levels over several days for stability. Adjust the total alkalinity of the pool using sodium bisulfate or muriatic acid. Adjust the water hardness of the pool using a water softener. Use a clarifier on the pool water according to the directions, if all else fails. Use a second dose of clarifier, or a stronger clarifier chemical. Vacuum and scrub the hard surfaces of the pool to remove any deposited sediment from the flocculation. Call a pool cleaning professional in case of continued failure.