I liked Sideways as well. My family lives in that region of Santa Barbara county, so much of it was familiar. I’ve eaten at A.J. Spurs any number of times, but I’ve never gone home with a waitress. The scenes at Miles’ middle school, although set in San Diego, were actually filmed in my little sister’s high school, including her English class. (I think she said the characters were discussing “A Separate Peace”.)

Oddly enough, I’ve heard from a couple of friends, all women, who *hated* the movie because they hated the characters of the male leads.