This strategy isn’t for the faint of heart. This is for all you OCD types who are willing to take risks and take great pride in stretching your hard-earned dollars. I have been itching to go on vacation ever since…
Best Wine May Possibly Be in Santa Cruz
Went to the Thomas Fogerty Winery in Woodside today for a work event. Beats the office for sure! I was so tempted to buy one of their $70 bottles of Pinot Noir which was one of the best pinots I’ve…
Running Sucks, Eating Does Not
The morning of Superbowl Sunday was the first day I didn’t wake up feeling sick ever since I got the flu two weeks ago. Then I ran that piddly Kaiser 5K which seemed to kick my butt and I’m still…
My Birthday in Wine Country
At this age, I don’t remember what I did on my previous birthdays. Probably the one that stands out the most was four years ago when I turned 32. I rented a limo with eight of my friends and we…
Memorial Day Weekend – Wine Country
I dream of YFC – Yountville Fried Chicken, Ad Hoc’s famed fried chicken cooked every other Monday and booked several months out. A coworker of mine has taken at least two half-day Mondays off work to head north in advance…
Black Hookers on the Chianti Road
Back to Italy where we’re driving through wine country. Verdant rolling hills, brick farmhouses, perfectly-manicured vineyards. It’s just like the postcards. We pass a black woman in a tank top and shorts talking on her cell phone by the side…