Posts from ‘April, 2006’

Taste of Sonoma in San Francisco

I wanted to get the word out that the Taste of Sonoma in San Francisco will be held on Monday, May 8th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The tickets are quite reasonable at $45 per person. I’ve done a couple of these events and find it a great way to taste a [...]

My Birthday Present – Jury duty

<sarcasm> I just wanted to thank the Superior Court of California for summoning me for jury duty on my birthday in May.</sarcasm> I fully believe the jury system is an important part of our society but, like many government things, the implementation is really terrible. I could go on a rant for a while about [...]

David Bruce 2003 Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir

Last night we opened a bottle of David Bruce 2003 Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir to enjoy with a nice roast chicken (Thomas Keller’s Bouchon recipe). We picked it up a couple of weekends ago while on a leisurely drive through the Santa Cruz Mountains. They were not pouring this estate bottle when we were [...]

SkyGo reunion

It was really great to see all my old coworkers who were able to make it to Ferry Plaza on Sunday. Catherine, Jonathan, Ray, Momo, Ben, Amnon, Naomi, and I were able to make it. Since I organized things, sorry to anyone I missed (I don’t have everyone’s email address). Thanks to Jonathan for treating [...]