Sometimes you just don’t appreciate a place because you see it damn near every day. Growing up in Sonoma but having close ties in Napa I would drive by the Domaine Carneros winery on an almost daily basis. I watched it get built when I was a small child and I noticed every little change [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 26, 2009
What I’m drinking …
A little sweetness every now and then, it ain’t a bad thing. Now, for full disclosure I should say that X Winery is where Christine works, but that has not infringed upon my objectivity as a journalist. I’ve been enjoying X’s new white blend, appropriately called White X. This is a novel blend of mostly [...]
June 25, 2009
Bear River
The return of warm weather with the start of summer reminded me of one of the best little day trips me and the team took last summer. We drove up to Bear River reservoir in the foothills off Highway 88 in the El Dorado National Forest. A colleague of mine had tipped me to the [...]
June 18, 2009
What I’m drinking …
An authentic German Hefeweizen like Paulaner’s has an irresistible structure and balance. This is not just a beer, but a well designed beer. And not just well designed, but structured in such a way it’s as if you just couldn’t think of a better way to blend the components of water, malt and hops. This [...]
June 16, 2009
Wine tasting by bicycle
With the last of Lodi’s wonderful spring weather upon us this past weekend (it’s expected to be 96 by Friday), Christine and I decided we needed to do something outside. We hopped on our Electra cruiser bikes and pedaled over to Lodi Lake to check out the boat rentals. Our plan was to rent a [...]
June 11, 2009
Goodbye you screaming, hairy man
It’s interesting how a brand of liquor can hold sentimental value for you. I recently finished off my last bottle of Demidoff vodka. My father somehow picked up a case of this stuff from one of his many associates in the spirits industry. He’s not a vodka drinker so the case sat in a box [...]
June 8, 2009
Another Godson, and the legacy continues
I apologize for the lack of fresh posts, but I’ve been a bit distracted. My sister just gave birth to a healthy, new baby boy. (That’s three counting the twins.) Burke Martin Hadd came into this world on June 4 and I couldn’t be happier. It’s another Godson for myself and another addition to the [...]
June 2, 2009
Sometime soon, a tour through weed country?
I wrote a story last week about what the future could hold if California decided to legalize weed. Much of the article was based on the thoughts and opinions of Cliff Schaffer, a SoCal weed advocate who believes if the drug were legalized the industry that would spring up to produce marijuana would be something [...]
