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Last Saturday, the WC crew all got together for our first ever wine home tasting and potluck. Our theme wine was syrah or the Australian variant, shiraz. Home tastings are excellent ways to get together with friends and family, try a lot of interesting wines in a short time, and feast on exciting [...]
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Some of the WC crew went to Amber for dinner mid-week. We’d been wondering about this very stylish looking Indian for ages. It’s on Market Street between 3rd and 4th, just across a pedestrian walkway from the Four Seasons Hotel and the new, heavily designed Contemporary Jewish Museum in the SOMA neighborhood. [...]
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The WC crew hit this Dry Creek winery on the suggestion of the staff at Trentadue in nearby Alexander Valley. We got side tracked on the way at Pedroncelli. That turned out to be a mildly traumatic disappointment that required medical intervention. We did manage to recover enough for our picnic lunch [...]
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The weirdcombos tasters went to Pedroncelli on a lark the other day. We had just finished tasting at the wonderful Trentadue and were looking for Yoakim Bridge which was suggested to us at “32.” I’d vaguely heard of Pedroncelli as a producer of some Italian varieties of wine, like at Jacuzzi, so I [...]
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HAPPY GAY PRIDE 2009!!!
Hegui and I just returned from the SF Gay Pride Festival in the Civic Center area of the City. I know, I know, it happens on Sunday normally but this year Kevie hosted his Pride brunch on Saturday. Tomorrow will be the parade down Market Street and more time at [...]
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Last Sunday we were invited to the Second Annual Oakland Sausage Party held at our wonderful friends’ Aleks and Christian’s place. This time was especially significant because A had just received his “Green Card” which has suddenly freed them up for more trips to Canada and other exotic locales abroad. (I still wonder [...]
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Heaven’s Dog is a new, upscale Chinese restaurant in the South of Market District. Their focus is on Northern Chinese cuisine. Located in the brand new SOMA Grand just next door from the critically acclaimed New Federal Building, it’s owned by Charles Phan, who also owns The Slanted Door restaurant. We at [...]
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After we finished the tasting at Kenneth Volk, the weirdcombos crew was ready for a quick lunch and one more winery before returning to Cambria. Robert from KV suggested that we try a little roadside general store that makes great sandwiches. Garey Store and Deli looks like it’s been around forever. It was right across [...]
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While we were staying in Cambria for the 2009 Paso Robles wine tasting festival, our friend, Whit, the son of our very kind hosts, suggested that we go to Kenneth Volk Vineyards, in Santa Maria, CA. It’s a town about an hour and a half drive south from Paso in the northern part of [...]
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I was at this super fun party at my friend, Fabiola’s place last weekend. She works in a computer area like a lot of other folks in the Bay. There were a bunch of computer-types there. Since this was a kind-of after hours Friday night party, everyone tended to obsess over the biz. [...]
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