This is NOT an Abandoned Blog!!

Despite several snarky comments (you know who you are) this site is alive and well.
Occasionally I have to earn a living, usually by producing new media for web distribution. Such has been the case recently. I can now say that my client, AAA of Northern CA, Nevada and Utah is happy with the final product, the video clips are running on their internal communication system and the DVD I made will be soon entertaining new employees. Now, time to sit back, have a brew or three and wait for the invoices to produce their desired results, which will allow me to do my small part for economic recovery.

In the spirit of the season, here's a sunflower to grace your comuter screens:

I love the irony of the photo accompanying this story. Those all are "real beer" pulls and no AB anywhere to be seen.

Extra points if you noticed the Dogfish Head logo on the pull at the lower right corner, the green one with the shark outline. That's an IPA and one of the finest ales made in this country. Very high alcohol so you have to restrain yourself from over imbibing but it's the kind of beer/ale that AB and Millers and Coors wish they could make, but never will.

If you are in Austin, get it (both the 60 and 90 minute versions) at The Ginger Man pub and tell them I sent you.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

My Photo on KRSH Radio Facebook Page

Check it out here:

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Wine Country Life Style

Some recent activities:
Watching Serena Ryder at Lattitudes Bar and Grill, Rohnert Park, part of KRSH radio's outdoor concerts series. She was great, even without her backup band.
Pic shows a snack, very tasty coconut shrimp and Lagunitas IPA and Serena playing against a lakeside backdrop, on a very typical Sonoma county summer.



Bike riding in the Dry Creek Valley and Healdsburg on July 3rd, before all the crowds. New Trek bicycles are really comfortable and fun to ride. Makes wine tasting cheap since there's no room for bottles, altho we did go back to the Mazzocco winery in the Dodge truck to pick up couple bottles of Petite Verdot, which is an excellent wine. Photos were taken very near Alderbrook winery, tho we didn't visit it this time. They make delicious whites, very typical of the Dry Creek appellation.



Nite life was not neglected either. We stopped by the French Garden Restaurant here in Sebastopol on a Friday night for some good beer, tasty small plate appetizers and good music. This night it was Phil Lawrence and his band mates, plus guest fiddler/violinist David LaFlamme (of It's A Beautiful Day fame) sitting in. If you love Django Rinehart music, and that style of jazz, you will really enjoy these guys. Pic shows a rare moment, Phil, a mandolin player extraordinaire, playing a tenor banjo. He doesn't do that often so it was a rare treat.


Photo taken with my iPhone, not the best quality.