Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 7, 2014 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Personal, Travel |

This week, Marieta and I joined close friends and fellow wine aficionados Mark and Tina Napolitano in beautiful Sonoma County, where we enjoyed tastings at several local wineries. Here’s a review of the Coppola Winery.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 6, 2014 in Blog |

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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 3, 2014 in Blog, Facing the Firing Squad, General Poker |

Meet Alex Dreyfus — who faces my firing squad of questions.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 1, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Music and Concert Reviews |

Veronic shares a personal journey. Rather than covering just the female stars, she explains why she loves specific singers and notes what made them so unique as stage performers. I enjoyed this personal perspective, which made me listen to some songs I thought I knew before in entirely different ways.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 31, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Sports Betting |

Rules for Reaching Me During the NFL Season:
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 31, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Travel |

What the fuck is wrong with these people? Oh, and what’s a toddler doing in Las Vegas, anyway?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 30, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Restaurant Reviews |

Executive Chef Terry Lynch at El Segundo Sol, flanked by two loyal fans
No detail is too small for the master of food and beverage, Terry Lunch. When the famed partner-chef of the much-celebrated Mon Ami Gabi Restaurant (inside Paris Casino) opened El Segundo Sol, which offers highly-customized Mexican fare, he chose his recipes and ingredients carefully.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 29, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Sports Betting |

Here’s a fun story from my days working for PokerStars.com, where I served as Director of Communications between 2004-2006. After Hurricane Katrina, we seriously considered making a bid for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 28, 2014 in Blog, Sports Betting |

Looking at the upcoming season’s NFL futures bets that I’ve already put in, I ask myself a simple question.
How can these bets possibly lose money?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 27, 2014 in Blog, Politics |

I browsed the magazine rack and was astonished to see a stunning number of gun, rifle, shotgun, and ammunition-related publications. No, this display isn’t at a gun show in Alabama. This was a bookstore in Summerlin, an upscale community in west Las Vegas.
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