Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 8, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Restaurant Reviews, Travel |
This is the second in a series of travel essays about a recent visit to California’s wine country. This past week, Marieta and I were joined by close friends and fellow wine aficionados Mark and Tina Napolitano in beautiful Sonoma County, where we enjoyed tastings at several local wineries. Today, I shall focus on the experience of visiting and tasting one of the most famous wines in the history of California wine production — Chateau Montelena.
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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 Aug 26, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal |
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
— Peter Seeger (“Little Boxes” — 1962)
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 17, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Travel |
A perfect game was made even better by some “unofficial” table rules. First, everyone in the game was required to drink (alcohol). My kind of game.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 16, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Travel, Video 1 |
I just completed the “Ice Bucket Challenge” for ALS, which is sweeping the nation right now.
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