Liz & Rachelle, Volo, Roscoe Village, Chicago
On Saturday night Liz got together her girlfriends, her mom and Killian’s mom to enjoy many glasses of fine wine* and good food at Volo. I haven’t been to a bachelorette party for about a decade and I was so glad that there were no penis straws or shots [...]

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John teaching us about Wine :: Grange Sonoma, Sonoma, CA

Sasha from Eno Wines talking about grapes :: Grange Sonoma, Sonoma, CA

John & Heather from Grange Sonoma :: Grange Sonoma, Sonoma, CA

Eno Wines 2004 Labels :: Grange Sonoma, Sonoma, CA
My Google coworker on the West Coast, Sasha, has a boutique winery called Eno Wines. Last Thursday [...]

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This weekend has been a pretty good birthday weekend for me, not that it’s over and I’m not still trying to use it as an excuse to get Dallas to do things for me.

Special Birthday Menu at Spring, Wicker Park, Chicago
On Friday my parents sent me flowers and then on Friday night Dallas and I [...]

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Last week Wednesday, before I went to California and before my family was visiting, Chuck and I met up with Alpana Singh and her husband Charles Blackstone at a wine tasting she was hosting at Osteria Via Stato. Afterwards she had made dinner arrangements for us at David Burke’s Primehouse and also invited Martin Duffy, [...]

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Alpana Singh, Scoozi!, River North, Chicago

Jason Steele, Scoozi!, River North, Chicago

Rachelle, Erin, Alpana & Chuck, Scoozi!, River North, Chicago
Alpana Singh invited Chuck and I to a wine event last night. I asked Erin to come as my “plus one” because I thought she’d enjoy the wine and meeting Alpana. Also, I don’t believe we got [...]

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