Kunde Family Estate 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
One of my many day trips while I was in L.A. was Santa Barbara. About 90 minutes north of Los Angeles (less than 100 miles) it is worth the trip, especially if you take the scenic route, highway 1 and/or the Pacific Coast HWY, with breathtaking views of the ocean on your left and the mountains on your right for most of the drive. There were so many places along the way that I wanted to stop and explore or hike. Great national parks abound with some of the best hiking trails along highway 1. Santa Barbara is also ...
Sometimes Great Love Is An Acquired Taste Like Fine Wine
In my last post, 2007 H3 Merlot & 2006 Tikal Patriota, I ended with "I forgot to tell the story of how great love is an acquired taste like fine wine!" And this is going to be that post. While I was in Seattle spending time getting to know the entire Pransky staff, each night I was invited to have dinner and drinks with a different person or their family. It was great fun for me, never a dull moment and never were they short visits. What would start out as "Drop by for an hour to visit," would inevitably turn ...
2007 H3 Merlot & 2006 Tikal Patriota
So in my last post, Simply Divine | RED 2006 by St. Francis, I ended with "Next Post: A delightful discovery in Anacortes, Wa followed by a great story about acquiring a taste for great love like fine wine." In order for me to do that we need to rewind to the week of January 10th. I was still involved in my internship at Pransky and Associates and thought I wanted to go into business consulting. I got to sit in on these great sessions and watch people go from being really intense and caught up in their concern about ...
A Perfect Glass of Wine
A Perfect Glass of Wine is an international guide to wine by Brian St. Pierre. This is one of my personal favorites and an easy read for the person who just wants to get more comfortable with wine. It is also loaded with some outstanding photography by Deborah Jones. Pick it up today for your wine drinking pleasure. Click here to order
The L.A. Kid
I am sitting in The Coffee Bean Cafe in L.A. on Robertson and Beverly...yeah the one where the boys from Entourage often hang. Did I mention that Entourage is my favorite show. Zach, my son, got me hooked on Entourage as many other things. I thought it was filthy, disgusting and shallow only to find out I was completely wrong...again...and after watching just 2 episodes, I was completely absorbed and hooked. There is so much to be learned about life from that series if you really pay attention. Ironically I am hooked on L.A. too. What I find even more ...
Living Life vs. The Game of Life
I spent this past week in training with my dear friend Dr. George Pransky. I learned many things during my time there and will be sharing these truths with you. One lesson that really stood out in my mind was when George talked about Living Life vs. The Game of Life. Living life is much different than the game of life, yet we innocently get the two confused. It is the difference between living a happy, effortless life and a difficult life full of stress and distress. So what is the difference you ask. Living life is sorta like how we ...
Are your Employees Running Scared? Leading out of Strength rather than Weakness
As the leader of an organization--parent, teacher, manager or CEO--you have two modes to lead from: secure or insecure. To lead from a place of security is to lead out of strength. When you're secure you are positive, warm, compassionate and have a great deal of perspective. You are responsive instead of reactive. In this mode you respond to situations, circumstances and issues in the moment. You bring the best out in yourself and others. You have great rapport with those around you and people tend to listen to you. People respect people who lead out of this strength and ...
Life Is Like an Echo: We Get Back What We Put Out
As I have said in many previous posts: states of mind are contagious. If we had a state of mind meter and could measure how contagious it is, it wouldn't be surprising when we discovered that when a person who is upbeat, positive, light-hearted and charismatic enters into a room people's moods and states of mind tend to lift. In the same manner when that same person is in a bad mood, full of discouragement and negativity people will tend to be pulled down...if they aren't aware of how their thinking functions. I am sure you notice this when you ...
Montes Alpha M & Paso A Paso Spanish Tempranillo
Here we are again discussing wines...my favorite subject...wine, red wine, Spanish red wine. Ahhh, but I have a surprise. This past weekend I was out with some of my very dear friends, from Spain nonetheless, and we had a Chilean red wine. So, I will start with the Chilean red wine called, Montes Alpha M! Now this wine is a bit more expensive ($80.00 a pop) then most other wines I have recommended but don't be afraid of that. It is a sexy wine and is every bit worth the price. Yes, I loved it because it had Alpha in the ...
The Prisoner
This week's wine recommendation is fitting to my personal journey. So many times we don't recognize we are a prisoner to our own beliefs, opinions and conditioning that it takes something to awaken us to a deeper understanding and give us that helicopter perspective about life. I feel like a prisoner that is being set free from my old way of limited thinking that was keeping me stuck. Even the label is speaking to me. What a great marketing team that Orin Swift Cellars has because it was the combination of the label and the name that had captivated my curiosity. ...
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Many people make the mistake of believing that their moods create their thoughts; in reality, it is their thoughts that produce their moods. -Sydney Banks
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Kunde Family Estate 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
One of my many day trips while I was in L.A. was Santa Barbara. About 90 minutes north of Los Angeles (less than...
Sometimes Great Love Is An Acquired Taste Like Fine Wine
In my last post, 2007 H3 Merlot & 2006 Tikal Patriota, I ended with “I forgot to tell the story of how...
Quote About Worry
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2007 H3 Merlot & 2006 Tikal Patriota
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