bods1000 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Neil Young lives in Santa Cruz, just over the hill from San Jose. He puts on a concert every year to benefit special children - the Bridge Concert, usually at Shoreline Amphitheater. The Dead still perform but not under that name. Can't remember off-hand what name they perform under. Still play the Dead classics, tho. Greg Kihn does play his own hits sometimes. He also puts on a yearly concert called the Kihn-cert also as a charity benefit. Pare you have become a lodestone of rich music nuggets for me hehehe thanks a lot. I wouldn't get to read these items anywhere here. Yes I'm familiar with Neil Young's BridgeConcerts as he had released some albums of this and a concert film I think. Sana I get to watch his benefit concerts there one day. Neil Young started these benefit gigs for special children because he himself has a special child - an autistic kid I think. Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart and the rest of the remaining Dead must be in their 60s now, so it must be interesting to see them still perform. A friend of mine who lives in LA and who's here now said that he paid $250 for a Journey concert there pero ang layo pa din daw nila sa stage! Imagine how much would a U2 or Rolling Stone ticket cost. Quote Link to comment
agxo3 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 This is a month of celebrations. First my birthday the end of May, then last Sunday my brother's 25th anniversary. We went to dinner at the Parkside Grille in Portola Valley - small, out of the way place with good reviews. For me a nice place, a bit more expensive than it should be for the quality of the food (but then again, it's in Portola Valley where people ride their expensive horses to the restaurant), but all in all a pleasurable evening. I brought a special bottle for the celebration - 1999 Rubicon from Francis Ford-Coppola's Rubicon Estates (and from what I hear, soon to be renamed back to its original, Inglenook Winery) - from the depths of my wine fridge. Deep purple in color, hearty tannins giving great smooth mouth-feel, deep red fruit, with a hint of tobacco and a surprising tiny, but refreshing, hit of mint on the finish. Layers upon layers of flavor. Very nice! I also had a VERY dry martini made with Hendrick's Gin. One of my favorite gins, full of berry and juniper flavors, a floral hint to the nose with a violet or lilac note. Not a gin to dilute with any extraneous flavorings, it stands on its own. Next up, our anniversary at the end of the month, followed by the annual July 4th meat smoking, BBQ'ing and grilling party with lots of good wine to keep everyone well-lubricated. I made reservations last night for our anniversary dinner at an informal place in SF called Wayfare Tavern, run by one of the celebrity chefs - Tyler Florence. I've tried a couple of his recipes and given my pitiful kitchen skills, it turned out pretty well! So let's see if he lives up to his reputation. Quote Link to comment
storm Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Nakakagutom and nakakauhaw ang post mo Agxo Quote Link to comment
floppydrive Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Congratulations, Agxo! May you have many many more birthdays and anniversaries! Bods,We were fortunate enough to watch U2. We got our tickets for $100 each as soon as they went on sale 6 months prior. By concert time, those seated beside us said they got theirs at $200+ each. They're still doing their 360 Tour so you can still catch them! Click on this site: http://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/76#tour_leg_display for tour dates. Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Congratulations, Agxo! May you have many many more birthdays and anniversaries! Bods,We were fortunate enough to watch U2. We got our tickets for $100 each as soon as they went on sale 6 months prior. By concert time, those seated beside us said they got theirs at $200+ each. They're still doing their 360 Tour so you can still catch them! Click on this site: http://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/76#tour_leg_display for tour dates. 6 months prior?!Wow, dapat pala you have to really be fast on your feet. Where did you catch them? Are you US-based now?Thanks for the link. Did you buy the tickets online? Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 I read in the papers a week ago that the WTO has declared illegal the customs duties that the Philippines has been imposing on liquor. It was found that Ph has been imposing duties 10 to 40% higher than what other countries do in order to protect local liquors. The way I understand it, this high duty is imposed on liquors made from materials not found here. Johnnie Walker, Jack Danielss and brandy bodegas from Spain have lauded this decision, though the official document from the WTO will not come out till August. Maybe this is the reason why exported wine also has high duties. Quote Link to comment
floppydrive Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 6 months prior?!Wow, dapat pala you have to really be fast on your feet. Where did you catch them? Are you US-based now?Thanks for the link. Did you buy the tickets online?We bought the tickets online as soon as it opened. Then we got our plane tickets MNL-ICN-LAS (cheapest tickets!). We watched their Vegas 360 show in Oct 2009 with the Black Eyed Peas as front act! The tour is now on its third round so tickets might be easier to get. Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 We bought the tickets online as soon as it opened. Then we got our plane tickets MNL-ICN-LAS (cheapest tickets!). We watched their Vegas 360 show in Oct 2009 with the Black Eyed Peas as front act! The tour is now on its third round so tickets might be easier to get. I hope they have an Asian date so no need for visas. Kaya lang puro Justin Bieber lang dinadala dito and other marginal artists like Cyrey or Kylie. If cost is a problem for any would-be promoter, do you think that Justin costs much much less than U2? Quote Link to comment
floppydrive Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I hope they have an Asian date so no need for visas. Kaya lang puro Justin Bieber lang dinadala dito and other marginal artists like Cyrey or Kylie. If cost is a problem for any would-be promoter, do you think that Justin costs much much less than U2?I think the issue with the U2 360 tour is more of venue size than package cost. Their current tour stage is ginormously huge! It barely fits the width of an american football field, has to be an open arena as the stage is really tall and they require a seating capacity of around 50,000. We don't have a venue that meets their specs. Quote Link to comment
agxo3 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) Sorry I've been away so long. Thanks, Bods and FD for the greetings. Wayfare Tavern was very good - great food, nice location, comforting ambiance. I understand why it's always so booked and hard to get reservations at. We were off to Barcelona, then Lisbon, then Madrid on our first real vacation in many years. The food and wine were awesome. I want to go back just for that! I didn't know that El Bulli was closing the end of July - if I had known I would have tried to make reservations and then built my trip around that. Best restaurant by the best chef in the world, or so it's been touted. $388/person for a prix fixe dinner - but that's as many as 52 (yes, you read right! 52!) courses. Once in a lifetime dinner that I would have gladly paid for. For a red wine drinker, the whites in Spain and Portugal were a revelation. I found them light, refreshing (great for a summer's day) and they paired well with most of the food. I still had some reds - can't tear me away from that - but I came away with a new-found appreciation for albarinho, verdelho, and the other white varietals we don't see much of over this way, and when we do see them, they are old and tired. Did you know vinho verde isn't just one varietal but describes whites from a specific region in Portugal and can be any one of seven varietals? I didn't - shows you how much I know about wine! I'm writing up my food adventures and will post them shortly. I've put up the first of the series on my daughter's food blog site - www.foodiesecrets.com I'm working on the next but with work and all, I am finding it hard to get the time to get it done. Maybe this weekend. The last of 3 will be the art of tapas, and that won't come until a couple of weeks from now. I am getting my net Rubicon Estates shipment soon - can't wait! And Retzlaff releases in another 3 weeks. And Michel-Schlumberger will resume shipping in October. More wine!!! Time to go pop open a bottle and go get on my conference call. Edited August 10, 2011 by agxo3 Quote Link to comment
Tagari Yan Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 nakakainggit naman mga masters., ako yellow tail lang masaya na... Quote Link to comment
masi Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Col Solare 2007 -- a Bordeaux type blended CA wine but heavy on the Cab Sauv than the Merlot. A different character but oozing with elegance. Quote Link to comment
floppydrive Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Got to taste this wine based on Tinto de Toro grapes, a clone of Tempranillo. Milder berry flavors, but still has the Tempranillo finish. Yes, that's the owner's family name. Quote Link to comment
yrrah123456789 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 sparkling wine. pag wala talaga Novelino's na lang. Quote Link to comment
agxo3 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Labor Day weekend coming up - and with it, the annual Livermore Valley Harvest Festival. Lots of wineries joining the festivities, with wine tastings, food, and local artists showing off their wares. We'll be pouring at Retzlaff again this year. Masi, Storm and Bods all know my fondness for Retzlaff - I've brought over a bottle or three that we've all enjoyed. (And I'm due for another trip and another wine tasting. Now if I could just find the time......certainly no shortage of good wines to share!) For spending a Sunday afternoon pouring wines and talking about them, we get two day passes to the event so before and after our shift we can enjoy the wines at the rest of the wineries. And we get a bottle of wine as a thank you - and we get to hang around and drink the wine when our shift's over. After all, we gotta finish off the open bottles, eh? Let the morning shift start off their own bottles! If anyone's in the area this coming weekend, do come and join us, and introduce yourself to me! I'll give you more than the obligatory 1 oz. pour. Quote Link to comment
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