A trip to Napa-Sonoma with colleagues and friends made a great start to the weekend. A fun bunch of people, with wine to drink and four fine wineries to visit (including Rosso Bianco, owned by Francis Ford Coppola), was a Saturday well spent.
Entries from September 2008
September 21, 2008
Twin Peaks
A couple of bus rides from downtown SF is Twin Peaks, the highest point in the area at 922 feet, from where one can get a great view of the city. I went there with a couple of friends today and it was well worth the bus rides and short hike up the hill to [...]
September 20, 2008
Righteous spill
What were Al Pacino and Rober De Niro thinking? Acting in this sorry excuse for a classic.. Righteous Kill. A predictable plot and dearth of characters to blame the serial killings on, there had to be only one ending. And it was long and drawn out to top it all. Dont waste your time seeing [...]
September 17, 2008
Why you should always read the fine print
Never trust an investment banker or an insurer. Thats the moral of the story after you read the headlines across the world. Hmm, add bankers and central banks to that list and hey, you cant really trust anyone these days
It looks like real assets might be the only save haven in these gloomy [...]
September 8, 2008
Aloha and Mahalo
A visit to the Hawaiin islands revealed it as the best place I have been to yet. And I just went to the “commercial” island of Oahu. Didnt have the time or resources to make it to Maui this time.
The coolest place on Oahu turned out to be Hanauma Bay, a nature preserve with great [...]
