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Friday 8.9.13 Wine school & Killers Concert in AC, NJ

Friday 8.9.13

DECIDE every morning to be in a Good Mood!

Wines from CHILE for today’s Wine School

See all the wines with descriptions here:
http://wp.me/p3iSLc-6j

Made a Sales Call here at the Cannstatter.
Anyone know Roman??

Do you know what this is??

Berlin Wall!!! On display at the VE Club
( Vereinigung Erzgebirge )

another Sales call for me today!

TONIGHT’s plan
– KILLERS Concert at the Borgata in AC

neighbors Kim & Tanya
(why are we so orangey??)

Brandon Flowers is lead singer of the rock band The Killers. luv him!

one of their many awesome songs:Mr. Brightside

the aftermath of the KILLERS concert….

Neighbor Night at the KILLERS CONCERT

I am obviously going for a photo bomb here –
hence WHY I am behind the people getting their
picture taken.

We were invited to the KILLERS After Party.
Tanya made me go.

Me & Tanya with Ronald “Ronnie” Vannucci, Jr
drummer of the KILLERS!!

MIXX the club, it was silly!
maybe I’m just “too old” for this scene??

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You are never too old, too young, too busy,
or too educated to find value and joy in new,
unexpected opportunities. So stay on the lookout,
and keep track of these pleasant surprises.
Be sure not to lose them in the haste
of your weekly routines.

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8/8/13 gym, Los Sarapes, Sellersville Theater, Yianni’s, Beer School

8/8/13

Action shot at the gym. Class was Crowded.
Kristen is a popular instructor.
She is AWESOME!
Let me know if you would like to join me sometime.

what fruits say to themselves….

Got a good lead here to sell them some
Tequila & Mezcal –

Anyone know Maurizio??

Stopped at the Sellersville Theater

Dawn wasn’t in but I’ll go back & show her
some good wines. Every needs a nice glass
of wine while watching a show!

Washington Inn – Good dinners need Good wine.
Anyone know Elayne here??

This is one of my accounts.
Yianni’s Taverna.

http://www.yiannistaverna.com/

The menu AND wine list look phenomenal.
I met Todd for the first time – he’s my customer
& totally cool. That’s the good part about my job!

meat roasting on a vertical spit

I need volunteers to come eat here with me –
anyone??

on my way home from Bethlehem I stopped to
see Brother Raymond. He’s awesome.

http://www.tuttometaldesign.com/

Beer school tonight featured some
homebrews and some regular standbys.

Here is the line-up of most of the beers –
I was kind of slacking taking pictures.

http://wp.me/p3iSLc-6b

We had all kinds of stuff going on at Beer School tonight.
Besides BEER:
We had wings, bread, pizza, infused Tequila making, margaritas made with infused tequila & it was Bill’s birthday!

We ended the evening with one of my favorites.
mmmmm Victory at Sea.
Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter.

VIZSLA in action

Everyone serves a purpose …….

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“If you’re trying to get somewhere you cannot succeed by staying where you are.”

Steps, the secret is steps.
They don’t have to be strides,
baby steps will work just fine.

(I know it sounds obvious – but sometimes it’s the obvious things that create the thickest walls.)

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Wednesday 8/7/13 gym, sales calls, HONEY!!!

Wednesday 8/7/13

I always like starting my day with the gym
& MADDIE!!!

YAY!! I got a postcard from friend Shannon
while she was away on vacation –
remember doing that??

When is the last time you sent or received
a postcard from vacation????

MY 2nd Sales appointment of the day –
where the customer did not show up.
Did not confirm, did not cancel,
just let me show up with a bag of wine
& then not be there for various excuses.

I don’t get how people do this.

JUST TELL THE TRUTH!!!!

Fabulous bottle of wine I was able to show
my next customer. Hasn’t bought it, yet.
I don’t know why. Once it gets on the list they
won’t be able to keep it on there bc it will sell out!

It’s a long story but in the end –
Friend Mary & I ended up at Honey in Doylestown.

http://www.honeyrestaurant.com/

see ALL the photos here, and believe me,
you WANT to see them:

http://wp.me/p3iSW4-2V

this shredded beef & mushroom pizza was one
of our favorites.

LILY and mom Tanya were next door having dinner.
They saw we checked in to HONEY
on the Foursquare app so they stopped by
to say HELLO!

Spread your Wings

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“You cannot learn to swim
by dipping a toe in the water.”

Full immersion.

It’s the only way anyone ever really LEARNED anything!

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Tuesday 8/6/13 gym, Twisted Olive, Apollo Grill, Molinari’s, KC Prime

Tuesday 8/6/13

It was a gorgeous day for a run. Perfect weather.

Then we went to the gym. Me & Maddie….

Cool picture of the Philadelphia Skyline.
It’s hard to drive & take pictures simultaneously.

First appointment was here – the Twisted Olive.
Not a customer — YET!

http://twistedolivebethlehem.com/

Had a nice appointment here at the Apollo Grill.
Also, not a customer but definitely will be.
I have a scheduled tasting here in October.

http://www.apollogrill.com/

Then we have LEE from Molinari’s.
He is a customer & I can’t say enough good things
about this place. Everyone is super nice
& the food is PHENOMENAL.

Check out this link & eat with your eyes:

http://wp.me/p3iSW4-2C

This started the eating extravaganza —
an Olive Oil Sampler…..

Anna Molinari, manager, and
Chef Mike Joyce of Molinari’s restaurant.

my 10PM sales call @ KC Prime
it was worth it — sold 1 1/2 cases of wine….

www.kcprimerestaurant.com

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“It’s difficult to do what must be done.
Yet failing to do so
makes your life even more difficult.”

~Ralph Marston

Monday 8/5/13 work , Happy Nails, dinner with Jesse

Monday 8/5/13

I’m big on making lists & I really like this one!

the headless dog

Chester doing more damage!

Saturday October 12th

Does anyone want to do the Black Bear ride with us?

http://www.scampnrascal.com/AboutBlackBear.html

reloaded on some tasty Truffle salt.
The only place I can find it is on line.
Do you know anywhere else I can get it?

Tanya – Kevin will be HAPPY 🙂

in Doylestown today for an appointment.
Drove past “Doylestown’s Gelataria”
Joyce – this is where you should have gone last week!

http://nonnoscafe.com/

on my list of things to do today –
Mani/pedi
I have to look GOOD!!!

dinner at friend Jesse’s house tonight!

their car Meow Meow. original name?!

Chef Jesse in action

brought a nice bottle of Pinot Noir.
The owner of this vineyard is originally from Bucks County.

A great follow-up to the 94-point 2007,
the 2008 Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot is garnet colored
and smells like cherry compote and licorice.

Jesse made us Eggplant parmesan –
veggies from his garden.

It was delicious Jesse – thanks for the invite!!

Did you know SIRI can find people for you?
The cops should use her!

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“If you’re trying to achieve, there will be road blocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
Michael Jordan

Sunday 8/4/13 visit from Sue & family, Open Air Theater

Sunday 8/4/13

see our sunbathing FROG??
(he’s on the right!)

friend Sue & her family came to visit.
They live in Rochester & were in Philly
doing “history stuff”!

Lunch at Tony’s Place Ivyland.

Great seeing you Sue, Ted & girls!!

(Sue, we should have gotten a picture of all
the LOOT the girls left with. Can’t wait til
you come back for more stuff!!)

neighbor Denise with her new Yellow Door

We came here to the Open Air Theater in
Washington Crossing Park

http://www.dpacatoat.com/

neighbor Denise & HELEN!

We saw the play YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN –
it was hysterical

FRANKENSTEIN

the main cast

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“With one kind gesture you can change a life.

One person at a time you can change the world.”

Steve Maraboli

Saturday 8.3.13 Beach Volleyball & Sumo Japanese Restaurant

Saturday 8.3.13

Got up EARLY bright eyed & bushy tailed –
ready for a Day at the Beach!!!

Today’s volleyball tournament was being held
in Pt Pleasant, NJ

Me & my friend Elaine – the beach tag lady!!

Came in 5th place with partner Diana today.
We had a good day but I am soooo overdue for a WIN!

ADULTS AT PLAY!!!

love this sign….

I had my “special tequila” with me –
infused with strawberries & jalapeños.

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We ate dinner tonight at SUMO – recommended by our
new “real wine drinker” friends John & Nancy.

SUMO SALAD

Spicy conch, crabstick, octopus, white radish, cucumber, scallion,

flying fish roe and seaweed salad

See all the details & pictures of SUMO here:
http://wp.me/p3iSW4-2t

some kind of wonderful “Dinosaur Egg” ….

I could eat a million of them, they were that good.

Chef making sushi rolls

Deep fried shitake mushroom stuff with shrimp and scallion, served with tempura sauce

Two special rolls here:

spicy crunchy salmon roll

Chopped spicy salmon & chunchy wrapped inside out with flying fish roe

AND

J @ G

Spicy lobster and cucumber wrapped inside out with baked eel and avocado on top.

Served with chef’s special sauce

DO IT NOW!!!!!

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“Set your sights high, the higher the better.

Expect the most wonderful things to happen,

not in the future but right now.

Realize that nothing is too good.

Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you

or hold you up in any way.”

Eileen Caddy