Hello Wine Lovers,
Today, Tuesday, June 30th from 5pm to 8pm Ralphs will be offering another wine tasting. Tonight, wines ranked 90 points or higher by noted publications in the wine industry likeThe Wine Spectator, The Wine Advocate and The Wine Journal will be featured on this evening’s flights. Many varietals have scored 90 points and above, all a person has to do [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Hello Wine Lovers
Reflections on the Life of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was the greatest dancer who was also a major singing star ever. To find his equal you’d have to look at the two biggest dancing stars in film history, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. (Michael reputedly idolized Mr. Astaire and was deeply moved when he was told by him personally that he was [...]
WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON PLEASE
I received a text message from one of my sources at 3:00 pm that Michael Jackson, often called the King of Pop, was dead. This was fifteen minutes before the official declaration and by 3:30 pm the calls, text messages, and emails asking me to write something were rolling in. My initial response to all [...]
Griffin to Emerge, Sooner or Later
Shaquille O’Neal. Allen Iverson. Tim Duncan. Yao Ming. Lebron James. Dwight Howard. Derrick Rose.
The NBA has seen its share of No. 1 draft picks who reach a level of greatness. The spot has also sprung disappointment.
Michael Olowokandi. Kwame Brown. Andrew Bogut.
Oh, Michael Olowokandi. You’ve done your part for the Clippers “Dream Team.” Danny Ferry. Chris [...]
Hello Wine Lovers
Hello Wine Lovers,
Today is Friday, June 26th and we have a special guest visiting our wine tasting-table from 5pm to 8pm tonight, Joe Montoya. Joe, who represents Chateau St. Jean Winery in Sonoma County, will be pouring wine for our tasting tonight. The winery produces several wines under different labels around Sonoma and Napa. Chateau [...]
Three Things To Miss Downtown
When it comes to Downtown , downtownster puts most of its effort into telling people what to do, but recently I’ve come across some what not to do’s. And with so many good choices Downtown I’d hate to see you waste your money on anything less than a great experience. SO BE WARNED!!!
Unhappy Hour At [...]
Regreso de Manny
Manny is back.
Sort of.
The Dodgers’ slugger is nearing the end of a 50 game suspension instituted by the MLB for Ramirez’s use of banned substances. Manny is scheduled to return to the Dodger lineup on July 3 at San Diego. He is currently working his way back into playing shape with the Albuquerque Isotopes, the [...]
Wait Til You Hear This…
Have you seen the latest episode of Gossip Girl? Read National Enquirer lately? How about People Magazine? Decrying gossip may seem quaint today, but with over one hundred magazines, TV shows and websites selling gossip, maybe we ought to remind ourselves of its dark side.
The more we value something the more specific we are in [...]
MOVIE REVIEW: THE HURT LOCKER
Iraq. Baghdad. Insurgents. IED. EOD. These terms have swirled around in the world and in our minds for some years now, but what do we know beyond what the media feeds us? Do we really know the scope and magnitude of the emotional and physical battles being played out every day in the war? [...]
A BLOGSIDE CHAT WITH SONNY ASTANI PART ONE
A Blogside Chat With Sonny Astani
Concerto: an instrumental work that highlights a soloist.
Councilwoman for the 9th district Jan Perry graced downtownster’s first blogside chat. Jan, as we’ve come to know her, was an easy choice because her district is, as previously stated, the core of the biggest city in the largest state in the most [...]
