Categories
Culture

To The Woman Who Saved My Velvet Coat

A few years ago, a certain reporter was in a freak parking accident while wearing his favorite black velvet coat. After being dragged downhill for a bit by a runaway vehicle he and his beloved coat were in shreds. Doctors repaired the reporter, but more importantly, Sonoma costume designer Linda Rawls was able to save…

Categories
Personae WineJourno

Gary Vaynerchuk: Wine’s Brand Man

Despite the media credentials I was granted, I somehow I managed to miss the Wine Bloggers Conference 08, hosted this October in Sonoma County’s Santa Rosa, California. No worries, the conference’s main attraction was video wine blogger and marketing guru Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibraryTV.com with whom I recently had a chat for FineLife Sonoma Magazine.…

Categories
Culture

Boston Vlog Test

Thought I’d do a little camera test for the Flip Mino that was kindly sent over for review. This is my MIA message from Boston, Mass., where I’ve been on location making a doc. Fine time, though the chorus of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” is presently ringing through my mind’s ear.