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A new chocolatier in San Francisco.... Looks interesting...
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Terroir Natural Wine Merchant
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Terroir opened in San Francisco about 8 or so weeks ago and is located in the ever developing SOMA district. They claim to be the first natural wine merchant in the US. It's a big claim but, considering how hard it is to fine natural wines in the US, I am ready to believe them.
Two friends and I decided to visit this place for the first time on a Sunday night. We arrived around 9:30pm and found ourselves in a very warm yet minimalist space. It was an interesting combination of clean modern earthquake retrofitted loft with a more rustic and cave like aspect to it. There was a lot of wood everywhere and scruffed up surfaces. Nice old blackboards with the wine list upon it, and also some helpful tips...
We sat down at the small bar and felt a little lost. After all, all of the offerings were Italian or French. None of it seemed familiar. The bar man, Luke, sensed that and made us feel at ease.
First he asked some questions, what do we like in general, red? white? fruity? full bodied? Then he brought 3 glasses, and a bottle. "Try this" he said. Hmm, it's good but... no... "ok, lets try this" Mmm, nice but... maybe too fruity for our taste. "Ok, what about this?" He brought out a bottle from Château Gaillard, a bio-dynamic wine from the Loire region. It was I believe a '97 vintage? but I am not sure. Anyhoo right away from the aroma, I knew this was it. I smelled cheese rind, earth and minerals. Those are my kinda smells..... :-) so I decided to split a carafe with a friend and my other friend decided to go with an organic Port. We were all very happy with our selections.
Luke (who is French) was super friendly and knew a lot about his industry. I asked if they carried any Californian wine, and before I knew it, he said "Yes, Coturri". I was like, what? no way! I was just going to say, you should carry Coturri! Needless to say, I was delighted, being that I have been known to be very fond of Coturri...
Anyhoo, to make a wonderful and enjoyable story short and to the point, Terroir is a truly wonderful addition to SF, and I, or anyone who visits, will be sure to discover new and delightful wines, or enjoy a well loved glass of Coturri....
I will certainly be back!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Project Management Tools
There are too many of them, yet none seem to quite do what I want. Everyone works differently and to make a software that is perfect is a challenge but so far, none come close, for me.
One of my biggest problems has to do with the fact that I detest iCal. As much as I want to like it, it is a completely dysfunctional piece of software that doesn't work in a natural way. Maybe I am just so used to Google calendars that iCal seems so backwards, but if I can't even see the time on an event without looking at the dumb drawer, then what is the point. Ok. I will stop the iCal bashing.... If only it was a good software tho, maybe my suffering would end.
Most project management softwares out there strive to integrate all the Mac apps... by doing this, it means Mac mail, address book and iCal serve as the content to which the project management software works, assuming we all love them.
Ok but the search still goes on for a project management tool or combination of tools that actually solve all the headaches and problems of managing project.
Here is a list of recent softwares I have run into. I will give a more concise review of those I try in the future:
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