Back to school.

Just recently, I came to the alarming realisation that my brain was turning into mush.  And, to try to rectify that, I thought I really should take a class at Napa Valley College to whip my atrophying grey matter into shape. So, tout de suite, I enrolled myself in a wine marketing course.  The first session was held this evening.
Not having the slightest idea about anything to do with marketing, I had no notion of quite what to expect from an entire semester dedicated to this particular subject matter.  (But I knew I wanted to learn.)  The first class was a very interesting, fast-paced, statistic-filled introduction - by instructor Paul Wagner - to all things marketing, not just wine marketing. Fun. My brain was so stimulated when I got home that I needed to have a cup of tea, watch a bit of telly and write this post to decompress.  I'm looking forward to next week.

Records are made to be broken.

Yes they are!  Yesterday I joined all my co-workers (at TWWIAGE) for a celebratory luncheon at Auberge du Soleil.  A good time was had by all. The occasion for the celebration was a record second quarter of sales - a cool $3.2 million!  It is the fourth such event since I started working at TWWIAGE (just on 10 years ago), and the owners of TWWIAGE pointed out to us all that a celebratory lunch could be had every month for the rest of the year if we keep exceeding our goals.  Just as well that I like carrots.