{"id":6499,"date":"2013-06-29T18:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T01:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2013-06-29T18:15:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T01:15:51","slug":"why-hunger-fundraising-party-at-hanna-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/why-hunger-fundraising-party-at-hanna-winery\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hunger fundraising party at Hanna Winery"},"content":{"rendered":"
JUNE 28,\u00a0 20l3<\/div>\n
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I traveled up to the lovely, but very warm Hanna Winery for the Why Hunger fundraising party, with my publicist, Joe, and his companion, Mary.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hanna winery founded in l985 is located in southern end of the Alexander Valley in Healdsburg, CA.\u00a0 \u00a0We braved the Friday night commute traffic, which was difficult, and finally reached this lovely winery on a hillside, after a pleasant 2 hr. drive, mostly on the backroads of the valley.\u00a0 We actually past a street sign on those backroads, that said, “no where road.”<\/div>\n
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The staff was very welcoming to us, upon\u00a0our arrival, \u00a0and everyone started the evening in the air-conditioned tasting room, enjoying white and red wines.\u00a0\u00a0 I went up to one gentleman, asked how far he came to be here tonight, he said, “New Jersey.”\u00a0\u00a0 His name is Oliver Lake, and he had flew in to SFO this morning, for a gig in Healdsburg Center for the Arts the following night.\u00a0\u00a0 Oliver, plays the sax., and told me his first name stands for peace.\u00a0\u00a0 Oliver also\u00a0told me he lives in a small town in New Jersey, the same town where that small cafe is, the one that “The Soprano’s had there last meal on the acclaimed H.B.O. TV show.<\/div>\n
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I met\u00a0 the very tall Jan Chapin in the tasting room, wearing a striking dark green dress.\u00a0\u00a0Jan and her trio were that night’s entertainment.\u00a0 Jan is daughter of the late, great, Harry Chapin, who’s hit songs included, “Cats in the Cradle”, and “Taxi.”\u00a0\u00a0 Harry died\u00a0in l981, in a car accident.\u00a0 \u00a0 Jan chairs the board of directors of WhyHunger, her dad was deeply committed to fight world hunger.<\/div>\n
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We sat outside under\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful giant oak tree, which shaded us from the 95 degree heat, and enjoyed a lovely buffet dinner, tasty, mouth watering pizza, salad, desserts, and as much wine as we wanted.\u00a0\u00a0 We enjoyed talking to a nice couple from Mill Valley, they said the drive took them 3 hrs.<\/div>\n
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All in all, it was a wonderful evening, and I got to catch up on news with Mary and Joe, and hear more about they 7 week recent trip to England, and France.\u00a0\u00a0 One place they went to, I actually have seen, StoneHendge.\u00a0 Joe, told me it was very cold there when they visited this great landmark, not far from the Winchester Cathedral.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JUNE 28,\u00a0 20l3 I traveled up to the lovely, but very warm Hanna Winery for the Why Hunger fundraising party, with my publicist, Joe, and his companion, Mary.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hanna winery…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-guest-review"},"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"