… Or just really ridiculously overpriced.
We Are Live Again from Miami for ULTRA 15!!
Our motto this year was ""Let's Make History Together"" - and we have already done that from Weekend 1. During Hardwell's set - who is set to become the #1 DJ if you believe the buzz in the Twitterverse - we concurrently streamed with close to 100,000 people worldwide AND broke his twitter! He received a letter from Twitter saying that he used 30% of the Twitter bandwith and subsequently shut his account down (temporarily of course). We also broke Goldfish Live's website after we did an in depth 10 minute interview with the South Africans, which included questions like ""What shampoo do they use?"" Have you seen their hair- then you will understand.
And then, of course, there is this weekend. It is Swedish House Mafia's final set EVER as a trio, and we are going to be airing it live. Let's see if we can make real history- and all come together for this special moment! I will try my best to hold back the tears.
Join me as I host the livestream at http://www.youtube.com/umftv from 4:30pm Eastern Time.
Top 3 Wine Tastings in Napa
For some, Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth. For me, it’s anywhere with excellent food and wine, which is why I make the pilgrimage to Napa twice a year to find happiness. In a bottle. Please don’t judge me.
After years of research, here are the best wine tastings in Napa Valley.
BEST WINE IN NAPA VALLEY
Ehlers Estate: To quote my video below, “Ehlers rose is better than a lot of my ex-boyfriends.” I did go through a date only-male-models-or-ex-professional-athletes phase so this is saying a lot… or maybe it’s not. Anyways, not only is the wine absolutely fantastic, but 100% of the proceeds go to cardiovascular research. The owner was saved by a cardiovascular surgeon, and so from the heart label to the names of the wines (120/80 Cabernet is especially divine- and named after perfect blood pressure) to the profit margins, Ehlers is all about heart. And I can cheers to that!
BEST AMBIANCE IN NAPA VALLEY
Von Strasser: Just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road from Ehlers, this place is the definition of picturesque. I swear I didn’t copy that from a brochure. It’s essentially two tables on a patio and you feel like you are at someone’s house, enjoying their award-winning vintages. They have literally the best Gruner Veltiner in the world. It’s super small so reservations are a necessity, but considering it’s also super hidden, it’s usually open. Oh, and that’s my niece making a pillow out of the Von Strasser dog.
THE MOST CHARMING SOMMELIER IN NAPA VALLEY
Jason at Signorello: I can appreciate someone who takes risks in the name of entertainment, and so I give you Jason. He was bizarre, made strange noises that were not English, and over poured. And that made him my new best friend. The wine was okay, but I would make the drive to Signorello just to have an ab workout in the form of laughter from him. (That’s the best workout IMO.) You definitely want to check out the video below to see what I’m talking about.
Check out the wineries for yourself in my video:
How The 4 Hour Work Week Will Change Your Personal Life
Today, my best friend’s dad passed away unexpectedly. By today, I mean a half an hour ago. I’ve been sitting, staring at my computer, trying to figure out what to do and how to help. The truth is… there is nothing to do but to make sure my phone is next to me at all times and just wait for her call. Helpless. The feeling that I hate the most. I’m crushed.
So where does a self-help book about outsourcing and productivity fit into this story? Well, big moments make you re-evaluate life, especially ones like these. Life is too short. Be Happy. Say I Love You more. We’ve all heard the cliches, but this book is different. The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss is all about re-evaluating your life, goals and pursuits on a daily level. It is about changing the way you view life so that you can live in the moment.
The common ideology is, “I’ll work hard now so that I can make a lot of money and retire on an island when I’m 65.” The 4 Hour Work Week questions this. Why do you want to make money? The answer is so that you can have the freedom – i.e. money and time- to do the things you want to do NOW. But instead of waiting for your life to end to start living, the book says, work hard enough to get to that goal, and enjoy a “mini-retirement” right away.
My friend’s dad was super healthy and barely into his 50’s, maybe even late 40’s. Young. Too young to retire. Too young to even see his eldest daughter married. We can try to plan. But you don’t plan for this. I wonder if he has regrets. Had regrets. I hope he’s somewhere to think like this…
We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but we do know one day there will be no tomorrow. So we might as well live in the present. If you’re like me, your reaction to a statement like this is, “Great, ya, sure, whatever that means.” <Brush-off-and-continue-the-daily-grind> What I found especially helpful about the book is that The 4 Hour Work Week makes the theoretical into a tangible game plan. It gives you tools that you can use, like how to budget your bank account, how to increase productivity, how to outsource, how to afford the seemingly “unaffordable,” and the list goes on.
I was going to take a month vacation this year, or a “mini-retirement” as Tim Ferriss would say. And then I decided that I did not have the time or the money to do this. Or rather, that I didn’t “deserve” to be living the good life when I have so much to accomplish in my career and finances. That’s changed today. I can make sacrifices to afford this trip, because the other sacrifice, the sacrifice of my dreams and wants, is in the end much more costly. If we can’t enjoy life now, what the hell are we living for?
How to Get Drunk off Donuts
I feel like the M&M guys, “Oh my gosh- They DO exist!” In a little pastry shop in Chicago, Illinois sits a Polish woman making donuts that do in fact get you drunk. To be precise, it’s more of a head buzz from the combination of sugar and strong alcohol used in the filling, but whatever the case lots of laughter ensues after eating the donuts. Don’t believe me? Check out the video above.
To get your own Drunken Donuts, check out Delightful Pastries. They deliver- even outside the Chicago area. I had mine shipped all the way to Los Angeles, and they arrived way fresher than the Starbucks donuts around the corner.
