Something a Little Different

Something a Little Different – Episode #222

April 23, 2007

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November 17, 2009

John J.
Besides marrying your sibling Gary? I wonder how many emails you got about that one.
qotd giving up my job, and going after what i’m passionate about for a career.

how about tackling a vin jaune on the show Gary?
June 29, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
QOTD: It would have to be the time I took a class in jr high where we went to the grade school next door and worked with challeneged kids. Helping them swim in the pool or getting them to spell out a word was just uplifting. Its amazing to see how different life is when you make a difference in someones life like that. ….. I love the tasting notes on the Xarel-lo and the Bride. Im still new to wines so Im trying my best to expand past desserts, ports, and whites. Nice job on the spilling on yourself, I think this was finally the first episode where you really got yourself.
April 25, 2007

Matt the Lurker
QOTD – Coaching youth sports. It’s amazing to see how you can impact a kid’s life or even better, a dozen of them at a time.
April 24, 2007

Harold
Hmmm…guess I should have watched the ep before I answered the QOTD. Non family related huh…well, I’ll go with a recent one. A little while back I bought a new brand of dog food that my dog just wasn’t down with but it was good dog food (i.e. expensive) and I didn’t just want to throw it away so I put it in my car with the thought of giving it to a homeless guy with a dog that I usually see on my way to the gym in the morning. I had that bag of dog food in my car for three months at least without seeing the homeless guy and I was tempted to throw the bag away almost every week but I didn’t. I still haven’t seen the homeless guy that I had in mind but I happened to run into a different homeless guy with a dog last week and I gave him the bag and he was so grateful and the poor little dog was so skinny; it couldn’t have felt much righter.
April 24, 2007

Justmarsh
Boy I’m really glad this is a show about wine and not Gary’s musical tastes! I can’t handle when you bring the thunder with Ronstadt
April 24, 2007

TSchampaert
Yuw. Nice this Xarello. Spains whites are as much undervalued as the Italian whites. Think for instance of Naia, Naiades and Ossian from Rueda, all 100% pre-phyllox Verdejo. I did not know what I drank first time I had it. Incredible and unique.
QOTD: quit studying biology after three years and start again with Germanic languages. Huge turn, but worth it every second. Would do it again.
C ya.
April 24, 2007

wannaBconnoisseur
I know you meant “spouse” not “sibling”, nice episode.

QOTD: Betting against the Jets in the first round of the 2006 playoffs.
April 24, 2007

JimVarney01
QOTD: Last year when I took on the job of a swim coach in addition to my full time job, girlfriend, and workout regimen, I thought what the hell am I doing… Giving up most of my weekends, working 4 nights a week… It was absolutely killing me. Until we had our first swim meet. I think our kids just swam good to make me realize that this job is the $hit and I love it a ton! Watching kids progress because of your hard work is the best feeling in the world. Now I can’t wait to have kids of my own… but it’s gonna be a LOOOOONG while!!

Nice ep Gary, and great QOTD, let everyone reflect. Now I’m gonna have to find some of that Black Bart’s Wife… and not in that way! lol
April 24, 2007

Denman Dave
QOTD… I Left the big job in the city and moved to the country where people watch out for each other. Now building my own house on a small island, with my own hands. Some things are much more important than money.
April 24, 2007

Susan
Gary-
My nephew, Mark, still requests
watching your eps!
He chants Gary, Gary!!!!!!!!!!
Good Grief Charlie Brown!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep up the great work!!!
April 24, 2007

Matthew L
Another stellar episode Gary. I’m really on the hunt for crisp white wine for the summer. Who knew Black Bart’s Bride bottled was also designed for home security? Ghetto or not, we could all use a head clunker like that “just in case.”

QOTD: Man! You touched on something that I am still struggling to figure out. Family aside, I have never really, honestly, had one of those “this is so right” moments. I’ve had a lot of great experiences, but I remain open to what will be my life’s real calling and passion. Photography is close, though.

Cheers!
April 24, 2007

geespot
Ahh, the joys of Raid. Kills bugs and your lungs, perfecto. Good ep, G.

QOD: An 18yr old girl went into cardiac arrest in my arms. I watched her last heart beat on the monitor screen. As her scared, frozen eyes look back at me, I took my fist and thumped her chest, twice. Her heart re-started shortly thereafter. That, was the single most ‘right’ thing I’ve ever done in my life. Acted purely on instinct and saved a life.
April 24, 2007

Iron Man
Jeremy did you beat me to the 04 Clio, you dirty rat!!!

QOTD outting Jeremy for buying my Clio. I feel better now.

Btw Gary, the Bride looks tasty, and I hardly ever drink white, like hardly ever.
April 24, 2007

RandyB
I don’t want to sound like the Born Loser, but outside of family, marriage, the birth of a child nothing that felt right ever panned out to be that special. However, events that I met with intrepidation or anxiety have sometimes turned out to be life-changing. I would not have gone to college had I not first joined the Navy and became an independent man. Doing something that feels so right may not produce the desired result. Doing something that you may be hesitant or ambivalent about, may produce a deeper feeling of success and far less disappointment if you do not succeed.

Thanks for the shout-out to SF! We’re getting fired up for the Party!

Ciao
April 24, 2007

cyrock1
QOTD: When I was sworn into the Army. It was for sure the 3′d proudest moment for me behind marriage and the birth of my son.
April 24, 2007

Tony S.
Hey Gary…(and Chicago folks),

I would have love to have been there, but I was out of town. So, I’m glad you enjoyed our town. I love it. I’m actually going to be in NY next weekend (on business), but I’m going to try and swing by your store, but I don’t think I’m going to have any free time.

QOD: I don’t know. I guess, when I was younger and was in a couple punk-rock bands and used to write a fanzine that went out all over the place. Those were great days and I made a ton of friends that I wouldn’t have otherwise. And I spent my days (when not working) just listeing to music and writing and drawing constantly. It was a great time in my life.

OK…see you later,
GO BEARS!!
T
April 24, 2007

mikeyrad
QOTD, As you said, other than getting married, moving back to NYC from Nashville is definitely a “feel so right” decision for me.
April 24, 2007

Fiorentina!
Hey Gary-
Interesting episode. Another really good winery from Santa Barbara County is called Wild Heart. Their Chard. and Viognier are VERY big, new world wines, but are complex, rich, and smooth.

QotD- This may not seem to go outside the box, but something that just felt right was getting into the wine business at the age of 23. I have such a passion for life, family, food, & wine that I decided to jump into the business with both feet. What really made me think about this was when I discovered what the ancient Greeks would ask when a felow Greek died. The simple question was “did he have passion?” If the answer was yes, than his life was considered a full and rich life. If the answer was no, than his life was viewed as a waste. Because of this, I figure that if I do what I love…I’ll never work a day in my life!
April 24, 2007

Justin S
Some Interesting wines today, surprised you didn’t taste the Mike Ditka Kick Asss Red to go along with the Chi-Town theme. Keep up the good work.
QOTD: Quit working for corporate and started my own business.
April 24, 2007

Harold
QOTD: Marrying my wife and having an actual “wedding”. There was no doubt that I wanted to marry her but I wasn’t too excited about the wedding. It was one of the best experiences of my life and couldn’t have felt “more right”.
PS-Gary your new nickname is “Two of Clubs”.
April 24, 2007

Formally Known as Big man
Gary,
First its called string cheese for all us youngens. Second I have to say helpin my dad start up a business was that one thing that felt right. Great show. GO NUGGETS Iverson Leadin the charge! Nuggets 1 Spurs 0
April 24, 2007

waibeans
QOD: anytime I get to stand on the top of a mountain overlooking a valley below or stand on the bow of a ship smelling a fresh breeze off the water.. or playing with a new pup and getting a whiff of puppy breath. THAT just feels right.

From the late GREAT Kurt Vonnegut: “I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”
April 24, 2007

stevo
QOTD: Deciding to quit tennis. I was at a tournament in Jamaica and I just knew that I was done. It was a great feeling in the sense that I was glad I gave it a shot and now know how I measure up. Otherwise, I would have always wondered. With tennis out of the way, it was like a whole new world was opening up to me and that was exciting.
April 24, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- You are a good man. Thanks for the shout out for our friend Francis.

QOTD- Looking at my newborn daughter 10 years ago and never having another cigarette.
April 24, 2007

Jack2112
QOTD: Making the choice to stop working in retail and persue my passion in filmmaking and music back when everyone said I was crazy. It’s been a great 10 years and now I run a music company in NYC. No doubt.