Well folks, it has been pandemonium here of late. The
book-Frankly Frankl- was finally launched last week. I've spent 2 hours signing
at Ferrari of SF, in the meantime they made full advantage of the merry
crowd-courtesy of Cline wines-and decided to spend a bit of money. So at the
end of the day I went to the bank to pay in 800 dollars and they , the
sales team also went off to the bank to pay in half a million dollars! Someone
said I should have been on commission which is not fair. They gave me a
platform and I for one don't blame them for taking full advantage of it. Leah
Garchick who writes in the SF Chronicle's datebook found it sufficiently
amusing to mention it as did the local paper here in Tiburon.
Once we've all recovered from the party we started planning
our next adventure. This was a small gathering of Ferrari enthusiasts from the
Pacific Region who decided to drop in on next year's President, Jody Stewart, a
seriously big cheese at Napa's Silver Oak winery. Amazing wines and literally a
cast of thousands. There were limos as far as the eye can see with customers
from all over the World. Clearly well-heeled as nothing happens at Silver Oak
at under 70 dollars.
The bit I liked most that after floods some years ago the
whole place rebuilt at a higher elevation and as the Boss said-should
there be another flood or earthquake there is room for all the staff. I had a
massive treat on the way . A very nice gentleman whose name and address I
will not mention for the simple reason that there is no need to advertise
something as desirable as a brand spanking new 458 spider -took me all the way
to Sonoma. After some very fine, enthusiastic driving it was time for a
standing start. I know he won't mind but the truth is that he had the 458
somewhat sideways!
http://www.franklyfrankl.com
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