Wine Tour of Italy!

Maria’s Italian Kitchen presents a series of Virtual Wine Dinners hosted by our cousin, Master Sommelier
Michael Jordan!

First up will be:

“Italy in an Hour!”

Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at 6:00 pm PDT

Join us for a fun and entertaining virtual wine dinner experience as master sommelier Michael Jordan guides us on a delicious adventure through the beautiful wine regions of Italy!

We’ve assembled the perfect dinner for two and paired it with the perfect wines. Open the wines and relax in the most comfortable place in your home as we transport you to Italy’s regions and vineyards!

This very Special Offer Includes:

Dinner for Two, a bottle of hand-selected Pinot Grigio and amazing Chianti, along with an intimate and beautiful One Hour “At Home Adventure” through Italy’s Wine Country, Just Sit back relax, eat, drink and enjoy the show!!!

**Only 120 spots available. Reserve now!**

Dinner & Wine for 2: $79 ($200 value!)

Wines

Benvolio Pinot Grigio
Tenuto DI Arceno Chianti Classico

Dinner

Bread
Rosemary Focaccia; made with freshly baked dough spread with olive oil garlic and rosemary;
Appetizer
Bruschetta: fresh tomatoes, basil, extra virgin olive oil & chopped garlic, served on grilled garlic crostini and drizzled with balsamic reduction
Salad
Chopped Italian Salad, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, olives, cucumber, chickpeas, pepperoncini, mozzarella & our Italian dressing
Main
Chicken Parmigiana; crispy chicken breast, topped with marinara, parmesan and mozzarella, marinara & served with Pasta Marinara
Dessert
Tiramisu, Homemade sponge cake soaked with espresso& layered with sweetened mascarpone & marsala wine custard topped with Belgian Chocolate Shavings

This at-home Wine Tasting Adventure for Two will sell out soon.

CLICK HERE to Order and Reserve your spot now!

HOW TO ORDER ONLINE: When pre-ordering for this event, choose take out or delivery. choose the location you would like. Then choose Wednesday, July 15th and the time you would like to pick up or have your food and wine package delivered. All orders must be ordered by noon and picked up or delivered by 5pm on Wednesday, July 15th. Once you get to the Menu, choose “WINE EVENT”. You will receive an email with a Zoom link before July 15th. Coupons or discounts do not apply to this item

Michael Jordan, MS, CWE
Director Global Key Accounts
Jackson Family Wines

Share your thoughts on Pasadena PD Police Oversight

Please Share Your Input on Pasadena Police Department Oversight

The City Council Public Safety Committee has been discussing the issue of Civilian Police Oversight.  The following background material was presented to the Committee on July 8, 2020 by the City Attorney’s Office.
Staff Report to Public Safety Committee – July 8, 2020
Please share your thoughts and opinions on Police Oversight in the City of Pasadena. Civilian oversight is presently provided by the City Manager, the City Council and its Public Safety Committee. Does there need to be additional civilian oversight of the Pasadena Police Department? If so, please share your ideas and concerns.

Provide your thoughts here: 
Comments on Police Oversight

Do you have a dish form DirecTV or Dish on your roof?  Want to take it down?  Well, maybe you should leave it installed and install an Over The Air Antenna.  OTA, HD OTA. Digital

There are lots of videos on YouTube that talk about the mounting of OTA antennas on your dish.

ATSC  3.0 Next Gen TV.

A first step is to figure out where the towers are and the direction to point the antenna.

Have you been side blinded by your mortgage company trying to up sell you insurance, or worse, trying adding it to your mortgage and collecting monthly basically adding a premium to your mortgage. And people wonder how mortgage companies make money…… this sort of practice is sickening.  And needs to be stopped, I smell a class-action lawsuit for deceptive practices.

Restricted States

As the pandemic continues to cause decline in business and disruptions in the economy, restaurants are faced with another challenge on top of everything else.

With their increase overhead and decreasing margins services like Grubhub, Postmates, UberEats, DoorDash and others take a percentage of potential profits from restaurant owners.  So with the increase in these services the cost of meals are increasing.

Some services have cut fees during the pandemic, but the fees are still high.  Fees range from 13.5 to 40% of the order. Assuming the claim is that restaurant would not have received the order had it not been for the service.  Some cities have imposed a fee cap on these services/

I encourage friends and others to pickup direct from the restaurant when possible.

Bars, Breweries, and Wine Tasting Rooms are Required to Close in L.A. County

Effective June 28, 2020, the County of Los Angeles Public Health Order was amended to require that all bars, breweries, brewpubs, wineries and tasting rooms in Los Angeles County close unless they are offering sit-down dine-in meals. This includes closing bar areas in restaurants. There has been a sharp increase in new cases and hospitalizations. The timing of these increases is in line with the reopening of key sectors, including bars, which are places where people remove their face covering to drink while they may be socializing with people not in their household. To review the amended Order, please click here.

Please note that specific higher-risk businesses and locations remain closed. Public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit must also remain prohibited. Higher-risk businesses and locations include:

• Lounges and nightclubs;
• Bars, breweries, tasting rooms, craft distilleries, and wineries that possess a valid low risk restaurant permit issued by the County of Los Angeles;
• Brewpubs, craft distilleries and wineries, with premises set aside for beer and/or wine tasting, that are exempt from the definition of a food facility by California Health and Safety Code Section 113789(c)(5), and do not hold a health permit for preparing and serving on site;
• Public entertainment venues such as theaters, concert venues theme parks, and festivals;
• Family entertainment centers such as bowling alleys, arcades and miniature golf courses, and batting cages;
• Hot tubs, steam rooms and saunas not located on residential property; and
• All events and gatherings unless allowed by the health Order.

While we are making good progress, it’s important to remember that the COVID-19 pandemic is still active. Residents, business owners and employees must observe physical distancing requirements and prevention techniques outlined above under the Safer at Home order. To learn more about the County of Los Angeles’ Roadmap to Recovery, please click here. Please remember that violation of or failure to comply with the County’s Order is a crime and punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both.