November 11, 2005
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I went to a Hennessey tasting event last night at the Wattles Mansion in Hollywood. It was supposed to be free but there was a $5 required “donation”
There were a lot of good hor’dourves and the venue had great views of the city. Tried 3 different types of cognacs…the VSOP (not very good), the XO (pretty decent), and the Paradis (so smoooth!). The Paradis retails for about $300/bottle and consists of a blend of about a hundred cognacs ranging up to 130 years old. They also have a Richard which they weren’t tasting that is a blend with a 200 year old cognac in it and sells for about $150/glass 
Cognacs are made from a special type of grape grown in a certain region of France and undergoes 2 distillation steps. I’ll have a much greater appreciation the next time I have a brandy with my cigar (all cognacs are brandys but not all brandys are cognacs).
Afterwards we went to the Day After (Montmartre Lounge). We were able to get in VIP because my friend is a member of Xenii which is supposedly a very exclusive networking group. The club consists of very hot girls (who are invited to join for free) and guys who make over 6 figures (they pay $3500/month for membership). Members get access to celebrity parties such as Tara Reid’s 30th birthday party thrown by Michael Sutton this Saturday at Mood. I felt a little uncomfortable as it wasn’t truly my scene…too much Hollywood fakeness but it was an interesting experience nonetheless.
Got a lot of things to look forward to for the rest of 2005:
Nov. 19 – 27 : Vietnam
Dec. 2 – 4 : San Francisco
Dec. 9 – 11 : Mammoth
Dec. 16 – 18 : Vegas
Dec. 23 – Jan. 1 : Brazil
Started planning out all my vacations for 2006 already…tentatively planning trips to Cancun, Miami, China/Japan, Egypt, and Morocco. Can you tell I love to travel, lol?
Comments (15)
what trips me out is how you fund these expeditions of yours.. haha
either ive got the cash, but i simply dont have the time.. or when i do have the time, i’ve usually dumped the cash into something else..
Seriously, funding these trips and vacation for these trips is a big question mark over my head. How do you do it?! Regardless…why didn’t you advertise this Hennessey event to your Xanga fans, friends, and stalkers? Boo on you. 1 eprop for you.
lol…’free’ tasting events always have a ‘donation’ they require.
wehn i out in temecula valley…. I had this cognac wine and boy i did not like it at all.
wow ur leaving vn in another week how exciting?! Have fun… the only thing i have planned for next year is italy. Otherwise, I am going to be traveling local. I am poor… hehehe
wow that’s a pretty packed schedule coming up.
wow, that’s a lot of traveling..
if they are paying $3.5k/month, they probably make 7-figures to pay $41k after-tax to be in the party scene..
Oh how exciting! Do you plan to go on the trips by yourself or roughing it?
WOW…you definitely like to travel. Have fun!
Oh, oh, oh! I was supposed to go to that testing, but flaked. BAH!
And damn yO! Take me as carry on luggage on those trips!
S- you’re always on the run! Awesome travel schedule….brazil? I had a friend go there last year and he had a blast!….share pics!
wow you DDOOO have a lot of trips…. all i have is a handfull of trips to mammoth, a NYC trip and a Thailand/ Japan trip this year… next year I have a whistler trip and a trip to south america so far…. nothing else planned out yet… =P can’t keep up with you….
are you around this weekend??
I’m so jealous. Love your line up. I won’t be traveling for a while… that’s the trade-off of a new car.
I’ll be doing ghetto traveling.. Hermosa, LA, Hollywood, San Diego.. nothing that requires flying 
Have fun!
Nice travel list. You’re lucky to travel so much.
hey, i’ll be in mammoth that same weekend. lets plan to get together.
Wow, I wish I can travel like you. I am jealous! I hope you’ve been taking care.