David Collins

Bob ... your "buttery chardonnay comment in Dennis' Disney discussion caught my interest. I haven't found one since the 80's when I stopped at one of the Napa vineyard tasting houses...so long ago I cannot remember the vintner's name .. just the butter. I think the market for the truly buttery stuff has waned .... you have any recommendation for truly buttery chardonnay still being made?

Thanks for your comments about Gerald, Mark.  I think I got to know him because I knew you and John P.  I had occasion to visit him at the home on Josie back when we were kids .... he showed (and taught me how to build) a crazy mouse-trap invention involving the trap, some cheese, a firecracker and the frayed ends of an electrical cord plugged into the wall (it's got me laughin' just thinking about it).  To me, Gerald was just a quiet, friendly big guy I knew (who also happened to be the only kid I knew who would challenge Pat DeLuca to a one-on-one after-school "conversation" behind the playground backstop).  Thanks for showing us he was so much more than that.