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Hot Hostess Watch – Susanna at CIRCO

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Like the food at this Bellagio mainstay, Susanna is surpassingly sweet, savory, and (dare we say it?) succulent as she sashays about Circo supremely supplying succor to the citizens of this lip-smacking circus.

Oh yeah…there are two other people in the picture too…neither of whom exactly rings ELV’s chimes, but each of whom (The Food Gal® assures us) is superlative to see, and mas diablo enough to supplement Susanna’s appearance in this snap.

Their names are Fabian (Forlini – Circo’s GM) and William (Moss – its super Master Sommelier), and whatever their talents (which are many), we prefer looking at her.

Williams Selyem Wine Dinner at TUSCANY KITCHEN

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When Ed Selyem and Burt Williams sold their award-winning winery to John and Kathe Dyson in 1998, a shudder and a sigh went through the California wine world. Here were two of the original California garagistes — their original vintages, starting in 1981, were literally made in a two-car garage — selling out…and to a New Yorker nonetheless! Napa may have eventually developed its Harlans and Screaming Eagles into cult wine status, but a decade before they became coveted, Williams Selyem’s single vineyard pinot noirs had every California collector begging to get on its mailing list. The fact that the winery was so modest, and output so small, only added to its prestige.

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