Hello again! We had a different type of show air Saturday night, a special KGW Home & Garden show and it confused a few of you. Sorry for that. We should have let you know that this wouldn't be our standard PDXposed episode but we're so darn busy that we just didn't think of it. Being a home & garden show only, it was a hit with some of the "moms" in our fan base, but some of the men were questioning it. Next time we do a "special KGW show" we'll let you know in advance, so please know that.

We are planning at least one very fun OR Wine Country show very soon and today I met with the marketing studdess of Domaine Serene to get the ball rolling. She's excited to make this happen and we're eager to tell their intriguing story. We did a few wine country shows awhile back and we love to film them. We may just do another hot air balloon ride over wine country at sunrise again -- so cool!

We appreciate your viewership and just so you know, our next NEW show will air on 4/25. It's our Classic Wines Auction show and I just viewed the raw version of the finished show and it will be good. It will be a little different, considering that it's a show all about the event itself and all the people that come together to make it happen, but trust me that you'll be entertained. The event raised over $2.2M in one night so it was a smashing success!

Thanks as always, for watching, and I hope you all had a great weekend!

Make good memories~
Jon

ps.........Precious little Chloie's face says it all.........what to do about this economy?!

This was a strange day. Why? Because it was my first bona fide day off in a very long time. No cameras, no microphones, no interviews, no big band shows, no crew (with the exception of spending some time with Sean and Mindy at their house, post knee surgery - Sean is my Field Producer). It was a nice day, starting off with a SKYPE call with Mary and her kids. If you haven't heard of Skype yet, it's the coolest and FREE service where you can chat live with anybody, computer to computer (as long as you have a video port) and you can see the people you are talking to. So if you have friends anywhere in the world, I strongly suggest you jump on board the Skype train. It takes about 5 minutes to download and again, it's FREE! So cool!

We had a very successful, yet uber busy shoot on the Big Island, or the Island of Hawaii, as the BIVB would prefer us to say. We were there to feature the Kona Brewers Festival, which was a hoot! Ran into some people from Portland, including Christian who owns a micro brewery in SE, HUB I think? Anyway, they had a "Trash Fashion Show" which you'll definitely want to check out when it airs on PDXposed on May 2! We also filmed Hawaii's most visited tourist attraction, Mt. Kilauea, the world's most active volcano and many other fun things. Aston Hotels & Resorts put us up in two bedroom condos overlooking the Waikaloa Beach Golf Course. Mine was a sweet pad and I had Mary and her girls and friend Brenda come over to share the wealth. It was one big happy family! Mary and Brenda fed us well, which we needed after long days of shooting. We truly had no down time and this week was super busy, so you can see why tonight, a Saturday night in Portland, I stayed in and I'm blogging. You might say, "boring" but I say, I needed it!

On Monday, I go to Tahoe for a much-needed ski vacation. They are my very favorite type of vacation and I've not been skiing yet this season, so I'm excited. I fly to Reno to meet Mary and her son Charles and we'll drive up together to meet another couple from Hawaii and their daughter. They are fun so I'm sure we'll have a great time. Yes, this is a good month for spending time with my hottie and better yet, she'll be in Portland for my next big band gig on April 11th. It's almost sold out already so if you want to go, I suggest you book a reservation at Tony Starlight's asap! Last night was sold out and they turned people away!

The photo above is our trip moment! We had a FAST FACT to shoot which relates to the Island of Hawaii having 11 of the world's 13 climate zones, and includes the snow topped mountain in the pic. We had to race the clouds, literally, to get the shot and Mike, Sean and I had to operate like a fine-tuned machine to get the shot. Each of us had to perfectly execute our part or the clouds would have swooned in, within like 5 seconds, and WE DID IT! It was very energy charged and when we got in the car, the song playing on the radio was "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky. We laughed our asses off and celebrated our "moment" in time. We knew this would be our trip moment! And it was. Ok, I'm adding my golf villa that Aston put me in too!

Ok, it's time to Skype with Honolulu! Hope you all had a nice weekend and I hope you keep watching PDXposed and giving us our killer ratings! THANK YOU!

Make good memories!

Jon

WOW! What a day! We're filming a show featuring the Classic Wine Auction, the largest single day/night fundraiser for Portland at the Convention Center this Saturday. Last year, they raised $3.3 million at the event! So....we're doing a "behind the scenes" of what it takes to put such an event on, and featuring several entities involved in the charitable party. Today, we took a stretch limo, courtesy of Lucky Limousine, to the #1 Pinot Noir winery in Oregon (in the world for that matter), Domaine Serene, located just outside of Dundee. We met the owner, Grace Evenstad, a lovely and very sophisticated lady, and she told us the story of how it all came about and that her passion and focus has always been to make the best Pinot Noir in the world. Mission accomplished, Grace!

We were with one of the Co-executive Chefs for the event, David Machado, owner of two very hip and trendy Portland restaurants -- Lauro Kitchen in SE (2006 Restaurant of the Year) and Vindalho, also in SE Portland (named one of America's Best Restaurants by Gourmet Magazine)>What a fun and cool guy. His buddy Jesus Cibrian is coming up from Phoenix to assist him and I'm 100% certain these two gents will pull this years celebration off without a hitch. I can't say the same for last year's event, which the CWA people recognize, which is the reason they're bringing in the heavy hitters this year. David and my crew and I took the limo from Domaine Serene to a magical chocolate shop just off of NW Burnside and 16th, SAHAGUN, pronounced "sawgoon." The two beautiful ladies running this small business had us guys salivating for their chocolates. They will be doing the dessert portion of the menu Saturday night.

Time to pack for another trip to Hawaii, this time to film on the Big Island or as they prefer it to be called in the show - the Island of Hawaii. I've never had to fill out more liability waivers and contracts, though I'm sure it will be worth it. Our flight leaves at 7am Monday morning and we get into Kona around noon their time, 3pm our time. We start filming right away. In fact (go figure) one of the first things we're filming is the Kona Brewery, which has a tight Oregon connection. They are one of the most successful micro breweries around and Widmer Bros. brews their beer on the mainland, right here in Portland. Nothing better than starting our trip off with a nice, cold beer (much like our day started off today, with a nice Pinot Noir at 10:30am!!). No we don't drink all the time and no we didn't drink all day, so just settle down!

I've been taping LOST and it's time to catch up, just wanted to drop in with a quick blog blast to say all is well in our world. How's it in yours? "How's it" is what they say in Hawaii and I......like......it!

Make good memories, along with us at PDXposed!

Jon