#angel's gate

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/ca2.htm)

Los Angeles Harbor (San Pedro Harbor; Angel's Gate)

1913. Active; focal plane 73 ft (22 m); green flash every 15 s. 69 ft (21 m) cylindrical steel and concrete tower rising from an octagonal concrete base, all on a concrete crib; DCB-24 aerobeacon. Lighthouse painted white with narrow vertical black stripes, lantern and gallery black; concrete base is white. Continuously operating fog horn (2 blasts every 30 s). The original 4th order clamshell Fresnel lens is on display at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro. Trabas has Jim Smith's closeup photo, David Beebe has a 2022 photo, a 2010 photo is available, Shawn Wilson has a 2007 photo, English has a photo, the Coast Guard has a historic photo, Marinas.com has aerial photos, Huelse has a historic postcard view, and Google has a satellite view. This is the only surviving lighthouse of its type. In 2008 members of the Cabrillo Beach Boosters launched an effort to secure grant funds to restore the lighthouse. In May 2010 they hit the jackpot: the Los Angeles Harbor Commission allocated $1.8 million for the restoration. The restoration project began in October 2011 and was completed in May 2012 (the photo at right shows the results). The Boosters hoped to open the lighthouse for tours in 2019 but this has not occurred. Located at the end of the San Pedro Harbor breakwater about 1/2 mile (800 m) east of Point Fermin. Accessible only by boat. Ferries to Santa Catalina pass the lighthouse while departing San Pedro. Site and tower closed. Owner/site manager: U.S. Coast Guard. . ARLHS USA-014; Admiralty G3799; USCG 6-0135 (also 6-3110).

Angel's Gate are continuing a makeover that you may have already noticed with the Handsome Brut that is currently available in the LCBO but you will also notice a couple of new bottles called Rage and Revenge.  Easy drinking and accessible these fun bottles will make a great addition to any casual get together... I dare you not to chuckle when reading the tag on the Revenge bottle saying it's best served cold.

2009 Revenge White (best served cold) - LCBO 393918 - $13.95 - Loaded with beautiful aromatic varietals (Gewurztraminer, Semillon, Riesling, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc) this blend has a floral, perfume like quality to the nose but the flavours are loaded with apple, pear, peach and nice acidity.  This is definitely a party wine to serve a large group.  Even though this isn't the most complex "refined" wine on the market it will pair with just about anything you can put on the table or pair with nothing but good company.  Like the bottle says ... best served cold.

There are a few events that fall into my yearly wine calendar as "must attend".  Get Fresh is one of those events.  I am a big fan of visiting wine country in the off season.  When Get Fresh rolls around, it leaves me with mixed feelings ... I'm happy because it's the real kick off to summer, but it's also before things really start to get busy in wine country. 

Get Fresh is a passport event taking place weekends in April 5-6, 12-13, 26-27 and it costs $40+HST.  You can get your tickets here: http://www.20valley.ca/events/758/get_fresh_in_the_valley

This event has been gradually growing over the past few years.  I highly suggest making a weekend out of it as there are now twenty four wineries taking part.  Each winery has a wine and food pairing and at each stop along the way you collect recipe cards of the fantastic food you are enjoying.  If you're the designated driver each winery also has a mocktail option ... so you won't be relegated to drinking water.  (Angel's Gate Winery is serving a Shirley Temple). 

To see that this is the kickoff to spring you just need to take a quick look at the wines being poured.  There are four wineries pouring Rosé (The Good Earth, Malivoire, Tawse and Henry of Pelham) which makes them mandatory tasting so I can stock up for Barbeque season. 

Angels Gate Riesling 2010 - Vintages 160523 - $13.95 - Very soft flavours from this very well priced Riesling.  Not quite as in your face as some of the other Rieslings from Beamsville.  Nice acidity with a nice finish makes this wine very easy drinking.  Because flavours are softer with this Riesling you will want to be mindful of food pairings, looking more towards lighter seasoned chicken or seafood dishes.

I pitched Turbanizer on Angel's Gate a couple of months ago. Didn't go to well but it was fun nonetheless.

Have a look on the video above and let me know your thoughts on the comments below.

Angel's Gate has received lots of scathing remarks from the entrepreneurial community in Singapore and it doesn't come as a much of a surprise to me judging by how much they try to play up the drama of the entrepreneurs' sacred fund raising process.

As part of our ongoing efforts to promote entrepreneurship, Angel's Gate is proud to be a supporter of "The Young Entrepreneurs" program, a unique business plan contest that helps with character building while fostering entrepreneurship.

The Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) is a program created to introduce students aged 15-20 to Entrepreneurship. Unlike other school programs, this program was created to offer the same access to students from all schools. The sessions for TYE 2012 started on Saturday, March 10th with 30 students from Deyi Secondary school, Raffles Girls School, ITE West, Raffles Institution & GIIS.

  In three days, the students got to meet a variety of entrepreneurs who exposed them to business models, marketing, law and finance among other things. Day one was kicked off with some presentation skills training. This was followed by a lively workshop conducted by Suzanne Druce and Krish Krishnan from Jeiva. On Day two focussed on marketing techniques which were taught to the students by Deeptha Khanna, MD at P&G and Douglas Gan, serial entrepreneur and CSC's Entrepreneur of the year 2011.

Deeptha Khanna, MD at P&G speaking to the students

Hian Goh and James Chan made law and finance seem cool thanks to the great flair they brought to the session. At the end of Day 3, the students reviewed Angel's Gate episodes to learn various concepts and terminologies.

  The sessions were kept interactive to keep the students constantly engaged and interested. In spite of three long days, the students had great feedback and were eagerly awaiting returning to the sessions on Friday, March 16th. On a scale of 1-10 on whether the program helped the students improve their understanding of what it takes to start the business, 25% responded with a rating of 8, 50% with 9 and 25% with 10.

  Now the students are busy coming up with their own ideas. In the next three days, each of the ideas will be reviewed and analysed as only 7 will be picked for the main business plan contest which will be held on April 14th.

Who knows? We might see some of these promising young entrepreneurs in future episodes of Angel's Gate!