May 21, 2010
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
 
MINI WINE TASTING - FOOD PAIRING AT CAPRICCIO
Tuesday May 25
6:00 - 9:00 PM
$15/person
No reservations needed
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ENTERTAINMENT
THIS WEEK
 
AT MEZZANOTTE

ODELL GRAY
Friday 5/21
7 to 10 PM 
 
Odell 
A favorite at Mezzanotte, Odell is a great entertainer with a wonderful repertoire of rhythm & blues, jazz and Motown. His music progresses from mellow to full blown upbeat. Is not rare to see people joining singing and dancing!
If you haven't seen Odell yet then this is your chance.
 
LISA WHITLEY
Saturday 5/22
7 to 10 PM 

Lisa

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lisa is the 2004 winner of KPRC TV's Houston's Gimme the Mike.  She was selected out of 1600 contestants.  Scoring a perfect 40 with a soul grabbing delivery of "Over the Rainbow", Lisa won the competition.  She has also performed live on the Jerry Lewis Telethon and sang the national anthem for the televised game of the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
Come and enjoy her wonderful voice.
AWARD
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All Star

In This Issue
Upcoming Events
Award
Back from Argentina
Our new patio
Mini Wine Tasting
BACK FROM ARGENTINA - PART 3
After spending three wonderful days in Buenos Aires we headed west to Mendoza (the wine capital of Argentina).
Mendoza is a city on the foothills of the Andes mountains - as a matter of fact, you can take a drive further west and go through several tunnels under the Andes and arrive in Chile!  Next time we will try this. 
Mendoza is a beautiful city full of green areas. But the interesting thing is that Mendoza is really a desert - there is no water there! All of the green areas have been planted by men. They are so serious about their vegetation that if they catch you cutting down a tree they will make you plant 10 new ones and fine you.
Our arrival to Mendoza was very joyful (our group had already have some wine before departure from Buenos Aires). Upon arrival our driver (Gabriel) was waiting for us and was ready to take us around the city.
 
But we were very hungry (again) and it was past 3:00 PM already so we were concerned that we wouldn't find a place to have lunch! Well...no problem...our hosts at our wonderful "casona" pointed us in the right direction: there was a vineyard right next door with a small outdoor restaurant. This was a lot of fun because the vineyard was in full production while we were savoring the foods that we ordered for lunch.
 
The following day we woke up to our wonderful breakfast and got ready to board our mini-bus that would take us to 3 vineyards that day: Dominio del Plata (Susana Balbo's winery), Henry Lagarde (who treated us to a fabulous lunch) and Catena Zapata (very impressive Mayan style architecture and even more impressive views).
Click the link below to see the pictures of our first couple of days in Mendoza:
 
 
I will give you an overview of our following days in Mendoza next week. Please stay tuned.
 
Cheers!
 
Gerry
OUR NEW PATIO!
Our landlord did a great thing: covered the small patio behind us with flagstone.  So what before was just gravel and dirt now has a beautiful finish. To celebrate we are now serving dinner there on weekends. I hope the weather cooperates so that you can try dining "al fresco".
MINI WINE TASTING AT CAPRICCIO

OK friends... we are doing this again!!

A couple of months ago we did our first mini-wine tasting at Capriccio and it turned out just great. We poured 5 great wines and paired them with 5 small bites of food.  The 5 food items were all plated in a single dish and the wines were poured sequentially. For $15 per person this is a great deal because none of the wines are "cheap" and the food is of our regular high quality.
So please come down to Capriccio's bar next Tuesday evening (anytime between 6 and 9 PM) to enjoy some great wines and some great food.
Hope to see you then!
Take 20%
off
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Bring this Gift Certificate for a 20% off  your entire food bill. This is our way of saying thank you for supporting our restaurant.
Offer not valid in conjunction with any other promotions and/or lunch discounts. Also not valid with a Prix-fixe menu or during a wine tasting event.
Valid through May 31, 2010