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ActiveRain Meetup in Napa Wine Country

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I think it was about 10 days ago, that I got a phone call from Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert.  She was excited about a little trip she and her husband Robert Bob Gilbert were making to Napa Wine Country, this weekend!  She wondered if I could meet up with them!  Sure, I said!

Yolanda chose Bistro Don Giovanni for the rendevous!  It was a marvelous choice!  When I arrived, Yolanda told me that Lottie Kendall and her husband, as well as Curtis Van Carter, were also attending!  It turned into a regular full blown ActiveRain Meetup!

I hadn't been to Bistro Don Giovanni before.  The atmosphere was quintessential Napa-Sonoma Wine Country.  Great food!  

It was so much fun to finally meet Yolanda and Bob, as well as Lottie Kendall, and her better half!  And, a special surprise to see Curtis, who I had pictured always doing a multitude of Open Houses on weekends!

For those interested, Bistro Don Giovanni is located at 4110 Howard Lane in Napa!  It's easy access from highway 29.

Active Rain Napa Meetup
Left to right: Curtis Van Carter, Mr. Kendall (Lottie's husband), Lottie Kendall and Robert Gilbert


ActiveRain Napa Meetup
Myrl Jeffcoat and Yolanda Gilbert


ActiveRain Napa Meetup
Rainers having fun (my red face is sunburned because I fell asleep in the sun at the pool this week)

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Comments(24)

Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Myrl- I say this all of the time but I love seeing the photos from the AR MeetUps!  So much fun seeing people "outside" of their profile photo. 

Nov 06, 2016 10:41 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

H Myrl - boy, you were quick with your write-up. Gene and I hadn't even returned home yet. It was great to meet you finally, and the others as well. Great conversations, as tend to happen with Active Rain groups!

 

Nov 06, 2016 10:44 AM
Susan Haughton
Long and Foster REALTORS (703) 470-4545 - Alexandria, VA
Susan & Mindy Team...Honesty. Integrity. Results.

What fun - nothing beats great food, great wine and great company

Nov 06, 2016 02:19 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thank you very much for sharing this successful MeetUp.

Have an outstanding week.

Nov 06, 2016 07:20 PM
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Myrl Jeffcoat Now this is one Meet-up I regret not attending. I can only imagine the friendships and camaraderie at the table. Thanks for sharing!

Nov 06, 2016 08:44 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Good morning, Myrl. This had all the makings of a great event... and it was. Loved the pictures and thanks for sharing them.

Nov 06, 2016 08:56 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Myrl. I love these pictures. You all look happy and like you planned your outfits in a theme too.

Nov 06, 2016 09:22 PM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Such fun!  I would love to meet those people too!  Hopefully they will come out my way sometime!  We have some nice vinyards to visit near where Sheri Sperry - MCNE® lives!

Nov 06, 2016 10:11 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Great to see these familiar faces gathered together at your Napa meet up.

Nov 07, 2016 01:34 AM
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX

Myrl Jeffcoat Thanks for the write-up we are getting ready to pack up here had a lovely walk by the Napa River this morning. Stopping at Mumm then heaading to SF maybe a walk at Golden Gate Park then turn in the rental car a 7:25 flight. I so enjoyed meeting you finally. I hope to meet up with you again!

Nov 07, 2016 02:54 AM
Curtis Van Carter
Better Homes & Gardens Wine Country Group - Yountville, CA
Your Napa Valley Broker Extraordinaire

Myrl

Now if I can only get my photos to look as good as the rest of you, thanks for a wonderful afternoon and cheers cvc

Nov 07, 2016 02:58 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

And yet nobody thought to call me to see if I would go to Napa. I would have driven up with you, Myrl. Well, maybe I'm just chopped liver.

Nov 07, 2016 10:20 AM
Curtis Van Carter
Better Homes & Gardens Wine Country Group - Yountville, CA
Your Napa Valley Broker Extraordinaire

Myrl

I never noticed the redness. Just thought it was your personal glow, cheers cvc

Nov 07, 2016 11:15 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

How lovely! 

I wish you were closer so i can join your wonderful group. 

Nov 08, 2016 04:04 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Myrl, what fun...good food, good wine and good friends!

Nov 08, 2016 09:30 AM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Myrl

What a fun meet-up and some wonderful photos, VB will be up late tonight waiting to see who will be the next president of the United States

Nov 08, 2016 11:34 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Bob and Yolanda show up at all the fun meetups!  They came to one here in DC a few years ago, and they are both so much fun.

Nov 08, 2016 02:21 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Sounds like fun and in such a great place Myrl Jeffcoat 

Nov 09, 2016 05:05 AM
Robert Bob Gilbert
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties - Katy, TX
Your Katy TX ( West of Houston) Real Estate Expert

Myrl, Thank you so much for coming to the meetup and it was a wonderful time. It was a plaesure to get to meet you after reading your posts for a fairly long period of time. 

Nov 09, 2016 05:09 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Hale! Hale! The gangs all here, what the heck do we care - I know you cared a lot! It must have been so much fun. This is spontaneity at its best with great AR friends too!!!

Your happiness oozes through the text and photos too!!!

Nov 09, 2016 09:51 AM