these underspenders. There are people who -- in the time vs. money equation into which so much modern life can be distilled -- choose time. Helena Show dropped out of a well-remunerated career in San Francisco in the mid 1990's.Her work as a software analyst was making her sick.
another one with an ania. Titania. Helena . Helena . Is it Helena ? Yeah. So, we got moons all from them. All right. Now, soI I the reason I'm taking you down this circuitous path is because now you have this new planet, Uranus,
yeah or Walt wines.com thankk you Daniel so another question for you Jennifer so uh you have three sites now wetherford St Helena Walt they all have their own special character and uniqueness could you for those of us that might not get the chance to visit um could you tell us something special about each sure so um
Just next person? And Helena . And Helena . Yes. Wife number one, AKA Helena . Yes. Pascale Armand. I play Bessie, wife number three.
So my mom is from Chattanooga, Tennessee. My dad is from Helena , Arkansas. So this is the food that I grew up eating.
I mean, simply by talking here and trying to sort of convey some sort of energy during the talk, I'm absolutely sweating, even though my balcony door The next question is from Helena .
I sure maybe we need some googlers to help us with that you know 20% project any so last Saturday at your St Helena Winery you hosted Harvest towns an event where proceeds benefit the Napa Humane Society um so what are some other charitable events
got to provide everything to every one and then show them ads or-- sorry, guys. just underneath our noses in Saint Helena and Napa Valley are these rocks that Wappo Indians would use to grind acorns and there's
got to provide everything to every one and then show them ads or-- sorry, guys. Cook is nice in Saint Helena .
They're dead. We can't assess them, or whatever. So this is a woman named Helena Bozi who works for the World Bank. She has studied 18 languages to intermediate degree.
And-- do you-- what was the other question? Just next person? And Helena . And Helena . Yes. Wife number one, AKA Helena .
contribute money. "There is an art to this set of skills," Helena said of cheap living. We don't often think of it that way. We're more apt to view choices like the ones Helena has made as quirks or eccentricities. But she's right. It takes planning, thoughtfulness, and working knowledge to live cheaply. We learn a lot of those skills from the people
But she's right. It takes planning, thoughtfulness, and working knowledge to live cheaply. We learn a lot of those skills from the people around us. Helena picked up some of her values when she decamped for France after high school and lived with a single woman and her three children. The woman worked in a grocery store and brought home all of the shop's bruised vegetables from which she cocted amazing meals. From her, Helena saw the possibilities for
where to go um just kind of winging it but I think like most novice wine drinkers we just knew we liked Reds and we liked Big Reds and um so we were driving down St Helena and we saw the sign um was it uh crazy crazy good cabs and we're like okay why not so um we pulled in and uh
But I was like, you know, I don't think I'm able to afford that. And then I went to a local cooking school in-- right in the middle of St. Helena and Calistoga. I walked in, and I wanted to join.
A real talent. So now you're at super stardom. I mean, when was your last gig in St. Helena ?
But what we've demonstrated to them is that, in fact, you can do this, and the tribes will repay the loans. And so we went out and commissioned a piece by the American Indian Law Resource Center in Helena , Montana, and we worked with legal professors
I like that a lot. And you guys have become a part of this local community of nearby St. Helena . I've walked down the street with you and your family, you just get stopped by everybody, like, you owe me $5.
It's called "the chuck farm.” They share an enormous backyard where many of them raise food, and there's a communal washing machine and dryer to which they all contribute money. "There is an art to this set of skills," Helena said of cheap living. We don't often think of it that way. We're more apt to view choices like the ones Helena has made as quirks or eccentricities.
Thrifty people are inclined to prefer the former when they can. And in exchange for her labor and her assiduous attention to resources, someone like Helena has more autonomy in her life than most people. She now works a couple of days a week at a store in the French Quarter, sometimes fills in, in an art gallery, and does some gardening work for her landlord. But aside from those paying gigs, her time
first, the best soil for red grapes are red volcanic soils as you find them up in Northern California where you have at least three volcanoes. You have Mount Saint Helena , you have Mount Konocti and you have Cap Mountain in our area. The problem with the red soils is that they have a lot of rocks, so sometimes it's not enough to just to rip the soil. We rip the soils with big Caterpillar Dozers five feet down so we could stake it and put in our irrigation,
and and no sooner than Queen of Sheba right like as far back is fascinating I uh you know I'm gonna look at the clock and I know we have just five minutes to go so maybe if there are any audience questions I think this would be a good time for me to pull it up and let me let me find okay so hi Helena and Helena asks could you share more information about the social and sustainability programs that are being built for the communities that grow natural ingredients
A real talent. So now you're at super stardom. And one of them was the internet, and now you're huge in Mexico, and St. Helena , which you learned today.
Yeah, I think it was very exciting, the idea of looking at the relationship between women and as Abi said before, it's so rare that you have, in one film, Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, all having proper roles, a little role for Meryl Streep and Romola Garai. To see all those women working together, and there was on set this very unusual set.
And they then sort of trail around, and I thought this was actually kind of interesting. found another, yeah, I found another faker, like Helena Bonham Carter in "Fight Club".
with great warmth. "You had a name from Shakespeare. Juliet? Helena ?" "Portia." "Oh, yes, the Quality of Mercy, very appropriate for an admissions officer." Portia nodded. It was not the first
She was skinny and depressed, beset by headaches. She arranged to take a sabbatical and travel around Europe. When her three months were up, she stopped by her parent's house, sat them down and said, "I don't want to alarm you, but I'm never going to have a career again.” Helena landed in New Orleans, a good place for marginal living. "I liked being here, where people talk about everything except shopping and what they do for a living," she said.
around us. Helena picked up some of her values when she decamped for France after high school and lived with a single woman and her three children. The woman worked in a grocery store and brought home all of the shop's bruised vegetables from which she cocted amazing meals. From her, Helena saw the possibilities for converting refuse into gold and gleaned the value of a freezer.