Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
Pre-tasting notes: I would like to remind everyone of the fund raiser for the JavaMonkey Barista who was in a scooter accident earlier this month. It’s this coming Thursday, July 3, and there will be $3 beer, $5 wine, and a silent auction with donations from several Decatur businesses and local artists. So come on …
It’s been a crazy busy week for the Oenophile and Hubby. I had one of those marketing lecture thingies that happens every so often in my “other life” (see: job I get paid for) on Wednesday evening. This particular adventure took me to Nan Fine Thai Dining at the corner of Spring and 17th in …
When you go to a place long enough, you get to know and care about the staff. We were saddened to hear that one of the Java Monkey baristas and her friend were in an accident a couple of weeks ago. She’s alive, although injured and still in the hospital. I’m posting this announcement by …
Yesterday evening, Hubby and I grabbed our friend the Crazy Scot and headed to Oakhurst for the James Dean reception at the Seen Gallery for the opening of his new show: “Think Responsibly, Drink Responsively: A Cat’s Commentary on Wine Connoisseurship.” They had wine tasting to go with the show, but since I had been …
I had the fun of pouring for the free Saturday wine tasting at Cooks and Sherlocks in Decatur yesterday. It was crazy busy from start to finish. I guess people like Pinots. 2006 Big Fire Pinot Gris, Oregon: This was the afternoon’s top seller. Even people (like Hubby) who turn their noses up at Pinot …
Last Thursday’s wine tasting was a first: everyone I talked to who had been there woke up in some discomfort. Poor Hubby had a touch of a stomach virus, so I’m not sure if he was truly hung over or not, but he was hurting along with the rest of us. At least he got …
In case y’all were wondering what my husband does when I’m out of town, the answer is simple: he goes to wine tastings and is my guest blogger. Oh, and about my Baltimore adventures: I’m over it and ready to go home. Here’s Hubby’s take on the most recent Java Monkey tasting: I really should …
I was going to stop my blogging in Baltimore due to the thought that I wouldn’t have anything to blog about, but it turns out I do. The city actually has some pretty darn good restaurants. We discovered the first one yesterday after having been to the observation of the World Trade Center, which is …
I’m sitting in the hotel room waiting for the Belmont Stakes to start. All I can say is, wow, and I thought the Super Bowl had a lot of pre-show buildup! It’s a lot of coverage for 5 minutes of actual sport. Seriously, the race will probably be over by the time I finish this …
Greetings once again from the hot and sticky mid-Atlantic states. We seem to be good at invoking heat waves when we travel. So much for my notion of a cool Atlantic breeze as I had on Jekyll Island. I’ve never heard the phrase “delightfully tepid” to describe a shower until just now when Hubby came …