Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
I was in Ponte Vedra Beach this past weekend for a “consensus conference” in my area of work. This meant that there were lectures for Continuing Education credit on Friday, but then the schedule on Saturday afternoon had the dreaded words, “Breakout Sessions” and “Discussion Groups.” Yeah, I blew those off and went to the …
Good progress this week on the writing front. I submitted a short story that I’ve gotten favorable critiques on to the Writer’s Digest Annual Contest. Yes, this is in spite of Ed(itor)’s insistence that “writers are paid to write, they don’t pay to write!” But hey, if I didn’t spend any money, I wouldn’t have …
Greetings, fellow oenophiles! If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been the past couple of weeks, the answer is absolutely nowhere interesting. Okay, that’s not technically true. I haven’t traveled, but we did eat at Leon’s Full Service last weekend and Parker’s on Ponce last night, and I promise that reviews will be forthcoming, as will …
I had lunch today with one of my friends and faithful readers, and she mentioned that she can’t wait to hear all about the wine and chocolate festival in Lodi. However, I wanted to be sure to acknowledge a very important person in the classical music world. Today is the three hundred and thirty-first birthday …
So here’s the bottle of wine we opened tonight: 2005 Lange Freedom Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir For those who don’t know, Open That Bottle Night is an occasion to open that special bottle of wine you’ve been saving. It happens toward the end of February, and we were technically a day late, but Hubby went …