Month: April 2009

Random Thoughts: Where have all the book reviews gone?

Cecilia
19
Apr
2009
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I never thought I’d say this, but today, instead of reading my blog, I would rather you turn off the computer, put down the Blackberry or Sacred Useless-But-Entertaining Application Platform (otherwise known as the iPhone, the new techie drug of choice), perhaps even stop trying to get your Android phone to tell you which way …

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Review: Five Seasons Brewery and Tasting Notes: Italian Wines at JavaMonkey

Cecilia
18
Apr
2009
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I somehow ended up being double-booked last Thursday with an office happy hour at 5 Seasons Brewery at the Prado in Sandy Springs and the wine tasting at JavaMonkey. I was the only one at the office with a potential conflict when we decided on the date, and since getting my colleagues together after hours …

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Lent is over…and there is much rejoicing! Oh, and recipes, too!

Cecilia
18
Apr
2009
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I always get a kick out of irony. Sometimes it even kicks me back. Last Sunday started way too early, as Hubby and I decided to hit the 8:00 Easter Mass so as to minimize exposure to fussy children who were hopped up on the Easter candy they’d been downing all morning. We returned home …

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It’s the little things…

Cecilia
11
Apr
2009
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Tomorrow is Easter, and I’m so ready! Our Lenten sacrifice was to give up meat aside from one day per week, which was usually Sunday. If you count it out, the 40 days of Lent don’t count Sundays, which are “Feast Days,” so that’s why. It was fine for the first week and a half, …

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Tasting Notes: Random Oenophile Selects

Cecilia
03
Apr
2009
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Greetings, fellow oenophiles! I think I might’ve wasted a good worry yesterday. Last night, for JavaMonkey’s Thursday Wine Series, Jess put together a list from wines that I had rated highly in the past year. I was afraid that a lot of people would turn out for the tasting, and they’d all hate the wines, …

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