Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
I was excited to have the opportunity to attend a dinner last week at Violette, a French restaurant just west of I-85 on Clairmont. The funniest thing was, until I got the invitation, I hadn’t even noticed it was there, although I’d heard of it, and I drive by it almost every day on the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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, …
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 …