Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
This year’s Decatur Wine Festival has a focus on organic and sustainably produced wines. In the same spirit, this is a sustainable blog post in that I’ve recycled some of last year’s etiquette and survival post. Now that we’ve all survived the elections, who wants a glass of wine? Or several? Seriously, whoever planned the …
In Mindfulness there’s a concept called Beginner’s Mind, wherein you shelve preconceptions, expectations, and interpretations and experience things as though you’re seeing, hearing, or – most importantly for this post – tasting them for the very first time. I think I got my first inkling of this in graduate school, when the newest darts player …
So I’m finally moved out of my old office, and tomorrow is move-in day for the new one. Yes, I think I’ll need a nice bottle of wine to celebrate. Thanks for your patience, and look for more frequent updates from now on… Eco friendly canvas wine bag: I’d be excited about The Little Wine …
Ack, two metaposts in a row! Sorry about that. The countdown I’m referring to is the move to my new office in Decatur. Yes, I get to be a Decatur business owner starting in October. It also means I’m stuck in detail hell right now, so I don’t have much time for blogging, although there’s …
This past month has been a time of big decisions for me, and I feel like I have a lot of balls in the air. I also fear that there are a few up there that will surprise me and bonk me on the head if I don’t catch them soon enough. One of the …
First, my apologies to Cleavage Creek for taking so long to write this review. As I mentioned to them soon after we got the wines, Hubby’s mom is a breast cancer survivor, so we wanted to share them with her. She broke her leg last August (unrelated to the cancer, which she seems to be …
As I’ve mentioned, I’m a bit behind on my blog posts. Yes, I feel like a slacker, but check out this post at my Random Writings blog to see what’s been going on. Ohyeah, I think I might be in danger of becoming a lamp junkie. I’ll let you know if I find one with …
The toughest thing about being a wine and food blogger is that the busier I am with wine and food events, the less time I have to write about them. However, if I don’t have anything going on, I don’t have anything to write about. Luckily, since we got back from the Pacific Northwest, life …
Hi, I’m Cecilia, and I’m a dessert addict. Yes, no matter how stuffed I am, I’ll take a peek at those seductive little menus with the fancy font promising an array of delights, decadence, and extra trips to the gym. Hubby will turn them down, and I’ll assuage my guilt with a “Let’s split something.” …
What does one do after a wonderful weekend of hanging out with fellow oenophiles, drinking wine, and talking about blogging? Drink more wine, of course! If you’ll allow me a moment of mushiness, I am so grateful to have this hobby. It’s allowed me to see parts of the country I never would have and …