Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
One of my major professional conferences is always the weekend of Beaujolais Release. It was off by one weekend last year, and this year I skipped it because it was in New York and I decided to put those funds toward a new laptop instead. I’m already close to getting my CEU’s for this biennium. …
Apologies for the delay between my last post and this one. I should’ve figured something was up when I was super irritable on Thursday and was nearly in tears over trying — and failing until late in the day — to buy a new laptop. Then I almost threw my Blackberry down the parking deck …
When I first heard that the Decatur Wine Festival was always held the first full weekend in November, I was shocked. “Are you crazy?” I thought. “The weather is going to be terrible!” I’ve now attended the Wine Fest three years in a row, and each time, the weather has been fantastic, although the beginning …
For those who don’t know, the Decatur Wine Festival is a fundraiser for the Decatur Arts Alliance. The event takes over the Decatur Square from the area behind the Old Courthouse (where the Bandstand is) to the part of the square on top of the MARTA station. Last year there were fifty tables, each from …
Fear not, those of you who may be wondering what the heck I’m doing with all this fiction stuff! I have wine notes for you as well. Last night’s tasting at JavaMonkey was “Spicy Reds,” a cousin to the ever-popular “Big Ass Reds” that Jess likes to pull out during cold weather. I have to …
“Did you say that was flash fiction or flesh fiction?” Hubby asked earlier. I told him flash fiction. So sorry to disappoint… Here is my Friday Flash piece for the week. This one is for all those kids who took crap for being afraid of clowns. Tears of a Clown Charlie stood on the bottom …
One of the things I loved about eating out in Belgium is that when you reserve a table, you reserve a table. You are seated when you arrive, the maitre’d whisks away the little stand with the card that has a script-printed “Réservé” on it, and for the rest of the evening, that’s your table. …
Twitter has a great community of writers. On Fridays, many of us post “flash fiction,” or stories of one thousand words or less. You can read others by searching the #fridayflash tag on Twitter. All Expenses Paid “Now pay attention, y’all.” The flight attendant held up the demo seatbelt and buckle. “We’re going near the …
Yes, it’s a plethora of tasting notes this week! My New Year’s Resolution was to drink more European wines, but after going to California in February and the Pacific Northwest in June, I haven’t been good at keeping it. Like with other resolutions, temptation got in the way of follow-through. So thanks, Jess, for helping …
I’ll post tasting notes from the JavaMonkey Italian wine tasting later this weekend. Meanwhile, here’s the Friday Flash for this week (search tag #fridayflash on Twitter to read others’ contributions): EULA October, 2010 “The top ten things a guy can do that will be hazardous to his health: Number One – try to separate a …