Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
Greetings, fellow oenophiles! Did you miss me? I just returned from the GPA Annual Meeting on Jekyll Island, which for those who don’t know, is one of the little islands off the southeastern coast of Georgia. It’s a national park with limited development and some interesting historical stuff. Here, in no particular order, are my …
This past week allowed me the opportunity to go to one of those dinners at a nice restaurant that someone else pays for, and all I have to do is listen to a talk. Am I a food slut? Maybe, but I really enjoyed my dinner at La Grotta Ravinia, which is at the Crowne …
Last Thursday night, hubby and I worked late and decided to treat ourselves at Cakes & Ale, the latest upscale restaurant to open in downtown Decatur. We arrived at about 6:30 and were promptly seated. The small crowd, which grew as the evening went on, consisted of one family with small children, business people there …
Sometimes the messages of the universe are subtle. At other times, it takes a sledgehammer to one’s life. This is one of those moments: God wants me to drink Italian wines. First Java Monkey warmed up my palate at the most recent tasting, then earlier this week I got an email from the wine dude …
The Savvy Shopper (coupon book of restaurants and other stuff) came last week, and since we’ve been curious, we decided to try Moya, which is off Clairmont Road near Emory. It’s Ethiopian food (insert South Park joke here), so we weren’t really sure what to expect. The server was very knowledgeable and gave great suggestions, …
Just a quick note: as you may have noticed in my header, I changed the expected update frequency to 1-2 times/week. My job now requires me to carry a laptop computer all freakin’ day long instead of just when I’m doing paperwork, and due to my tendonitis, I have to ration my non-work computer time. …
The suspense leading up to last Thursday’s wine tasting was interesting because we didn’t know what sort of wines we’d get due to the tasting theme not having been decided until the weekend before. I figured it was going to be a “wines from somewhere” tasting because we haven’t had one of those in a …
Last Friday’s dismal weather gave us the excuse to stay in town and celebrate one of our friends getting his architect’s license. It will be interesting to see how well it works for picking up chicks at bars. After some revelry, Hubby and I decided to head toward the Inman Park/Old Fourth Ward areas for …
Wow, there’s nothing like sitting down to write a blog entry and having one’s husband come in with a red-stained shirt saying something in a fake Italian accent about having to hurt someone. Unfortunately this tasting notes entry isn’t about the Sangiovese brothers or their cousin Chianti, but rather Pinot Noir, who is quite the …
On Wednesday evening, Hubby and I went on a theater date to see “Avenue Q,” which is, essentially, a Sesame Street-type musical for grownups. It’s absolutely hysterical but not for those who are easily shocked, as you can tell with the opening number, “It sucks to be me.” You also learn that “It’s okay to …