Three Wishes Wine for Three Dollars?

February 14, 2012

There it was by the Whole Foods Market check out lines … a sign telling me that I could get wine in a bottle for $3. Not only could I get wine for $3, but I could get a whole case of wine for $35! That wine was by Three Wishes Vineyards! My next thought: [...]

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Red Wine vs. White Wine

February 13, 2012

Okay ….. the game is on people!! Are you a white wine drinker or red wine drinker? I was curious how many people had a preference …. so I put up a voting game on Facebook! Click here to start your vote: Vote for your wine This contest will be up until February 20, 2012! [...]

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Art and the endotherm: an interview with Kelton Osborn

February 12, 2012

It is difficult for any artist to articulate their relationship to emotion during the process of art making. Maybe art can be thought of as emotion made tangible. Maybe it is the result of an emotional process that could be called endothermic (meaning a system that absorbs energy from the surroundings in the form of [...]

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Crown Royal Black: Mustache Fuel

February 9, 2012

Crown Royal is the drink of choice in the apartment of Pete Campbell, Head of Accounts on the AMC series Mad Men.  He is, in short, a selfish little brat on the show, but I must admit, he picks a good whiskey to keep in his home. I started to enjoy Crown Royal well before I [...]

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5 Easy to Find Wines For Valentine’s Day!

February 8, 2012

Did you just realize that Valentine’s Day is quickly upon us? Planning that special night … with … perhaps, WINE? Of course you are or you wouldn’t be here! I went thru some of my blog posts and here are my suggestions! Also — these wines are very easy to find and are probably in [...]

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Cutty Sark, movie gangsters’ whisky of choice

February 2, 2012

“Hey Spider! On your way over here, bring me a Cutty and water, huh…” Fans of the 1990 Martin Scorsese mafia movie Goodfellas will recognize this line as the start of the scene known as “The Spider Situation,”(YouTube video link :::: CAUTION: VERY strong language and violence, NSFW) in which Tommy DeVito (the violently impulsive gangster played [...]

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Supernova beings. Or at least lighter people.

January 29, 2012

Dear reader, I share with you, whoever you are, willing recipients or reluctant victims, my latest realization. Most of us (dare I say all of us) have mother issues. One of mine had to do with anger and blame relating to the fact that my mom worked a lot and as a result, I spent [...]

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Chrome at the Superbowl

January 26, 2012

Now that I know my team isn’t in the Superbowl (sad face), I’ll be able to concentrate on many people’s favorite part of the Big Game: EATing.  And, of course, the Superbowl commercials. One commercial from last year’s Big Game that managed to distract me during the breaks in the action was Google’s “Dear Sophie” [...]

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Wine Wednesday! Crimson & Clover – We’re Not Talking Joan Jett

January 25, 2012

When I saw this wine I immediately began thinking of the Joan Jett Song “Crimson and Clover“. Except she didn’t originally write/sing that song (Tommy James and the Shondells did) — but her version is the one I remember …. ba na na na na naaaaa …. Enter Concannon Vineyards 2010 Crimson & Clover Livermore [...]

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The third skin

January 22, 2012

Sometimes I feel like our surroundings are a little too sterile. It could be because I live in a well-groomed part of town, the houses beautiful, and the condos modern and clean. It’s lovely…and very controlled; the refined aesthetic borders on the boring and impersonal. As human beings living in the world, we are surrounded [...]

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