How Do You (really) Buy Wine?

In wanting to be sure that I’ve covered wine 101 from, well, beginning to beginning (that’s why this isn’t a wine 102 blog) I recently tried to get through the Naked Grape’s Introduction to Wine with Ian White. The redheaded model was slightly distracting as she clung to his side throughout the DVD making silly…

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A Fuzzy Wine-Box

The newspaper I used to write for has a story today on local drinkers, liquor and wine stores affected by the recession: http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/11184/ Vino 100 Valencia owner Lil Lepore is well quoted. (The store’s unnamed co-owner is Shari Frazier) One of the statements Lil made to support wine drinkers is that even though affected by…

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Laura Boston-Thek

This artist, another Facebook connection, will show her work here: The Tanner Building 22800 Lyons Avenue, Suite 120 Newhall, CA 91321 May 9 – June 9 Karena Lineback is sponsoring the show, 661-260-1609 Check out more here: http://www.bostonthekimagery.com/blog/2009/03/12/more-announcements-visual-prayers/

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The Young Wine

I am drinking while writing, like Stephen King’s early years: scary but with spell check! Anyway, been contemplating the new “youth factor” of my Facebook Eve’s Wine 101 group that grows by over a dozen new members a day. They’re young. And extremely attractive. Drive motorcycles. Into beer and wine. Former bartenders. And for some…

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Everybody Knows Your Name

Our parents had neighborhood bars. If you entered one the day you turned 21 your eyes would have had to adjust to the darkness and the clouds of stale cigarette smoke. online pharmacy xenical no prescription pharmacy One long row of swivel bar stools turned just enough to view neighbors on either side hunched over…

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OTBN Redux

When you marry a firefighter you learn that all that all of the “events” don’t actually occur when they are on a 24 hour shift. Valentines Day, birthdays, OTBN don’t take place when your loved one is blissfully laid back in a vinyl recliner in front of a 56 inch screen TV with nothing but…

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Click me baby

I would bet that there has never been a post, on a blog or website, about…Google Adsense. Never mind that I now have carpal tunnel clicking on my own Google ads so that I can earn a buck. Never mind that they are tucked way down deep at the bottom of this page. What I…

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