the ring

My brother has bought a ring. He tells me his plan, and it is all there, everything pretty and earnest and perfect. I know our mother...

wined out!

So in the past 48-72 hours, I think I may have actually had too much wine. Why? I've been working at Napa Valley's major trade-only...

wine or porn?

Right now I am writing the tasting notes/fact sheets for our 2003 and 2004 Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignons. And I'm realizing...

withdrawal

Yes, I'll admit it: I'm experiencing San Francisco Withdrawal Syndrome. It's tough. And a lot of it has to do with the food. I miss...

cream puff heaven

Yesterday, after getting massages (it sounds decadent, I know, but really we were just trying to use up a series of gift certificates...

the holiday we don't celebrate

I do not like hearts. Or roses. Or those tiny candies with cheesy sayings printed on them. (Why don't people realize they taste...

hello, chickenland

We moved on Saturday. We left the city. On the front step of our apartment, there was a paper heart cut out of construction paper....

all together now

After months and months of talking about forming a wine-tasting group, my friends and I finally got our act together and did it....