Delicious desire
It is fascinating to establish the connection between Bordeaux and England. You may recall from an earlier column that, in the 4th century, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Bordeaux area had suffered incursions by both the Goths and the Vandals, who were just passing through. The Visigoths later resettled the area. It […]
NFL Hall of Fame
Inductees of 2011 “Turn out the lights! The party’s over!” Those were the words of “Dandy” Don Meredith, a former Dallas Cowboy. Every Monday night, when there was no doubt in the outcome of a National Football League contest, Meredith would sing that tune, horribly. The Super Bowl party is over in Dallas. The Packers […]
Heart of my heart
It could hardly be the month of February without thinking of love, loved ones and hearts. Since 2004, hearts have been on my mind, almost every day of my life. Big old internal organ hearts, not the Hallmark Moment hearts on the shelves of the local drug store. As you may remember, I wrote about […]
Pairing with lamb stew
Now, as the Cistercians improved the quality of the wines in their vineyards, they subdivided the Côte d’Or into individual microclimates. Many of the names given to these parcels still resonate. For example, a Bare Hill (Mont Rachet) or The Roman, La Romanée, suggesting a Roman vineyard on that site. Their success did have some […]
Super Bowl XLV
The game, the event and the circus A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sat down, he noticed that the seat next to him was empty. He asked the man on the other side of the empty seat whether anyone was sitting there. “No,” the man replied, “The seat […]
Questions to all the answers
You probably saw this one too. Some time in February we will be seeing an IBM computer named “Watson” face off against two grandmaster champions in a for-theages episode of Jeopardy. The computer already won the test trial. What’s the big deal? Didn’t the fabled Big Blue computer win a chess champsionship some years ago, […]
Epically redonkulous
LOML recently pointed out, we seem to be living in a world of superlatives: a world filled with “best evers” and “epic proportions” and “cataclysmic disasters.” Indeed, it would seem to be so. We have kicked to the curb the notion that some words and ideas don’t need the help of a slew of adjectives […]
Wine tour
I know I promised to continue with my history of wine; however, we were caught up with finishing the restaurant renovations and getting ready for our wine tour in Chile. We arrived safe and travel weary. Right off the plane, we had our first wine tour at Casas del Bosque—a small, boutique winery—in the Casablanca […]
Ice in the sun
Florida Panther Hockey With little difficulty, we were able to leave Fort Myers and reach the Bank Atlantic Centre in less than two hours. It does involve a route that goes due south on the “I 75” to begin with, followed by a dogleg to the left. Then it’s a matter of straight ahead through […]
Divided loyalties
Ya, I’ve got a credit card. I don’t use it very often. No, really. I don’t use it very often. The last time I used it was to renew my business registration. I’ve used it for plane fare and booking hotels and I use it when there isn’t another method of payment available. As far […]