1) St. Supery ( Read more... )

Lots to talk about, I know...I've just been so darn busy it's tough to keep up on the blog ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Amacker

It’s amacker’s birthday week…and we are celebrating tonight under the Master Chef debg’s creations. Happy Birthday, Amacker!

Belated WHC Thank-YousI apologize for not doing this sooner, but I’ve been under the weather and on deadlines since I got back from WHC. To all the folks I met along the way at WHC - thank you. To the organizers ( Read more... )

Another James Bond weekend summed up in one word: Fantastic.

We had dinner at one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants, Rue St. Jacques on Friday evening and opened up a magnum of 2001 Trefethen Cabernet to share with the wait staff, as it is now become our tradition to bring them wine. The Muppet is fond of his French wines, so getting a ( Read more... )

First...a very happy birthday to Baine ( Read more... )

Yanno, the Nob Hill Grill really shouldn’t have changed its hours. It’s never open when I need it to be anymore. I was going to stop in an ogle the cute surfer, but alas…closed, closed, closed. *sigh ( Read more... )

The Speedometer Goes Up to 220.

Before I get into this one goes up to eleven, I must thank the Chocolate Fairy. The Chocolate Fairy has been following me around all weekend, actually, but this morning he/she (whoever it is) left a giant brick of Hershey’s natural flavanol Antioxidant Milk Chocolate on my desk. The Chocolate Fairy was also present ( Read more... )

As it turns out, Judge Clooney did have bad news regarding his father, but decided to make the trip to Napa after all. They flew in on Thursday, and I sent them information and directions for a party at St. Supery by way of my wine club membership. After hitting a record 12 wineries in one day, they descended upon the party and proceeded to enjoy ( Read more... )

(this won’t give away ALL the answers, I think, to the prior dialogue ( Read more... )

First of all…a very happy birthday to my littlest sister, Ash. May your day be full of mysterious intrigue, mischief, and love. Wish I was there to celebrate with y’all.

Secondly, joetech sent me this very interesting link - read the feedback. It will have you howling.

Finally, Muppet Man took Libitina and I to dinner on Tuesday at COCO500. Most ( Read more... )