So: Wine, Sunday p.m., my place. Doors will open at 5 p.m., but feel free to show up at any point in the next few hours after that. If you don't know how to get to my place, email me at the address on my info page and I'll give you directions. If you know how to get to my old place, the new one is two floors down and across the hall. :P ( Read more... )

I unearthed my corkscrew! Who wants to come over for wine this weekend? I have some good reds, and even a couple not-completely-embarrassing whites (and some good gin, though the corkscrew is not required for that).

Lit nrrds and/or those up on their trauma lit: I have a query for y'all. Can anyone think of narratives (fiction, autobio, or thinly disguised autobio) by/about survivors of repeated sexual assault who were also consensually sexually active at the time that the abuse was taking place? I can only think of one (One on One, by Tabitha King)-and there ( Read more... )

So this is my lj mindmap. It's supposed to be some sorta visual representation of relationships on lj, but I'm not really sure how that works. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason as to who's where. It's fun to look at, though. And apparently my "peeps" tend to live in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or SF. (Where are my peeps representin' the Bronx ( Read more... )

Do you ever have days when you feel like this? (No, I'm not having one of those days. I just think it's a hilarious picture and very indicative of a certain state of mind ( Read more... )

broccoli + cheese + iced tea + grenache = happy nightgarden.

all that + clean clothes + clean sheets = really happy nightgardenwine is a strange category of self-indulgence. i am bad at saying no to things like, say, an extra cupcake, but the stakes seem lower there: i have an extra cupcake, ok, i ate a little too much today, big deal. i'll eat salad tomorrow. but ( Read more... )

some of y'all are very urbane and cultured and stuff, and thus i am asking your advice: what are some white wines i might like? i like my wines sweetish--my favorite reds are shiraz/syrah, grenache, côte du rhône and côte du ventoux--and def. don't like things that are so dry they turn your mouth inside out. have no regional preferences. the only ( Read more... )