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Budget sommelier?
Modest Luxuries For Lean Times
An article about good wine for under $20.
Although this sentence, But I no more want to drink boring wines than eat dull food., made him sound a little pompous. Saving us from the dull in life, eh? -
Boxed Wine Op-Op-Ed
Op-Ed Contributor - Wine in a Box Protects the Environment and Saves You MoneyI can understand the want for environmental protection, and the fact that people feel that getting wine from a box may save the rainforest or whatever, but its blatant unaesthetic look is what gets me. Seriously, no right-minded restaurant owner is going to put boxes of ( Read more... ) -
nineties TV
This is what I think will end up happening.
Late-night reruns of 90s shows are a total crack-up, what with the hair and the sweaters. Watching this episode of Friends makes me think that relationships are non-negotiable. Aren't I glad that I've seen the rest of the series ( Read more... ) -
American Idol
I decided to jump on the mass media bandwagon and watch the opening of American Idol tonight. It wasn't horrible. Seriously, some people should listen to themselves ( Read more... ) -
Winter is here.
I ended up calling Mom and Dad after the bout of crappy weather we've been having up here in the Northeast. They're doing fine; they've called the neighbor's plow company to clear the driveway. They have enough in the pantry to survive World War III, so I'm not worried about that, and the heating is good enough, fixed every year. I'm lucky that ( Read more... ) -
The Days Of Fall
The days are getting colder. It happens ( Read more... ) -
Steam Blast Jolts Midtown
Steam Blast Jolts Midtown, Killing One
What a major dent in my plans. I was already at work by the time this happened, but there was no shortage of buzz about it this evening. It cut straight through my route home, both on the subway and the bus. I had to get some money out to take a taxi; I didn't want to bother looking up bus routes after ( Read more... )
