There's No Accounting For Taste- The Enchilada of Wine

“Here’s to the corkscrew – a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly.” W.E.P. French (From the wine list of Commander’s Palace in New Orleans, LA courtesy of John...

Goodnight Swankville…

In the last couple of weeks our little town has become, well, a tempest in a teapot.  In the words of Inigo Montoya, “Let me explain, no, there is too much. Let me sum up.” –         Two ladies wrote a funny, fictional little book about...

Leaving Las Vegas

The day did not begin as a blog post in the making.  Eric had a trade show in Las Vegas.  The hotel was paid for and frequent flyer miles took care of my plane ticket.  For a date night he just needed to buy me dinner. Oh,...

When Parents Run Amuck…

I live in a small town, say 65,000 residents.  It has good schools, lots of beautiful parks, (we even keep a naturalist on staff), great shopping, wonderful restaurants, … and of course, it goes without saying, nice, oh so very nice, people. One would think....

The Tortoise or The Snail?

For those of you kind enough to keep score… This is a quick follow-up to last week’s running post.  Keeping things brief, some of you have been kind enough to ask how Sunday’s race went.  Well, as I wrote one friend, like so much in...