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It is hot.
It is SO hot, I just stood up and sweat ran down my ankle.
It is the perfect weather for a brutally cold white wine to sip on in the shade, all while devouring the perfect summer story.
I opened up a bottle of the 2005 Waterbrook Reserve Chardonnay; if it were possible to bathe […]

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On Saturday my brother and I went back up into the foreboding mountains near Walla Walla to hunt for morels.  It was vastly unlucky in the finding culinary treasures department but I did find many beautiful pinecones and spring wild flowers.
Having seen the Happening, I made sure to give off good energy and ask the […]

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*closed door*
…muffled noises…voices approaching closer…
Unidentified male voice, possibly doctor: “..and then let’s bring bring him in here and give him a rectal exam.”
Unidentified female voice, possibly nurse (so stereotypical and sexist, I know): “Well, wait…isn’t that the ear doctor?”
…voices fading away…muffled talking resumes.

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We got a bunch of Francis Ford Coppola wine to try at work today. Some were disappointing but the one I loved I feel a little guilty about. It’s the 2006 Francis Ford Coppola “Director’s Cut” Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel. Holy crap that is like a sentence in of itself. It […]

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Where did this totally awesome weather come from?
The other day I was grilling with a friend and it felt like late November, then all of a sudden mother nature is like, SUN FOR YOU MOFO!  It’s great. Tonight looks to be a great night.  I’m starting out at a podunk bar with some friends and […]

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Let’s play the ‘What’s on your desk?’ game.
I have my Macbook with a dual monitor attached.  One pair of green headphones. A pad of paper full of my sloppy-ass writing. A Staples brand ‘medium’ pen. Two empty paper cups of coffee, one full cup of coffee. A bar of Scharffen Berger semi-sweet chocolate. My temporary, […]

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Well this week has just flown by, hasn’t it?  I am so excited for the weekend but I will tell you what I’m not excited for, gas prices.  I had ten dollars to use for gas and the needle only made it halfway to the quarter-tank mark!
Last night I drank a Snoqualmie Vineyards merlot and […]

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