State of Thirst, Update

Jeremy wrote in with a childhood recollection of water rationing in California in response to yesterday’s post:
I remember water rationing when I was a kid in San Diego. We didn’t ration but in SF you did. Once I asked for a glass of water in a Chinese restaurant. I was like 7 or 8. The [...]

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State of Thirst

Ask anyone in California about the first few weeks of January and you’re likely to hear about the weather. While the east coast freezes and the Pacific northwest floods, California has been experiencing unusually warm and dry weather. In fact, driving through the Salinas Valley last weekend, I noticed that the outside temperature was pushing [...]

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Curiously

The internet is a strange place. You never know what forces will converge to reveal the oldest known lolcat, say, or in the case of yesterday’s striking alignment of the moon with Venus and Jupiter, will suddenly drive massive amounts of traffic to your blog. WTF?
In any case, a warm welcome to any of you [...]

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Guilty Pleasures

Circumstances have found me alone at home for most of this week, which means I get to indulge in a few guilty pleasures. Like tonight, for instance, a delicious dinner and a movie–and about half a bottle of wine. Which wine you ask? Well, I looked in the stash and said, screw it, I’m drinking [...]

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Julia Child – The Spy!

Wow, this news from the AP totally made my day: It seems that Julia Child was a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which was the World War II era precursor to the CIA. That’s right, the grande dame of American cooking was a spy!
From the article:
Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret [...]

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Head in the Stars

After visiting Anderson Valley in Mendocino County this past weekend (more to come on that), where the spectacular night sky reminded we San Franciscans that yes, there are stars above us, I’ve been on a bit of a space kick. The above photograph, a shot of Venus and Jupiter glowing brightly in pre-dawn sky near [...]

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Nevermind an SMS, What You Need is a Sweet Caress

We pondered a few Best of 2007 lists from various music critics last night over the delightfully spicy 2006 Cuvée Granit from Domaine de la Pépière (more on that soon), and I couldn’t help but notice the absence of two of the more enjoyable tracks this year, Chromeo’s “Bonafide Lovin’ ” and “Tenderoni”. I know, [...]

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Wow!

Okay, so I started this thing like a little over a week ago and I’ve already been listed on Fermentation? Wow, cool out! Thanks, Tom! And that’s some pretty damn illustrious company you namecheck, too. Although I’m not too sure about the title of your post…
(You can read Tom Wark’s post over at Fermentation here).
From [...]

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Welcome to Spume

Late to the blog game, or well sort of. Anyway, here’s the first post to Spume, where I hope to talk about the things I don’t usually get to cover at Wine & Spirits, which besides wine can sometimes include things like music, politics and shoes. And maybe bikes. But mostly this will be about [...]

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