When Shall We Live if Not Now?

Yesterday, there was a bombing at the Boston Marathon. Today, I am writing this from Seat 9-F as I fly toward the East coast. Security at the airport this morning Continue reading →

Don’t Thread on Me

I had just come off a long 4 days of conference exhibiting, client schmoozing and basically being ON all the time.  By Thursday morning, I had logged 56 work hours Continue reading →

Fork This

We’re getting older. Or at least Philip is. He had a birthday. Which means that for the next 6 months, he’s two years older than me. But, to make up Continue reading →

The Genesis of Wine

A guest post by Philip This is not a discussion about the origins of wine, but a story about a recent experience involving wine. Over time you may find this Continue reading →

Wedding Bells are Breaking up That Old Gang of Mine!

Which somehow surprises me. I guess I wasn’t paying attention. I was less surprised when this happened after college, where everyone moved or married or married and moved and all Continue reading →

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes. . .

. . . or, with that oversized wine glass of Syrah. I will say that, while we don’t officially celebrate Valentine’s Day, we managed to have quite a nice time Continue reading →

Laissez les bons temps rouler

I had a small dinner party for Mardi Gras over the weekend.  We had just returned from 9 days on the road for work, and while I have wanted to Continue reading →

Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the 21rst Century

I am usually pretty tech savvy, but I had to be coerced to join Facebook. I told people about 5 years ago that “I don’t have kids, I don’t have Continue reading →

I Need a Snow Day

I need a real, retro snow day. Once upon a time, if it snowed—really snowed—I ended up with a day off.  If the busses couldn’t run, if the streets were Continue reading →

Happy Ground Hog Day

Well, Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog saw no shadow today.  So, per the mythology, we’ll be getting early spring.  Or not.  When I was a kid, we all based the anticipated Continue reading →