I went to a fantastic wine tasting last night! As longtime readers know, I'm a wino, and my friend Michael, is in the wine business. He is the wine buyer for Greens in Atlanta. Periodically, he will put together a wine tasting dinner at a local restaurant featuring wines from a particular winery with a representative of that winery speaking on the wines. The wines we drank came from Arrowood in Sonoma County. The restaurant was Violette. For my Atlanta readers, Violette is on Claremont right off I-85.
What made the tasting fantastic was not so much the wines, which were excellent, but the food, which was superb. I'm a member of the Sommelier Guild of Atlanta, and we usually hold two to three tastings a year at Violette. The food is good and the price is right.
Last night we had trout for the first course, marinated swordfish on a skewer for the second course, duck for the third course, and a pear tart for dessert. We sampled eight different wines.
So, when I got home last night, I was too mellow to write anything good, so I posted Dave's play.
For some reason, I didn't sleep well last night and got into work late. I was tired all day. Every Wednesday, we have a meeting I have named the Inquisition Meeting, as we discuss what's coming up next week and what happened last week. I had a heck of a time staying awake. I hate that meeting!
I'm still tired and even though my sister sent me sumpin' interesting to write about, I'm gonna save it until tomorrow. Today, here is sumpin' for the people from the People's Republic of Kalifornia.
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days.
Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"
God signed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards
through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"
"It's a planet", replied God, "and I've put Life on it. I'm going to call it Earth and
it's going to be a great place of balance."
"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of earth.
"For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and
wealth while southern Europe is going to be poor."
"Over there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a
continent of black people." God continued pointing to different
countries.
"This one will be extremely hot and while this one will be very cold and
covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed to a land mass and
said, "What's that one?"
"Ah", said God. "That's California the most glorious place on earth. There
are beautiful beaches, deserts, streams, hills, and forests. The people
from California are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent and humorous
and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will be extremely
sociable, hardworking and high achieving, and they will be known
throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, "What about
balance, God? You said there would be balance!!!"
God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the idiots I put in Sacramento."
Posted by denny at May 21, 2003 08:51 PM