Marion in Savannah @ 80

Coming late to the party. I’ve just ordered the book. We’re so behind the times that some of us (not enough) are still struggling to get curbside recycling started here. It may be under way, but not scheduled to start until early 2009. Pitiful.

Just testing

behindthefall @ 76

Maybe that would be the solution: I haven’t had a truly satisfying bottle of wine since living or travelling in Europe. All this hubbub about what ‘notes’ there are in the taste are nothing to me. It’s the effervescence, the progression of flavors, the whole story that develops out of just a swallow that I miss. Maybe going right to the winery would do it.

In the spirit of buying locally, we’re trying to get out to see some of the Missouri wineries. There are some good ones, with some long histories to them, but you don’t hear as much about them as you do the wineries in Napa, Sonoma, and elsewhere.

Missouri? That’s news. But then, my friend from Ohio praises Ohio’s wines. Who knew? The red wines in Baden-Wurttemburg in Germany almost never make it out of the area, but they are (or were; it’s been years) simply extraordnary. Perhaps that’s the secret with wines after all: they simply do not travel well, no matter how much you might hope they do. Good luck.

What a nice man Alex Steffen is. I came in at the very end and was impressed. He answered so many questions and seemed to be glad he was here.

While lightly trafficked, today’s BookSalon could be a model for participation for any authors wondering what a BookSalon should look like.

Coming late to the party. I’ve just ordered the book. We’re so behind the times that some of us (not enough) are still struggling to get curbside recycling started here. It may be under way, but not scheduled to start until early 2009. Pitiful.

It’s happening here in Grand Rapids, MI but only in the city proper. I see very little of it in the suburbs and some of the Greater Metro Area. The one thing i wish we could have here would be public rail. I’d be taking that instead of long drives to see my parents on the east side of the state, or anywhere else. I don’t mind my car for short trips, but the long drives? Expensive and tiring.

It’s why if i go to Chicago? I take the train, much easier on my pocketbook and i don’t have to DRIVE. Now if they only had more than one train leaving and returning every day. Can’t have everything, dangit!

Peterr @ 74

It’s five o’clock somewhere . . .

One of the things I miss in my move from the Bay Area to Kansas City is living about a block from a great winery.

Maybe that would be the solution: I haven’t had a truly satisfying bottle of wine since living or travelling in Europe. All this hubbub about what ‘notes’ there are in the taste are nothing to me. It’s the effervescence, the progression of flavors, the whole story that develops out of just a swallow that I miss. Maybe going right to the winery would do it.

In the spirit of buying locally, we’re trying to get out to see some of the Missouri wineries. There are some good ones, with some long histories to them, but you don’t hear as much about them as you do the wineries in Napa, Sonoma, and elsewhere.

Peterr, Now that you mention it.. I do hope you all will vacation in ES sometime soon so we can do lunch. Fall foliage should be fantastic in a week. You have been to Eureka Springs before, yes?

Yes, back in 93 or 94, IIRC. If we head down that way for a vacation, I’ll be sure to let you know. No plans for such a trip at the moment, though. (Funny how having a school-age kid changes your flexibility with regard to vacations.)