by admin | Jul 4, 2023 | Blog
There is no Whole Foods store on this side of the river. Ditto that for Trader Joe’s. Mind you there are two of each in Burque Flats (Albuquerque). If we’re doing the store per metro population, a city of 650K—Albuquerque‑gets duplicates while Rio Rancho...
by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Blog
Carla and I have shared a bottle of wine with dinner practically every night for the better part of the last thirty-plus years. It’s rare that we don’t finish a bottle. On the odd occasion that we don’t, it’s usually because there’s a time constraint on dinner,...
by admin | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog
Is there a connection between music and wine? I’m sometimes asked that question and qualified to answer it as I have two degrees in music; a BA in music history and an MM in classical trumpet. However, the answer isn’t as simple as something inane like Mozart is...
by admin | May 23, 2023 | Blog
Some years ago I was in Hong Kong for a set of MS classes and exams. It was my first time there. The day before class started our local contact took us to one of his favorite haunts for lunch. It was a hole in the wall joint that specialized in noodles. The owner...
by admin | May 9, 2023 | Blog
There’s an episode of Spongebob SquarePants where he and Patrick Starr must somehow pass through the perfume section in a department store. Mind you this makes no sense given that the show takes place in Bikini Bottom, which happens to be underwater. But as they...
by admin | Apr 25, 2023 | Blog
This morning I woke up with a bit of a headache. That may not sound unusual, but it is. Thankfully, I rarely get headaches. The ones I do get usually precede an ailment of some kind like a cold, or they follow an initial pain in the bumpkus after too much driving in...
