My picks

June 3, 2016

Three Fiction Writers You (and everyone else) Should Be Reading

Authors, Books, My picks, What I'm Reading, Writing

I’ve spent nearly all of my 51 years with a book (or two or three) in hand. And I’m utterly omnivorous in my taste. I’ve read great ‘terrible’ books and terrible ‘great’ books. (More about that in another post.) I have become somewhat indifferent to book reviews—as they tend to reveal more about the reviewer than the book being reviewed. I read what is recommended to me by friends and…

May 28, 2016

Our favorite weekend wine: Rotie Northern Blend

My picks, What I'm Drinking

We have been true believers in our little household that everybody needs three wines on hand at all time--so we buy them by the case (or the half case at least). #1 The house red--your everyday drinking red wine. It should work for both pizza and pasta and because it is Tuesday and tomorrow you still have to do that meeting with the awful client. It needs to be both…

April 1, 2016

Tonight’s Champagne

My picks, What I'm Drinking

Shared this with my visiting son--a lovely, dry, multi-layered champagne with lots of acid and green apples. Medium body, great straw color. We had the 2011 vintage--reasonably priced from WTSO.com at around $38 a bottle. By the way--while I highly recommend finding a good local wine shop and frequenting it also--check out WTSO.com--great prices, terrific service.