Cleaning out one’s closets

I have to admit that I really like the whole idea about celebrating the arrival of the new year.  That is to say, I don’t like the false joviality of a raucous New Year’s Eve party complete with ridiculous hats, noisemakers and the inevitable drunken...

Angels we have heard on high…

I find Christmas to be a bittersweet celebration for me. I suppose part of that comes from not having a family of my own. The other part comes from the idiotic pace of work that portends “the Holiday Season”! This year I caught myself wishing we could go...

A tale of two panty removers…

 “I warned you about that brutally honest trait in Novak, right? OK, here we go. She calls this mainly Cabernet Franc-based rosé The Panty Remover (her words!).‘You can’t only have one glass and with 13% alcohol, it gets you to your desired destination.’ ” –...