Rob and I went to ¡Salud!,a charity wine auction,in Portland on Saturday night. It’s one of our favorites, mostly because we believe so strongly in the cause but also because, coming so closely on the heels of harvest as it does every year, it’s also nice to have a reason to get dressed up and […]
Oatmeal Pumpkin Spiced Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sunny Summer Quinoa Salad
Summertime in the wine business is busy. Busy in a way that is often gratifying and fun, but ultimately somewhat overwhelming. Who could complain about going to several 2-3 day food and wine events in a summer, every summer? Three days of eating multi-course meals prepared by famous chefs, drinking glass after glass of glorious wines, […]
I Blame the Gin and Tonics, or Why We Had Julia Child’s Cherry Clafouti for Breakfast
What’s a Tweet Up?
Twitter has been an enigma to me. I know I’m supposed to know all things social media, but Twitter uses a different language. Not just shorthand (limit my thoughts to just 140 characters!?!) but it seems so foreign! The @ symbol and the #hashtag, retweeting and following. Oh my goodness, my head is full enough […]