I'm going to a barbeque tonight in the burbs filled with some friends who are total wine snobs. They love to talk about which wines they've bought, their cellar, which bottles are almost "fit to drink", etc. BORING!
Anyway, so I'm looking at my haphazard wine collection and trying to decide which wine to take. It's a barbeque, and they asked me in advance if I wanted to eat red meat or chicken/fish. I said chicken/fish, so I'm thinking I should probably bring a white wine to go with my meal.
I used to be really into chardonnay, but I'm not that into it anymore so I mostly buy pinot noirs, cabernet sauvignons and merlots.
The only whites I have that don't look that bad are a french white wine called sancerre and a chardonnay. I don't even remember why I bought the sancerre or where I bought it or how much it cost. I bought the chardonnay after having it as a restaurant, and I remembered that it didn't taste too bad.
Next, I tried looking up both wines on Google but could only find the reviews and prices for the chardonnay. I was surprised to find the chardonnay selling for $20. Did I even pay that much for the bottle?
I so want to bring "Chuch for a Buck" white wine, that Charles Shaw wine that was in the papers and retailing for $2-3 and is so hip to drink in the SF Bay Area right now. It's supposed to be really good wine for the price, but I don't think my wine snobs friends would appreciate this fact.
I think the best piece of information I've ever heard about bringing wine to party was "when in doubt, bring the wine the costs the most." Guess it's going to be a chardonnay night - La Crema 2000 Chardonnay.
Friday, June 20, 2003
Thursday, June 19, 2003
So I thought I weaned myself off of Craig's List Missed Connections, but it's so easy to get hooked. I almost got hooked on watching Real World Paris, but I didn't watch on Tuesday so maybe I'm saved.
I forgot how fun MTV's Real World is to watch. They've got some southern guy from Georgia who is really cute. They've also got a guy who says he's the son of someone from that group "The Commodores", for the star connection. Then there's the usual assortment of people; a slutty cute chick with a hot body, an inncocent cute chick with a hot body and that tough city guy with a rough background who is sort of cute depending on my mood.
It's fun watching them hook up or try to hook up, break up, freak out, and then confess and whine to the camera. It's like watching "Jerry Springer live in a house".
The show has gotten so slutty and sleazy over the years, that it's almost become campy and kind of fun in a very sick, sick way.
I forgot how fun MTV's Real World is to watch. They've got some southern guy from Georgia who is really cute. They've also got a guy who says he's the son of someone from that group "The Commodores", for the star connection. Then there's the usual assortment of people; a slutty cute chick with a hot body, an inncocent cute chick with a hot body and that tough city guy with a rough background who is sort of cute depending on my mood.
It's fun watching them hook up or try to hook up, break up, freak out, and then confess and whine to the camera. It's like watching "Jerry Springer live in a house".
The show has gotten so slutty and sleazy over the years, that it's almost become campy and kind of fun in a very sick, sick way.
On my lunch hour I decided to watch the new reality tv show I taped last night, "Boarding House: North Shore". It's from the guy who created the "Survivor" show, and it's about 7 professional surfers living in a house on the North Shore of Oahu and competing in this famous tournament called the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.
Wow, watching it made me feel like I was back in high school again when I used to dream about dating surfer boys and wore barely there bikinis.
All the guys in the series are so cute, but I think I have like a genetic weakness for surfer boys because I was born in Hawaii. The women are all young and blonde and can surf too.
But what I like most about the show is the surf scenes! Oh my god, they are so killer! I love watching surfers surf. I spent most of my life watching surfers surf, and it reminds me so much of home and growing up.
I love the way the guys talk too. They all sound like guys I went to high school with or guys I met when I spend that one summer down in San Diego. Guys don't like that up here, or if they do I'm not meeting them.
I did go on a blind date with a surfer once, and I probably only went out with him because he said he surfed. He wasn't really my type, and I was so disappointed because I thought he would be like the surfer guys I knew in high school.
I thought he'd be tall, tanned, have that valley boy voice like he could be in the Jetsons cartoon or something, and have this great body and looked like he worked out. Instead, he was short, not tanned and didn't even look he lifted weights or went outdoors in the sun or anything. It was such a bummer!
I'm sure the guy did surf at some point in his life, but like not in the last five years of me meeting him.
Even if he was true surfer guy, dating him would probably be an un-fun as it was high school. Surfer guys live for surf. Surf comes before anything else in their life. Say for instance you'd had this date planned for months in advance. If killer waves were breaking, surfer guy would dump you to go surfing.
One thing that the surf show got right, which was very surprising, is they have a christian surfer from Florida. There's a whole segment of the surfer population that are born again christians, and that group has been around since I was in high school.
You'd only this fact if you follow the surfing scene or have been around it for a long time. The producers must have done their homework.
Wow, watching it made me feel like I was back in high school again when I used to dream about dating surfer boys and wore barely there bikinis.
All the guys in the series are so cute, but I think I have like a genetic weakness for surfer boys because I was born in Hawaii. The women are all young and blonde and can surf too.
But what I like most about the show is the surf scenes! Oh my god, they are so killer! I love watching surfers surf. I spent most of my life watching surfers surf, and it reminds me so much of home and growing up.
I love the way the guys talk too. They all sound like guys I went to high school with or guys I met when I spend that one summer down in San Diego. Guys don't like that up here, or if they do I'm not meeting them.
I did go on a blind date with a surfer once, and I probably only went out with him because he said he surfed. He wasn't really my type, and I was so disappointed because I thought he would be like the surfer guys I knew in high school.
I thought he'd be tall, tanned, have that valley boy voice like he could be in the Jetsons cartoon or something, and have this great body and looked like he worked out. Instead, he was short, not tanned and didn't even look he lifted weights or went outdoors in the sun or anything. It was such a bummer!
I'm sure the guy did surf at some point in his life, but like not in the last five years of me meeting him.
Even if he was true surfer guy, dating him would probably be an un-fun as it was high school. Surfer guys live for surf. Surf comes before anything else in their life. Say for instance you'd had this date planned for months in advance. If killer waves were breaking, surfer guy would dump you to go surfing.
One thing that the surf show got right, which was very surprising, is they have a christian surfer from Florida. There's a whole segment of the surfer population that are born again christians, and that group has been around since I was in high school.
You'd only this fact if you follow the surfing scene or have been around it for a long time. The producers must have done their homework.
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