Monthly Archives: April 2009

Chicken-napping update

There has been some movement in the case of my beloved missing chicken. The evil genius pirates that took him hostage have delivered a couple of communiques. The first was delivered as an image and is reproduced below. Can you imagine ...

Don’t Spill Burgundy on My Brassiere – Part Deux

"All the old paintings on the tombs They do the sand dance ...don't you know If they move too quick (oh whey oh) They're falling down like ...a domino" According to the Travel Industry Association, 17 percent of American leisure travelers, or 27.3 million people, have engaged ...

Wine Country Travel: The Inn at Occidental

Every year since Joe first saw the episode about Sonoma Barrel Tasting on the Travel Channel, he's wanted to go to  the festivities. But Barrel Tasting also coincides with the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, where I am a committee ...

Another Wine Byte 10: For the Love of Parker?

Here is the tenth in our weekly series of Another Wine Bytes; information about wine you can use to impress your friends (but not in an obnoxious way, of course!) Recently I was listening to a wine show podcast. One of ...

An Unspeakable Tragedy

Faithful readers of this blog know that I am a huge fan of Twisted Oak Wines. Not only do they sell some top notch juice, but they have a fantastic sense of humor, as evidenced by their rubber chicken fetish. ...