Luna di Luna 60/40 Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio Venetian table wine. I have always been suspicious of blended wines. I know of two types: those made separately and bottled together, and those made of a blend of two (or more) varietals fermented together. I know the latter is more commonplace and the former I have… Continue reading this entry
Am empty bottle of wine and a glass. Remnants of a great night of drinking. “…Hints of green peppercorns, black coffee and the mild aroma of geriatric sweat.” I just hate describing wines that way; and the wines descibed that way, I tend to hate too. I am not, and I don’t intend to be,… Continue reading this entry
A blue lightbulb over the USS Intrepid. I’ve taken my time getting back to writing about apolitical things as I am finishing up on a long-overdue project of mine that simply needs to get done. With the schedule I hold, it’s almost impossible to write anything of great length on my site. In a way,… Continue reading this entry
Against a backdrop of the bright NYC skyline, a couple takes a picture of themselves. Looking through the pictures I have taken in my trip to New York, I realized that my voyeuristic photography didn’t start at the USS Intrepid, but in Central Park, where I took this most candid and most spontaneous of shots.… Continue reading this entry
A tourist prepares for a shot of the city in front of a Blackbird. On New Year’s day itself, we went to the USS Intrepid museum; it was one of the places my friend absolutely had to go to, and I like going to military exhibits. I have been to plenty of museums in my… Continue reading this entry
The NYC skyline as seen from Central Park. I had no intention of blogging while I spent the New Year’s weekend in NYC; with what little time we had, there was no time to blog. Coming out of the Port Authority I was flooded with a sensation both alien and familiar. It was like being… Continue reading this entry