As I mentioned a few days ago, I was invited to the pre-opening party for a Museum exhibit in Rome on March 16.Unfortunately I will not make it there.It would be hard to justify the trip just for that.With a few visits to wineries, some sightseeing and cheese and food scouting, a trip to Italy could...

Is my palate changing or is it just fun and nice to stray from my usual red wine picks once in a while. I did taste today a couple of whites that really pleased me and could not wait to share with you. For the Consumed to Thrifty, the Ekeos from Fazi Battaglia, 100 percent Verdicchio combines good a...

If you are like me you may trust some book imprints, record labels and varied tastemakers when making new picks.The same thing applies in my case regarding wine. I trust the palate of a number of importers and distributors.The process can be gradual. You buy one wine, then two, then more bearing the...

Can't get enough! Book lovers at work programs have big stars such as Authors@Google even though it seems the program has not had any recent guest. What is more remarkable is that companies quietly doing their job day after day have found book programs to be a great way to broaden their staff views ...

Pick up Joey from preschool. Check. Vacuum. Check. Check prices on butthole bleaching. Ch - wait, what?! Source...

If you like sarcasm, retro-camp illustrations and politically incorrect humor, Give the Bitch her Chocolate, the 5th installment in the Bitch series by the terrifying duo Ed Polish and Darren Wotz will please you. Not to sound sexist but “I’m such a lousy cook, I can’t even boil toast!� migh...

I did not spend much time catching up with the news yet I did not miss Blind date with recession for the business of romance by Emma Jacobs (FT, February 13)... She notes that even though some financially stretched singles are so far keeping their dating service membership (are they dropping the gym...

There were other things on January's list: We started remodeling the basement, as the novelty of sleeping in a room with babies is going to wear a little thin on our visitors.  And the whole one toilet thing is starting to wear a little thin on me.  Our oven broke.  We broke th...

(a smallish rant)dear Fire Mountain Gems,i'm glad to see you have earcuffs. however i really fail to understand why you don't have PLAIN earcuffs. or why they "must not sell" as the nice lady i just spoke to explained to me for why they are not for sale. i do not need ones with little hearts, snowfl...

The next best thing to owning a winery and working the soil might be to discover the land where it all came from.Call it embracing the terroir, wine tourism, eco-tourism even if your favorite wines and winemakers are of the organic type. After writing first about Spanish wines then adding Portugal t...