We thoroughly enjoyed out trip to St Simon’s Island last weekend. It’s not a bad ride, though a tad long at a little over three hours. The atmosphere and amenities of the island itself were great. I look forward to going back sometime soon.
We arrived at noonish on Friday and checked in [...]

The 12/05/05 episode of The Chair and Automan is out. Download the MP3 directly here. Or better yet, get a podcatching client and subscribe to this podcast here. Or check out my Odeo channel.
In this episode:
I talk about my wife and I hosting our first ever wine and cheese gathering. [...]

That stands for “fig your information”.
Have you ever had a fig sans newton? Me neither until last night. Let me tell you a few things about my first solo fig experience. First, they are ugly. They look like something that you might find rotting underneath a tree. So right off [...]

No, I’m not referring to myself. I’m referring to a wine I found in The Fresh Market tonight. I think I will save it for my holiday party on December 23rd. Quite frankly, I only bought it because of the name.

I have recently become a huge fan of various brands of Riesling wine. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are the Columbia Winery Cellarmaster’s Riesling, Peter Brum Liebfraumilch (actually a blend, not a pure Riesling) and Chateau St. Michelle Columbia Valley Riesling.
All of these are wonderful wines, not [...]

The Braves are getting spanked. Sigh.
Now is as good a time as any to break into my stash of Columbia Winery Cellarmaster’s Riesling (2003). A fabulous wine, by the way. If you don’t like that nasty buttery aftertase most white wines have, I suggest you try this.

I wish I could talk my wife into going to La Maison more often. We went more when we were still courting than we do now. I love the food, I love the ambiance, and I have warm and fuzzies for the place as we had our wedding reception there.
La Maison is a [...]