Measuring inches in cork.
Aug. 7th, 2010 10:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynMy landsend catalog apparently was misprinted. It claimed there was a sale on jeans but the price isn't actually available.
I learned this because... duhn duhn duhn... I went down another pants size!
(Though I shall call Lands End on Monday and see if they can sort it. I'm sure they're open tonight, but a catalog misprint won't be something the all-night operators can do anything about.)
I can also wear rings that had been put away as "never going to be able to get that off without removing the finger."
Celebrations tonight include a glass of 1999 Viognier (Cosentino), which despite the wikipedia warnings is actually excellent this far aged. I like it better than chardonnay because of viognier's intense bouquet which is absent from most low-price chardonnay wines. It's hardly fair to compare hand-selected-by-the-vintner bought-on-vacation wine with $8 supermarket grog, but you know, I have to say, the vacation wine is vastly superior.
I didn't drink it with dinner because dinner was pasta with parmesan cheese and honestly cheese and wine are terrible together. The dairy and fat in the cheese mask the subtle tastes of the wine and the wine is usually sharp enough to make the cheese taste flat in comparison. I don't mind drinking two-buck-chuck with food. And I like paired wines at fancy restaurants. But excellent wine with homemade pasta makes the pasta taste like spagetti-Os and makes the wine taste like pickles.
I learned this because... duhn duhn duhn... I went down another pants size!
(Though I shall call Lands End on Monday and see if they can sort it. I'm sure they're open tonight, but a catalog misprint won't be something the all-night operators can do anything about.)
I can also wear rings that had been put away as "never going to be able to get that off without removing the finger."
Celebrations tonight include a glass of 1999 Viognier (Cosentino), which despite the wikipedia warnings is actually excellent this far aged. I like it better than chardonnay because of viognier's intense bouquet which is absent from most low-price chardonnay wines. It's hardly fair to compare hand-selected-by-the-vintner bought-on-vacation wine with $8 supermarket grog, but you know, I have to say, the vacation wine is vastly superior.
I didn't drink it with dinner because dinner was pasta with parmesan cheese and honestly cheese and wine are terrible together. The dairy and fat in the cheese mask the subtle tastes of the wine and the wine is usually sharp enough to make the cheese taste flat in comparison. I don't mind drinking two-buck-chuck with food. And I like paired wines at fancy restaurants. But excellent wine with homemade pasta makes the pasta taste like spagetti-Os and makes the wine taste like pickles.
