Tuesday, August 29th 2006
From Beer To Shrimp To Wine
I went back to Ross’ for dinner with Shayna. I love seeing people that I went to high school with or even knew back then for that matter. I have changed remarkably, physically and emotionally. Most of the time, so have they, hopefully. It was an awesome time getting to know each other again and playing the “remember when” game over a nice bottle of Côtes du Rhône.
I gave my friends over at Ruff Ryders a dozen of those shirts I had in Chicago for IML (Remember those? All 180 of them? I do.) after I had them redone. I had a girl stitch a dozen according to size standard and gave them over on commission. Well what do you know – they sold all but 3! I took the remaining three, one for Shayna, one for a buddy and one for me to wear during Fashion Week. I was all too excited. Soon enough I will be getting the remaining 100 or so as well as the debut designs that are at the screen printers. I have only a couple so hopefully they will go fast. So all of you out there that have been kindly asking about the shits… they are comin’!
I had to return to the city for my workout session at 11 today. I contemplated canceling on my partner, but decided to tough it out and go. I also had a wine tasting at 3:30. The thought of that was enough to send me over the edge. The weather remained unchanged. It was not helping my hangover in the slightest. I had a bagel and a coffee in the hopes of feeling a little better to no avail; it did nothing but further irritate my stomach. Thank god I had my buddy to work out with, because left to my own devices I would have driven straight home to bed. Funny enough, that is exactly where I went as soon as we were finished to catch a nap before the tasting.
The tasting featured a pretty good Tokay Pinot Gris, a domestic Sauvignon Blanc and one of my personal faves: St. Joseph. After the St. Joseph my hangover was a thing of the past and I met a friend downtown for a bottle of Rioja and French Onion soup. I managed to remember to snap a couple of pics after Shayna and I had just learned that I sold my first dozen of “Team Hazzard Wear” T shirts.
Johnny, it sounds like you’ve had yourself a personal wine festival! I thought you would be pleased to hear that my most recent wine venture was of the Arbor Mist persuasion. The bottle even had a twist off cap. (Did you suddenly develop a desire to strangle me with an extension cord?)
Hey Mr. Boy Wonder: Reading Johnny’s recent entry I thought wouldn’t it be cool if you added a couple new categories:
1) restaurant recommendations, 2) wine & food recommendations. Whatdya think? I know I’ve done a couple searches myself looking for wines Johnny’s mentioned …
Rita – Splendid idea! You will now note there is a Food & Wine category that covers all posts that reference good eats and vintages. Let me know if I missed any.