Tag: wine
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Weird Crimes: Pringles Wine and Face-Licking Edition
In a world full of horrible, violent crimes, I find myself seeking out and clinging to the weird crime stories. Luckily, this past month has given us two excellent examples to ponder. Even better, they both involve women perpetrators (#whorunstheworld #girlcrimebosses). First, a woman in Wichita Falls, Texas was banned from the local Walmart. Her…
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How to Have a Päntsdrunk Weekend (with Wine Pairings)
UGH. This week though, am I right? It’s felt like an entire year of bad news and gut-wrenching images rolled into one giant horrible week. Which is why I think most of us are just really looking forward to sitting at home, drinking wine in our underpants this weekend. Like, REALLY looking forward to it.…
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What I Learned About Africa the First Time Around (and Why We’re Going Back)
I uttered what I think might go down in history as the most bougie phrase ever known to mankind last week. “Weeeeell, last time we were in Africa, we stayed at…..” I said it not once, but TWICE while catching up with friends, both of whom probably immediately regretted asking me what big exciting trip…
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Friday Links: Sea Turtles and Legos Edition
Businessweek Bloomberg had a story a few weeks back about the completely uncool devaluation of airline miles (We’re miles people. Well, XFE is a total airline miles machine, and flew roundtrip to Alaska two days this week just to rack up miles on a cheap ticket. I’m more of a “maybe I’ll use the Miles…
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Date Night Redux
The components of a good date night (from this last Saturday). Perusing a book on Peru with a cosmo. Chef XFE’s cocktail of choice. Steak waiting to be grilled with it’s little friend, asparagus. Domino potatoes waiting to go into the oven. Wine decanting. Howard on demand. Petunia, acting…
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How Not to Do Date Night
My super significant other and I had one of those so-called “date nights” the other night. Well, I guess you could call it a “date night.” We put on real clothes and left the house for a pre-planned activity. This is one of those things you have to do when you’ve been together for seven…
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Thanks for the Days Off, Sandy
As you all know, thanks to the amazingly overblown non-stop SuperStormActionTeam coverage, Hurricane Sandy blew through the Eastern seaboard and gave us all a couple of days off. Which is all well and good. I mean, I’m not one to turn down a few days off from work, but it did promote a sort of forced…