Sunday, February 25, 2007



Wine update:

Here's our next bottle of wine, though my recollection of it will be a bit non-specific; not because of the wine's effects on me, but because we drank it this Friday/Saturday night, and it's currently Sunday afternoon and I'm having a time recalling what this particular wine was all about. And perhaps that says something about the wine.
I do recall that it was not bad; it was fairly light and had a bit of a bitter (or acidic?) aftertaste. It was mild except for that, and kind of bland. But not bad. Trevor doesn't recall much of the wine, either. I had some in the early evening when I started knitting a scarf for my mom (which I subsequently had to rip because I screwed up on the slips in the pattern I was working [paying more attention to the "Anthology" album by The Clean that I had dusted off and was listening to while Trevor hunted strange man-o-war type jelly monsters in his video game] but it turned out all right because the new version will be straight and longer than the original, which is always nice for a scarf.), and continued sipping through our viewing of "The Prestige" (a film we both quite enjoyed. My pre-teen crush on Christian Bale continues on nearly twenty years later, Trevor has a crush on Scarlett Johanson, and we both liked the magic tricks and plot twists). And although we spent a bit of time with the wine, it doesn't stand out at all.
So, there you have it. A bland wine with a nice label. I think we spent between $8.99 - $13.00 on it, and we've certainly had better for the price range.

In other news, we had brunch with my parents, brother, and sister-in-law this morning. On the menu from my mom were poached eggs with diced potatoes, mini jelly-filled pancakes (which looked like little flying saucers; there were adorable and delicious), sausage links, grapefruit halves, toast, and multi-fruit coffee cake. Quite delicous. We gabbed about our wedding plans, asked my dad to help us with our taxes, and had a generally lovely morning! Paula gave me a disc with the pictures from our meet-the-parents dinner in January, and I'll post them here this week.
Until then, drive safely, everyone, the weather is grotesque.

Bork Power

Thursday, February 22, 2007


The prop books are Laura's favorite thing about the studio that I work at.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007



Wine, Wine, All the Time!

Trevor and I have decided to add a category to our general blog; Wine! We drink a bit of it and thought we might try to keep track of what we like (and what we don't), not only for your reading and tasting pleasure, but to serve our own memory as well. Since after all of that wine, our memory tends to get a little grapey...

So, what we're currently drinking is something we picked up this afternoon at Randolph Wine Cellars for $11.99. It's a Merlot, and although I'm usually not a fan of merlots, we decided to try it because 1. we liked the label (a current reason for our purchases) and 2. the wine man said it was a nice vineyard and they usually do their wines in small batches. The merlot was the only type they had in stock, so we snapped one up. And I'm glad we did; it's nice and tasty. From my untrained palatte, it's not very dry (so does that make it wet, or is there a more technical term I should be using?), kind of fruity (much like us!), and pretty mild (not smokey or tangy or anything.) It's a pretty light wine, which is nice, because we haven't yet eaten dinner. And there's not much of an after-taste, which means I've had to take three sips to write this review.

So, if any of this sounded appealing, go out and spend $11.99, and have some tasty wine! We have 2 more bottles from Randolph Wine Cellars, so we'll be updating this throughout the week (and, most likely, into the weekend).

In other news, Trevor's new camera came (check out the photos, aren't they nice?!), which is very exciting. Hopefully he'll be shutterbugging around the city for the next forever and we'll have lots and lots of pictures--good pictures--that haven't been taken by me (i.e. blurry, too close, poorly lit, etc.). Thank god.

Well, my glass is now empty, so I'm going to go get another sniff of wine. I'm meeting a high school girlfriend for a drink later tonight, so I'll save the rest of the bottle for Trevor.

Adios!
Bork Power!
photo taken with my new camera

Wednesday, February 14, 2007



HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, 2007!

So a year after I got a heart full of chocolate, I got a heart full of buttons of love! Trevor made me a set of 8 buttons: an "Aswang" button for the movie that prompted our very first conversation; an "a. boy loves you" and an oddball zombie fellow for his first secret Valentine to me (slipped between volumes one and two of the complete Sherlock Holmes); a "love, loved, lovers" button for my love of nouns; a "four square" button for the party theme of our first date; an aerial shot of the corner where we had our first smooch; an outline of Door County; and a button for the date of our wedding. It's the best present ever, and I don't want to take them off of his card, but I want to wear them. It might look odd to wear all eight at once, but I might not be able to resist.

We also got a photographer lined up for the wedding (check out her link!). She's a fabulous woman Trevor knows from school, and she's just what we wanted. It's all coming along...


I also got a new addition to my Sherman the Reading Robot tattoo. It's a small book that he's already read and set by his robot feet. As soon as it's done scabbing I'll post a photo.

We're going to have a nice cozy night tonight for V-day: some stuffed gnocchi, wine, candy for dessert, and the second episode of Lost. Low key, and fabulous.

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Bears lose. Bears lose. Blargh.

So, after what started out as a terribly promising game turned into a total blargh-fest, Trevor and I left Sean and Angie's place in a cold, cold, Chicago funk. The food was good, the company was terrific, but the game was ultimately a disappointment. I'm not looking forward to all of the blarghy faces in class and around campus tomorrow. Super Bears. Super blargh.