Sterling and 120

Sterling Vinyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2003. 13.9% alcohol. WAY OVER OUR PRICE RANGE $22.99 I'm going to cut right to the chase here. This is good vino. We really enjoyed it. My wonderful brother-in-law, Pete, gave this to KimBob for their 2nd anniversary. As you can see, this wine was completely out of our budget and with one kid in college, one in elementary school and 2 girls in parochial school, you would NOT find us in the over $10 section. We can only hope for vouchers soon. Sterling wine was smooth, bold rich, a little oaky. A long tasty finish that I wish I could experience again...sigh.

Double whammy here.

120 Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon 2004. From Chile. Alcohol 13.5%. Price $6.99. Good wine, but compared to Sterling...not in the same game. It was a good buy. A little tart, dry, earthy as in mineral over tones, oaky with a hint of...vanilla. (had to go back in for another taste).

Advice of the day, because I have nothing else to say right now, and homework to help kids with...

If you are thinking of refinancing your home, 1st or 2nd, be sure to tell the loan officer that you do not want them to include your phone number with the credit inquiry. If you don't, in the subsequent days, you will receive a mind boggling number of computer generated calls to your cell phone from other loan agencies.

It's Not Easy Being GREEN

This is for my faithful followers. I agree, I have let you all down. All I can say is that I am very sorry. My last post was June 25. That was almost two months ago. Please, let me explain. GLOBAL WARMING. It's been hot here. At times, near 100 degrees. We have no air conditioner. No swamp cooler. We think we are melting.


Thanks to Al Gore, we were recently alerted to the fact that the temperature has been on average one full degree hotter than normal. When we found out, we thought it was our duty to do something good for the environment. We discussed it and decided the best thing we could do while trying to stay cool, was drink lots of beer straight from the bottle, then recycle! We now consider ourselves Greenies. We pat ourselves on the backs for helping to save our planet one beer, or case if it's especially hot, at a time. Yes, the Bob part of me still works for the "evil oil empire" but recycling trumps fossil fuel emissions and we harbor no guilt.

So hang in there and hopefully it will cool off this fall and we can pop open a bottle of wine. Then recycle it!

Is it just me, or Does Mr. Gore look extremely scary?

***UPDATE: IS GORE A SCARY HYPOCRITE????