Stay at home mom, lover of wine
It is hard to beat Austin in March. The Mountain Laurels, with their grape scented clusters, are in full bloom. The landscape is painted with every green you can imagine. The sky, cerulean and vast, illuminates the rebirth. It is almost criminal to stay inside. So when my parents offered us a date this past weekend, there […]
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I had my first weekend away since becoming a mom four years ago. When the possibility of a weekend jaunt arose, it was clear where I wanted, no needed, to go-home. Well, not quite home, but close. Although I have been in Austin for nearly half of my life, Upstate New York will always be home. So […]
Read MoreRiesling Goes With Everything, and Sixteen Other Rules for Pairing Wine with Food. Meg Houston Maker is a food and wine blogger and recently posted this piece in Palate Press. I thought I would pass it along since I feel she gives some really good tips for beginners. As I said in my bio, trial and error […]
Read MoreThe Inaugural SAHM Taste and Play was a blast! Five SAHMs, ten kiddos, one fabulous sister, and Dave Matthews. Well, his wine and music. That is as close as we will probably ever get to Mr. Fabulous. And, as usual, he did not disappoint. We tasted both the Dreaming Tree Crush and the Cabernet Sauvignon. […]
Read MoreA few days ago, a friend (we’ll call her “Mama K)” posted on my Facebook page about wanting to taste the Dreaming Tree wines. If you missed the post, Dreaming Tree is the collaborative effort of Mr. Dave “Yummy” Matthews and Sonoma winemaker, Steve Reeder. Mama K said that if his wine was anywhere near as […]
Read MoreI’ll admit it. I have fallen victim to many a trend, especially in my 20s. The wishy-washy years where you virtually swing from trend to trend. If I could have all of the money back that I spent on clothes worn once, I could have a lovely wine “closet.” (Yes, no cellar for this Texan, […]
Read MoreThis past weekend, I started 2012 off right. By “right,” I mean with two fabulous women at a winery on a warm winter day. We ventured out to Driftwood Winery to get some quality time and take a moment to sit back and catch our collective breath after the chaos of the holidays. If you […]
Read MoreFor some people, choosing a wine feels like going to a high school dance. Everyone else seems to be having a great time, but you don’t really know what you are doing, so you hide on the bleachers. You sit back, foot tapping, picking up pointers, hoping someone will drag you out with them. How many times […]
Read MoreIn an earlier post, I talked about how a poetry contest for Gundlach Bundschu served as the impetus for me to start writing again. I’d like to say that I continued to write on a regular basis and now have volumes of poetry, documenting my years of wonder with my little ones, but that’s not the case. […]
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