Drinking Your Way to an Education
Not a bad road to self-actualization…drinking your way to a wine education! Here are some traditional and online courses to improve your wine knowledge. Via MercuryNews.com
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Caribbean Carrier: New Continental Flights to Bonaire
From Dive News Wire: Beginning December 16, Continental Airlines — the world’s sixth largest carrier — will launch a weekly non-stop flight from its Houston hub to/from the southern Caribbean island of Bonaire — famed for its scuba diving, snorkeling and warm year-round weather. The scheduled round-trip air service will depart Houston George Bush Intercontinental…
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Jet Lag Cures
Rick Steves asked readers what tricks they used to help prevent jet lag. – Take melatonin. – We just knock ourselves out to stay awake until a normal, but early, dinner and bedtime on arrival day, set our alarm clocks for seven-ish the next morning, and don’t seem to have many problems, except in dark…
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A G0-Go Galaxy: Alabama’s U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Walking into the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., I felt like I was on the set of Star Trek, minus the aliens. Jumpsuit-clad pods of astronauts-in-training mingled with ground controllers, flight simulators dotted one area and a Space Shuttle interior mock-up stretched across another. The snatches of conversation buzzing through the decks…
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Not Quite The Budget for Champagne?
Fear not. There is hope. If your expense budget does not quite reach to the level of champagne, you can still add a happy little fizz to your party…look for a Cremant d’Alsace next time you are in the store. (shhh….don’t tell the experts…but cremant it’s made with a method pretty close to the real…
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It’s All About New York…
Did you know that in the last 20 years New York state’s wine production grew by 65%? Ranking second only to California now? You didn’t? Hey…maybe it’s time to head east to check it out in person. Here are a few good excuses to visit… Via PR Newswire
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Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jelly Muffins
Ingredients: Canola oil cooking spray 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup Uncle Sam Cereal 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt
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Fashion & Shopping Shrine: Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
Julia Roberts shopped there in “Pretty Woman.” Leonardo DeCaprio shops here when he’s in town. So did my family. But we didn’t have the carefree attitude or unlimited budget these high rolling stars did when we strolled down the three blocks of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills –– featuring probably the most expensive shops in…
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Foie Gras Fans With Mango ~ Signature appetizer dish by Cheflaszlo.
Signature appetizer dish by Cheflaszlo. 1 foie gras liver, about 1 to 1 1/2 lbs 1 bottle Sauternes or sweet white wine 2 cups chicken broth (homemade or high quality) 5 fresh mangos
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One of my favorite dessert wines: Great “help” for private chefs, serve just before dessert!!!!
One of my favorite dessert wines: Great “help” for private chefs, serve just before dessert!!!! “The legendary ‘Tokaj Eszencia’ a precious and mysteriously sweet wine that has been credited with semi magical properties (including that of being an elixir of life), is made from the juice that flows from the aszu grapes through the pressure…
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Ooooh! A Juicy South African!
Here’s a South African white that got good reviews from Spectator and happens to sell at an affordable price to boot. Worth a try…via South African WineNews
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Buzz Buzz Buzz ….it may not be you…
If you are getting more than your usual buzz from your wine it may not be that you are drinking more (or that age is affecting your ability to metabolize alcohol). It may simply be the fact that wine is becoming more alcoholic! Via TheNZ Herald