The Companion Guide: Pre-season Episode 6

Continuing the discussion of life, liberty, and the pursuit of WINE, CAKE, LAUGHTER, FRIENDSHIP, SUCCESS, FAMILIES, FUN ... the extraordinary!

Ris on Biting, see below:

Courtesy of Oldtimers FB page

Courtesy of Oldtimers FB page

Babs’ Theory of Evolution:

We have to care less passionately about things as we get older in order to maintain our sanity. #aworkinprogress

All of Babs’ knowledge of Omarosa comes from her book and vague recollections of Season 1 of The Apprentice, back in 2004.

All of Babs’ knowledge of Omarosa comes from her book and vague recollections of Season 1 of The Apprentice, back in 2004.

Jen Lancaster!!!

Babs has been a Jen Lancaster fan since “Bitter is the New Black”; Ris has read “I Regret Nothing.” Babs will turn Ris into a full-on Jen Lancaster fan.

The Companion Guide: Pre-season Episode 5

Ris's notes on Vignobles Lacheteau Vouvray:

Vignobles Lacheteau – Vouvray

Color: Light yellow.

Nose and Palate: A beautifully expressive off-dry wine with floral notes and ripe fruit on the notes, and a nice balance in the mouth between honeyed notes and acidity. A full-bodied wine with a great balance of sugar and a long finish characterized by notes of honey and dried fruits.
 Appellation: Loire Valley France

Alcohol:  12.0%

This wine should be allowed to breathe at cooler temperatures prior to serving. Goes well with a wide range of foods because of its sweet, fruity flavor.

Description of the Vouvray Varietal:

Vouvray is a French wine region in the Loire Valley located in the Touraine district just east of the city of Tours in the commune of Vouvray. The Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) is dedicated almost exclusively to Chenin blanc; the obscure and minor grape Arbois is permitted but rarely used.[1]

(Some additional thoughts about Vignobles Lacheteau Vouvray: Ain't Found A Good Blog Title; Over Forty Witticims'; Edible Arts)

How heavy is the "Crown of England"?

Chenin Blanc (South Africa)

Appellation d'Origine Controlée (AOC)

The Companion Guide: Pre-season Episode 4

Continuing the discussion of life, liberty, and the pursuit of WINE, CAKE, LAUGHTER, FRIENDSHIP, SUCCESS, FAMILIES, FUN ... the extraordinary!

Unicorn food

Goal: Create magical unicorn-flavored vodka, How to

The tennis being discussed in this episode is Wimbledon 2018.

Youth Soccer Participation Has Fallen Significantly in America

“My family would not have been able to afford to put me in soccer if I was a young kid today,” Hope Solo, the former goalkeeper of the 2015 Women’s World Cup championship team, said at a conference in New York last month. “That obviously alienates so many communities, including Hispanic communities, the black communities, the rural communities and underrepresented communities. Soccer, right now, has become a rich, white-kid sport.”

Good Grit magazine

City of Charleston apologizes for the role it played in slavery

Ris  and Babs "Food Field Trip": 1. Pick a place to have breakfast (not J.Christopher's); 2. Go home and take a nap or work out; 3. Go to Secreto for lunch; 4.Work out or whatever; 5. Go for a donut or some ice cream at Screamin' Nuts; 6. Go to dinner (possibly at)  and the "speakeasy": The Velvet Note

How to buy a private island

Unicorn inflatable island

Isle of Eigg

Making a moral  philosophy  (because  WikiHow knows everything, of  course)

Don't tread on me

The Companion Guide: Pre-season Episode 3

So, there were a few things in the refelction portion of the podcast that we said we were going to check out. Here in no particular order:

Cavaricci

Ris couldn't believe that Babs didn't know or remember Cavaricci. But Ris *is* 3 years older than Babs. And may have just also had more style than Babs back in the '80s.

Cavaricci.jpg

Pedestrian right of way

Georgia: Vehicles must stop and allow pedestrians to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when a pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when a pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning. Pedestrians may not suddenly leave the curb and enter a crosswalk into the path of a moving vehicle that is so close the vehicle is unable to yield. Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection unless the pedestrian has already safely entered the roadway. Where traffic control devices are in operation, pedestrians may only cross between two adjacent intersections in a marked crosswalk and may only cross an intersection diagonally if authorized by a traffic control device.

Was SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy a moderate?

Josh Gates - Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Ruby Slippers