Well, it’s official. The ass monkeys known as Southern Wine & Spirits have finally roofied a Washington state distributor into “surrendering their catalog.” For those who have never had the unique joy of dealing with wholesalers (and by joy I mean terrible pain just below the coin slot), Southern Wine & Spirits is to the […]

Didn’t I just say something a few days ago about bartender/drunkie privelege? Yeah. But who doesn’t have a drunk Kiefer Sutherland story? If you’ve ever bartended in a major metropolitan area…chances are good that you do. I mean we’re talking from this photo to all the way back in the day, like a la Lost […]

You wanna hear a New Year’s Eve story? OK, but then it’s time to put 2005 away and go to bed.
Let’s see…..which one? Soooooo many… How about the most bat shit insane NYE I ever worked? ( I keep copious notes/diaries ) My last night as a club bartender.
OK, here we go….I must first start […]

By the time Christmas rolls around each December, I feel like I’ve lived it a thousand times. I’m usually working right up until the end, and I’ve been known to nod off on Christmas Eve before dessert is served. That’s the funny thing about working in retail or the service industry.
For most in the […]

I like to call it: holiday #1. As in #1 almost down, #2 and #3 to go. Can’t help it. When you’ve worked every holiday for most of your life, well, it tends to wear the shine off them.
But contrary to what people may believe, I do try to confront the silver lining of […]

So I got tagged by the most excellent Pacific Northwest Cheese Project blog for another meme floating around asking you to revisit your 23rd post.
The assignment is simple: Go to your 23rd post, reprint your 5th sentence, and expound. Forward to 5 other people.
So my very first post was New Year’s Eve of last year; […]

Oh, hellooooooo!
No, I haven’t posted since Sunday. And yes, I was working. Well, helping my husband with a set. Those who no longer bring home bacon have obligations to help when they can. And while I love what being gainfully unemployed has done for my complexion, nothing is more gratifying than manual labor.
I have attended […]

HE “I’ll have a double Belvedere Martini, straight up with 4 olives.” (note: no please included)
SHE “Sure.”
HE “Belvedere’s the best. It’s the smoothest. I don’t drink anything else”
SHE The bar wench pours a perfectly frothy shaker full of Skyy into a glass with his shiskabob of garnish. “Whatever you say Kocheese. That’ll be $16.00.”
HE (takes […]

This is what my wine tasting group learned last week, a few names to look out for on the Champagne front:
Godme, Jose Michel & Fils, Camille Saves, Deutz, and basically any of the small offerings of Bobby Kacher Selections, Terry Thiese, or Becky Wasserman. Deutz is a “smaller” house owned by Roederer and imported by […]

I had a lady grill me today about New Zealand Sauv Blancs. Salesmen bring me about 7 or 10 a week–I’d think that I’ve tried them all at this point, surely. But now, I really must tell you…they don’t taste that different from each other. What!? let me explain.
Take tomato sauce, for example. A jar […]