Three Unusual Reds
In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, it’s nice to relax with a bottle of wine that doesn’t break your pocketbook. I’m here to sort out the memorable from the truly awful, and each bottle is under $10, unless noted otherwise. I'm calling...
Some Uh-oh Reds…
I like being a positive person. I don't like saying bad things about people, but I can get riled up and curse with the best of them. But when it comes to wine, I give it to you straight. After all, who's got the money to waste on bad wine? Not me! So here we...
My Love Affair…
Isn't it beautiful? This is my Trevi Automatica by Spidem - a fully-automatic espresso machine that will also froth milk, give you hot water instantly for tea or hot chocolate, heck - it does everything except the dishes. The Hubby and I went to Rome, Italy in...
Three Winter Whites
Everyone I know has a budget that's shrinking. Even at Chez Christine's, our dollar doesn't stretch as far as I wish it would. I won't buy wine before I buy food, but I AM being even more careful than I used to be in putting my money down for a bottle of vino....
Looking Forward
Happy Day 1 of 2012! I'm not one for goals. I don't do resolutions anymore. Why? I don't want to feel like an abject failure when I look back, 12 months from now, to see my goals and resolutions as I had originally set them, not yet crossed-off my list. I much...
Sparklers for the New Year
I'm talking sparkling wine, of course. Not those sparkly fire-works things that are totally illegal in my neighborhood. (But if you've got 'em, outside at midnight on New Year's is the perfect time to use 'em! Not that I've ever done such a thing...ahem.) Sparkling...
White, Rose´, Red, and Sparkling Wine
In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, it’s nice to relax with a bottle of wine that doesn’t break your pocketbook. I’m here to sort out the memorable from the truly awful, and each bottle is under $10, unless noted otherwise. In the spirit...
3 Good Reds – and a Chameleon
In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, it’s nice to relax with a bottle of wine that doesn’t break your pocketbook. I’m here to sort out the memorable from the truly awful, and each bottle is under $10 unless noted otherwise. Peachy Canyon...
Acoustic Neuroma Surgery, One Year Later
This is more for me - a need to get this out and on the page. You see, it's an anniversary of sorts. A year ago on December 16, at this very hour that I write this, 5:30pm, I was still in surgery for removal of an acoustic neuroma. But let me back up. During the...