So,
this past Friday, September 28th, 2012 we held the 1st
Annual Wine & Cheese festival in the Bluff… You see, during this time of
the year, one of our favorite events in the world is being held: the EPCOT Wine
& Food festival, which we used to attend every year when we lived in
Florida and now we’ve missed for two years in a row. So, we decided to honor that feeling or mind set and hold our
own version up here on the Plateau… Friends and neighbors brought a preferred wine with an accompanying
preferred cheese and (at Pat Ross’ relentless insistence) presented it to the
rest of the wine drinkers and cheese eaters… To my satisfaction, and a little
bit of a surprise, my preferred wines turned out to be a couple of whites, Pinot
Gris and Country White, made by a local winery: Stonehaus in Crossville; they
were great! Other wines (actually, all the ones I sampled) were between good
and very good and the cheeses were excellent. But what made it special, truly
special, was the people and the fact that our Leah drove up from Gainesville,
FL and joined us! This will be repeated! Here are some photos…
I am almost ready to
stop watching and chronicling anything about football… Another awful weekend! The
Dolphins, Bucs and Lions all lost their games and, to top it off, the Giants
also lost! I am almost done, folks! The only thing that is keeping me still alive,
on the proverbial football respirator, is that the Gators did not lose this
past Saturday (they did not play) and UM won (that’s University of Miami). Rough,
rough times, I’m not gonna lie to you… On the other hand, the baseball playoffs
are almost here and some of my preferred and favorite teams are in;
furthermore, there is an event about to take place (one of the rarest in all
sports) which has not happened since 1967: a winner of the baseball Triple
Crown which means leading the league in batting average, Runs Batted In, and
homeruns. The 3rd baseman of the Detroit Tigers, Miguel Cabrera, is
about to achieve that…
We are starting one
of the best times up here in the Plateau: the changing of colors! All shades of
yellow, orange, and red are starting to show and blend… And, when you add the
changes in the weather, getting into the 40s at night and up to 70 during the
day, it really makes is simply glorious! For those of you who are here, enjoy and
treasure. For those who are not, wish you were here!
So, where the heck is
Jimmy Hoffa? That’s a rhetorical question, folks… Those of you who know (under
the I-43 & I-794 bypass in Milwaukee, right?) will keep it quiet, as you've done for decades; those of you who do not, but pretend to, will continue to
lead the cops on wild geese chases…
Some interesting
points to look for in the upcoming presidential debate on Wednesday, October 3rd…
- Foreign Affairs (The Libya debacle – isolated incident or the real status in the Middle East?)
- The economy (are we better off?)
- The 47% (what precisely is the meaning/concept here?)
- Health Care (Obamacare vs. Romneycare – differences and similarities)
There may be some
others topics like Immigration Reform, Tax Code Reform (or absence of tax
fillings disclosure), Gay Rights, Birth Control…
And now, food for
thought:
“Undertake something that is difficult; it will do
you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered,
you will never grow.”
- Ronald
E. Osborn
So, stretch your
goals, my friends…
So, like, our invitation must have been lost in the mail :-) n Sounds like a really good time was had.
ReplyDeleteGo Tigers!
Go Tigers indeed!
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