I couldn't let a month go by without some sort of update, even if its rambling. So whats new? Nothing terribly interesting in itself, but in the past week I've:
- Been bitten playing basketball (ok, had someone's teeth pushed into my arm).
- Did my first home demolition work. The sketchiest part was pulling down the wall around the main power panel.
- Picked out tile and fixtures for the new bathroom. This was way easier than many led us to believe.
- Celebrated Mrs R's first mother's day.
- Learned a lot about German Riesling. Trying to find something to cellar a case of for a decade or more (most likely a Spätlese). I'll be cracking these at the end of the week, and trying them over the course of several nights to try to get an idea of how they will age: 1994 Schloss Schonborn Johannisberger Klaus Kabinett, 2002 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Kabinett, 2005 August Kesseler Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Spätlese Gold Capsule, 2005 Dönnhoff Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg Spätlese, 2006 Selbach Oster Zeltinger Schlossberg Spätlese.
- At Levi's request, here are some quick tasting notes on a couple of bottles I cracked this week. 2002 Heitz Cellars Napa Cabernet Sauvignon: subdued, great balance, surprising amount of fruit given its age. And a 2006 Strong Arms (R Wines) Shiraz South Australia: looks, smells like aussie shiraz, but lots less dust and way more acid. Can't wait to try it again tonight after its had some air.
- Took around 50 photos- uploaded maybe 15 of them. Fell back in love with my Nikon f/2 35mm lens.
Was the biter the same guy who broke your rib a while back? Need me to send him a message? ;-)
Posted by Skrocki on May 14, 2008 at 01:29 PM PDT #
yes, the same person. this was a fluke tho. :)
Posted by rama on May 14, 2008 at 03:59 PM PDT #