It’s been two years since I wrote and published this post. This year is the 15th anniversary of the tragedy, and September 11 has become a day of solemn remembrance for our country and a reminder that our freedom cannot be taken for granted. I wanted to once again remember the aftermath of that day. September 11 has a different meaning for me than for a lot of people. It was my dad’s birthday. I’m sure that for many of us 9/11 has a different meaning than the one most people think of. This is somebody’s wedding anniversary, birth of their child, the day they started their first job or some other significant event. Disaster isn’t necessarily the first thing that comes to our minds. However, it was and always will be a day of mourning in the minds of most Americans — a day of terrible loss and tragedy.… Read More »
Phyllis Diller and her doctor
One day after I had been working for Phyllis Diller for about a year, she made a very strange remark” “You know I had a doctor’s visit yesterday. I had to wait for over half an hour.” She was making notes in her calendar, and it was clear that she was irritated. “I may have to fire him,” she added. “I beg your pardon?” “The doctor. I might have to fire him.” “You can fire a doctor?” She gave me that look she used when her patience was being sorely tried. “Well, of course I can fire him. I pay him. He’s my employee.” Wow, what a concept: the doctor as an employee. Yes, it sticks in my craw, too, waiting as the humble petitioner to be allowed a few minutes with the All Knowing, All Powerful One whose time was was so much more valuable than mine. It didn’t make… Read More »
the $40,000 bottle of wine
Really? A $40,000 bottle of wine?? And no, I wasn’t the one drinking it! A short time ago a few friends and I got together for a special dinner of home-made mushroom and wild rice soup that was to die for. We brought our favorite Zinfandels from 2007, 2008 and 2009. They were delicious. Some more fruity and some more spicy. Some drier and some smoother, but all rich and well-balanced, at the perfect age to be enjoyed. With each sip, someone was saying, “this is so GOOD!” A few days after that I saw a society bit in the paper talking about celebrity friends who had indulged in a $300,000 (yeah, that’s five zeroes) dinner. Alcohol had to be in there somewhere, ya think? Sure enough: “six bottles of Romanee-Conti France’s Burgundy region were purchased at $40,000 per bottle.” I’m told this retails for $13,000 a bottle, but of… Read More »
The Wrong Wine
Blind Wine Tasting
This group of wine bibbers I’ve fallen in with is serious about wine and very knowledgeable. Yikes! I like wine — it’s fun and the more I know, the more I like — and also the more I can appreciate my choices. But I am blown away and chagrined by what I don’t know! A few years ago I took three wine courses — two here at the university (UNLV) and one at the (then) Community College. Of the three, the Community College was more in-depth. The first two were fun and interesting and I learned a lot. The third one was scholarly and sort of a prep for the Court of Master Sommeliers test which I never got around to taking. So last Saturday I joined 25 other people at a beautiful home in Northwest Las Vegas for a blind tasting. We tasted 12 wines side-by-side over the course of… Read More »
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