The Treasury Department released a 43-page document in November 2009 that outlines a proposal for streamlining Short Sales across the banking industry and is supposed to take effect April 5, 2010. This document is being touted as the next best thing since sliced bread and the answer to all of America’s Short Sale problems. Not […]
That advice may seem obvious. But an Arizona man is being charged with speeding, reckless driving, and some other civil charges for standing up while driving almost 80 miles per hour. This video clip is astounding: If this driver was in Virginia, he’d probably be charged with general reckless driving, which alleges that he was […]
Why? Because apparently the prosecutor isn’t supposed to refute the defendant’s bizarre arguement that the prosecution is supposed to do the defense’s job.
Or something like that. You can read the defendant’s appeal here and the Commonwealth’s response here.
Frankly, Bob McDonnell needs to clear the Supreme Court of these idiots. That’s what you get when you […]
[Editor’s Note: An update to this blog post is available Here.]I have owned my 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid since the autumn of 2004. It was one of the first few Escape Hybrids that were made available in the Washington DC metropolitan area and I was very e…
The guy across the hall thinks our group of seven is making a porno. He comes over to complain about our repeating door slam, sees the camera, backs up into his own room, apologizes to us, and we never see him again. Personally I think he didn’t call the front desk because Ray looks like […]
SPC has a slight risk for tomorrow’s East Coast storm creeping into coastal NC. Granted that we have several more weeks of winter to go, but can Virginia spring storm chasing be far away?
Now on the other side of this storm we are in a lull before Sunday’s rain storm hits. Before then the weather should be pretty nice for January. The longer range forecast calls for average temperatures starting the middle of next week (highs in the 4…
Last night I sat down at the wine bar with my good friend Kellie to have dinner. This is always a risky proposition because the unspoken rule when you own/run a restaurant is if you are on the premises and needed, you are working. However I really wanted to eat the menu for restaurant week. Kyle had been working on it diligently and I had sampled enough of his trials that I knew it was going to be really good. So I took a chance, picked out a bottle for us to share and sat down.
It is always a challenge to pick out one wine to go with several courses, and mostly nearly impossible. However I had just tasted this new Spanish wine that had really impressed me and thought it’s weight just might do the trick, even with the beef.
Ovo is a new import to the US and the kind of wine only a small, devoted wine shop can sell. It is a varietal not too many people have heard of (Albarino), from a relatively unknown region (Rias Baixas), that retails for $30 ($45 in the wine bar). Not exactly a slam dunk in the world of wine sales, but I had to bring it in even if I was the only one drinking it. Albarinos tend to be very fresh, clean wines with a zippy backbone and lovely orchard fruit aromas. This one is left on the lees in open cement containers for 6 months to become this rich, mellow white with flavors of pear, almond, orange peel and candied citrus. It is bone dry and unusual in the best possible way.
I am happy to report it went perfectly with all three first courses and stood its ground with the truffle-butter tenderloin very well. What this proves is that the rules of wine pairing can be broken, you just have to know when. That’s what we are here for.
From my VCU e-mail:
1. Facebook Face-off: VCU vs. GMU
Virginia Commonwealth University and George Mason University – Virginia’s largest universities and CAA rivals – are going head-to-head to see who can bring in the most Facebook fans. The competition tipped off at noon on Jan. 19 and runs until noon on Feb. 9. The school with […]
