As I sit here in a t-shirt, enjoying the warm day amongst many frigid ones lately, I thought I’d post a picture taken this morning to remind us that it is still very much winter. We have our very own ice flow in the Rappahannock. A beautiful sight in t…
From a trip to NYC.
From a trip to NYC.
As I sit here in a t-shirt, enjoying the warm day amongst many frigid ones lately, I thought I’d post a picture taken this morning to remind us that it is still very much winter. We have our very own ice flow in the Rappahannock. A beautiful sight in t…
As I sit here in a t-shirt, enjoying the warm day amongst many frigid ones lately, I thought I’d post a picture taken this morning to remind us that it is still very much winter. We have our very own ice flow in the Rappahannock. A beautiful sight in t…
Here’s a good blog post from Eric Asimov, the New York Times wine critic about ridiculous wind and food pairings. I have wine with my dinner very often but I’m not one of those people that thinks wine goes with everything. For example, I don’t much like wine with rich, sweet desserts like cake. Some people pair dessert wines with these but to me that’s too much sugar. I much prefer coffee with my cake than wine.
So what do dessert wines pair with? Mainly I like them all by themselves, as dessert. However, they can pair nicely with ‘dry’ desserts, such as fruit tarts. In Tuscany sometimes people pair Vin Santo (a type of dessert wine) with biscotti, which is not very sweet.
Before addressing the issue at hand; the recently passed noise ordinance, I will disclose some of my life experiences to establish that I am not just a curmudgeon trying to ruin everyone’s fun. While we have all “heard” the anecdotal stories related to…
Fredericksburg is becoming so cosmopolitan; you just never know who you’ll bump into on Caroline Street these days. The other morning I ran into Freddy Filmmaker and his cuddly canine, Oscar. I was anxious to tell him about my upcoming trip to New York and weeklong seminar in digital filmmaking. We both love fish tacos […]
The models have come into agreement regarding the storm this weekend. Yes, it’s coming. No, it’s not going to snow…it’ll be too warm to do so, so look for a rainy Sunday into Monday morning. After that the temperatures will moderate to a level mor…
I’m sitting in the basement of the General Assembly building in Richmond, killing time between the opening session this afternoon and tonight’s last State of the Commonwealth speech by Governor Kaine. Below, a nice slice of life amid a morning of procedural matters.
