"Touches the palate well"

I'm up in Maine for the rest of the month and the other day my dad and I were out and about in Boothbay with the kids, browsing the wine selection at one of the stores downtown, when I told him that I wanted to learn more about rosé wines, to which my father immediately responded, "I hate those," to which I quickly responded, "No, I mean good ones. Good ones, dad! There are good ones." And there are. I know because I've had some recently. But I know nothing about them and I'd like to learn more. See? We are solving all the world's problems up here.

Then I had another idea. I told my dad that while I'm here we should try some new wines and record our findings on a video wine blog that I'll post on this site. And he repeated the thing about hating pink wine and I was like, "COME ON."

We'll get to the rosés but the other night at dinner my father opened a bottle of Barolo that he told us was going to be magnificent; but when he tried it he was very disappointed and declared the bottle a total loss. He's crazy, because I tried it too, and while it didn't blow me away, it was good.

I grabbed my camera to capture the moment:

Progress

Ok, so the party? The party was in Maine the week of the Fourth, and the only invitees were the people already staying in the house. But there were enough invitees to make it a PARTY. And we were celebrating an engagement and a birthday. Furthermore, there was an official invitation, sent by me and my father, via email that I wrote from my Blackberry while he and I were having lunch. So, guys. It was a party. And also, unrelated, yes, I'm the only person left in America with Blackberry. 1. run a 20K 2. get into tea 3. try cloth diapers 4. take a ride on the carousel at Lighthouse Point 5. sing Irish songs at an Irish bar 6. attend a lecture at Yale 7. plan weekly (or almost weekly!) dates with my darling husband 8. get a book deal 9. improve the home office 10. visit Essex, CT 11. take another cooking class 12. read three novels (not mysteries) 13. see a Puffin 14. take the kids to a baseball game 15. build a sandcastle 16. have a Dark and Stormy at McSeagull's 17. swim laps in a swimming pool 18. take a boat ride 19. spend lots of time in our back yard 20. have a party 21. grill some octopus 22. buy a record 23. make a photo album 24. get some sleep 25. go on a Sunday drive