Exquisite Turmoil

I’m wondering if I will have to start a new category for Dan quotes! He had a good one last night, in any case.

I can’t quite remember why, but I called my mom a brat for something or other, and Dan pipes up with “You can’t call your mom a brat!” And you could just see that she looked so happy that Dan jumped in on her side (not that we were fighting mind you, it was all in good fun), and then Dan finishes out his sentence… “She’s too old to be a brat. I guess you could call her a hag.” And, of course, everyone at the table (my mom excepted) just starts dying laughing like… oh my god, did he really just say that? In any case, it was goooood.

I’ve also another Anya quote to impart — it’s an oldie but goodie that I had just forgotten about, but it was called to my attention yesterday so I figured I’d share it before I forgot.

Anya was sitting around drawing pictures of people, and she says to my dad “I’m going to draw you Grandpa!” He’s all pleased and thanks her and she says “Yeah, and I’ll even give you hair!” (For those who didn’t already know, or somehow weren’t smart enough to figure it out, my dad is bald — or very close to it :p)

The birthday party (including Dan’s hag comment :p) was quite fun last night, and the blind wine tasting was also a good time. The reason the tasting came about is — my aunt’s friend owns a vineyard in California and supplies grapes to some pretty well known wine makers. He has recently started making his own wines, and he provided my aunt with a bottle of one of his wines, and two comparable bottles of some of the wineries he supplies grapes to.

The three wines were (not that we knew until after the tasting) a Simi Cabernet (they were all cabs) 2003, a Silver Oaks 2001, and her friend’s wine, which is called “Paden’s Patch Red”. The Paden’s Patch Red actually took the overall win, although my father preferred the Silver Oaks. I’m not really a big wine drinker myself — I do enjoy the occasional glass with a nice dinner, but I rarely like something enough to have more than a glass. The Paden’s Patch was absolutely delicious, however, and I had (I think) 4 glasses? Totally out of the norm for me. Anyway, I’m mostly relating this in a shameless plug for my aunt’s friend’s vineyard. You can’t buy his wines in stores as yet, but they can be ordered off of his website, and anyone who likes a good wine should take a visit and order something up. His prices are extremely reasonable given the wines that his are comparable to, it’s only that he isn’t so well known yet. So, basically, get it now before he gets licensed to sell in stores!

Link of the day: Quaking Hills Vineyard