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Checklist 104: Dreaming

I’m clearly dreaming of trips and travels, and buying things that I don’t need but would definitely use. Per usual. BUY ALL THE THINGS The GiddyUp Glove is a koozie glove, elevated. The softest lining. Cozy. I WANT IT. $60 The best/cheapest assistants you can find? Can you actually buy time? Just the most gorgeous…

Introducing an entirely new wine region: Bhutan

It’s truly once-in-a-liftime that an entirely new wine region is introduced to the worldwide industry. The reason I feel even a miniscule part of such a massive wine-world accomplishment is because the ridiculous wine writer I adore of Drinking and Knowing Things fame, who helped me discover Xinomavro and drink cheaper Burgundy, is the guy*…

My Personal Holiday: Today is National Wine Day

After all, it’s possible I singlehandedly keep some wineries in business … Last year, I ran down some wine recommendations in this post for stocking up across the nation. Today, we focus on Austin and natural wine. What is natural wine? Low intervention, often but not always organic and/or biodynamically farmed, often but not always…

Checklist 55: Shopping Confessions

Or, how great marketing wins? I made a list of packages I’m expecting this week and it’s embarrassing. I didn’t think I was shopping online much but the eight packages I’m currently waiting on certainly appear to make a liar of me. Shop Shoppin’ Away is the only category today MadRabbit (tattoo cream) – I’ve…

Nikki’s List: Stock Your Wine Fridge

Say you’re ready to graduate from the hated three (hint: if you can buy it at Target, do not bring that wine in my house), but don’t know where to start, the most obvious place is your local wine shop—or restaurant, during the pandemic—where you make friends with the people that work there and they…

An Overnight to Fredericksburg

As a native Texan, I had some reservations about an overnight to Fredericksburg. But! I now wholly endorse the place because this was an amazing 24 hours filled with surprises. The intention was a holy-grail visit to French Connection Wines, a winery I’ve been stalking since they opened last September. The place is every bit…

There are no rules! | Feel Good Friday 032720

Gratitude in the time of coronavirus… Wednesday night, 11pm, me to me (looking wistfully at the bathtub): a hot bath would feel great right now me to me: it’s too late to take a bath me to me: it’s coronavirus time, there are no rules! me. Grateful for my family, friends, and pup in this…