I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
Update: corrected the broken link. Sorry about that!
Knowing how much I love champagne, Captain Caffeine sent me the link to this article on 200-year-old bottles that were recovered from a shipwreck, which are to be auctioned off. How cool would that be, to taste one of those? I absolutely love Veuve Clicquot. I wonder how different the champagne would taste once it’s aged 200 years?
I started enjoying champagne more after I read the book French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I had never really tasted good champagne before reading the book, and since she worked for a champagne company and talked about it, I thought I’d try some.
I absolutely LOVED it. Something about the bubbles just makes me happy. :)
But instead of saving champagne only for special occasions, I started drinking a glass of champagne with dinner. Once in a while I’ll open a bottle of red wine instead, but most of the time I prefer champagne. I’ve gotten some rather good, inexpensive bottles at Trader Joe’s.
Knowing how much I love champagne, Captain Caffeine sent me the link to this article on 200-year-old bottles that were recovered from a shipwreck, which are to be auctioned off. How cool would that be, to taste one of those? I absolutely love Veuve Clicquot. I wonder how different the champagne would taste once it’s aged 200 years?
I started enjoying champagne more after I read the book French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I had never really tasted good champagne before reading the book, and since she worked for a champagne company and talked about it, I thought I’d try some.
I absolutely LOVED it. Something about the bubbles just makes me happy. :)
But instead of saving champagne only for special occasions, I started drinking a glass of champagne with dinner. Once in a while I’ll open a bottle of red wine instead, but most of the time I prefer champagne. I’ve gotten some rather good, inexpensive bottles at Trader Joe’s.
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