Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Mysterious Easter Egg Hunt

Hi, there,
Oh, I remember dying Easter eggs when I was little and creating, in my humble opinion at that age, an amazing assemble of artistic imagery, especially in something edible. When my brother and I went upstairs at night to our bunk beds, our Mother would hide them throughout the house in various sneaky locations. Unbeknownst to her, our dog, a big Belgian Shepard, was observing her place these delicious, colorful eggs in easy to reach, accessible spots. The dog marked the locations and remembered.
Lo and behold, when morning arrived and the hunt commenced, my brother and I noticed how difficult it was in finding the eggs that she hid. She was getting much better at hiding them, we thought. We only found a couple in some very high hiding spots, but the egg carton, that we placed the found eggs back in, was relatively empty.
"Mom," we asked. "Where'd you hide the eggs?"
She joined us in the search, but was extremely baffled as to where the easy-to-find eggs could've gone. I think she even went as far as blaming my father to some kind of treachery. He just responded with an incredulous, tired look on his face and went back to his morning coffee and the newspaper.
The dog, who was usually very chipper and excited to see us in the morning, layed quietly sleeping in the corner. Egg shells were dispersed around the dog's over-stuffed body.
The hunt was over. At least we had milk chocolate bunnies to feast on.
What will you have this Easter?
Maybe we can help.
Come in and let us hand you a bottle that will make you smile.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Something wicked this way comes...

Are you ready?
It is coming.
Can you smell it in the air? The cold kiss upon your cheek. Your breath visible in the air.
The storm approaches.

Two feet. Maybe more.
The havoc that Mother Nature stirs in her old cauldron of winter mix. And Baltimore trembles.
We're battening down the hatches, preparing for the worst. We have beer. We have liquor. And, oh yes, we have plenty of wine.
How about you?
Are you set? If not, you better get down here. It could be a long weekend and you don't want to go stir crazy without the essential elixirs. It could be another case of Jack Nicholson in The Shining if you're not careful.
Austin and I are stockpiling just to make sure. Can never have enough.
Definitely taking home with us a silky-smooth Pinot Noir, that we picked up earlier in the week, that is the f-bomb. The Cinnabar Santa Cruz '06 P.N., which is showing like crazy right now, and we only got so much of this allocated wine, so please don't hesitate to grab one while you can. Absolutely delicious.
See you soon and be safe out there.