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Randy sez, "Maccabees and Menorahs is a one page RPG played with a dreidel and gelt. Designed to run over 8 short sessions, one for each night of Hanukkah." Read the rest
Elly from Microcosm publishing writes: "Our next book has been in the works for years, but as we launch our Kickstarter we find it's become terrifyingly current: Soviet Daughter is a rather swashbuckling story of her great-grandmother Lola, who came of age in the Soviet Ukraine, in the wake of the October Revolution." Read the rest
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Portland's Lisa Pierce makes amazing, whimsical menorahs and candlesticks that look like metallic creatures (they're painted plastic toys), including the Menorasaurus Rex, the treyfe-a-riffic Menobster, and these T-Rex candle-holders. Read the rest
Spotted yesterday on a menu at my grandparents' retirement home in Toronto: "Kosher-style porkchops." I guess if you circumcise the pig and ensure that it has a suitable Bar Mitzvah...? Read the rest
Life/Form's $186 circumcision trainers "include the foreskin, glans penis, frenulum, meatus, and coronal groove" and are "made with our soft, lifelike material, which is pliable, delicate, and realistic to the touch."
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Chris Moriarty's The Inquisitor's Apprentice is the first volume in a fantastic new historical young adult series that takes place in a turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York where magic is the key to power and the infamous robber-barons of the age have cornered the market on enchantment and use their power to deprive hardworking poor immigrants of their self-reliance. Sasha Kessler is the 13-year-old hero of the tale, a tenement-dwelling kid who lives with his hardworking parents, his anarchist-wiccan actor uncle, his sister, and his Kabbalist rabbi grandfather. On the other side of their one-room flat live a married couple who sew shirtwaists with every hour they can wring from their days, saving to bring their family over from the pogroms in the old country.
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It's Yom Kippur, and you're far away, The last thing I want's to be cruel. I'm your mother, son, you know I adore you, But please go the fuck to shul. You'd only go for a few hours, Shorter than a full day of school. You'll probably run into people you know If you go the fuck to shul.Go the F**k to Shul (Thanks, LOLvis!) Read the rest
This article proposes that Halachah rejects migration to the flesh, even when identical intestinal worms are present. Rather, we presume that flesh worms are internally generated, even if we are uncertain of the biological mechanism by which this occurs. This approach simply resolves all difficulties but one - that scientists say that non-invasive worm generation is impossible. In this matter, we reject the evidence of experimentation in favor of the word of Chazal, whose tradition-based biological knowledge exceeded human experimental abilities.Worms In Fish: Problem Or Not? (Thanks, Steve!)
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Liberty of the Seas - : Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review by carluchi1347
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Embarkation: Miami
Over the next 10 years we sampled the other cruise lines, and all where good experiences , they just came up short of our first experience aboard the NAVIGATOR of the SEAS , So we booked a cruise back with ROYAL CARIBBEAN to see if the excitement , and overall satisfaction of our first cruise would return.
And we were not disappointed , the level of service aboard ROYAL CARIBBEAN is so far above expectations , it's just amazing to watch this staff perform there duties day in and day out.
I , also work in the service industry in Toronto, and I am More ashamed of the level of service we provide to our passengers when compared to RCI's standards. It was a wake up call for me to say the least. My only wish is to let all of our staff experience what "true service" involves by bringing them aboard one of RCI's Ships.
As our first week unfolded , we realized that one of our bags had busted a zipper,as our luggage was 15 years old we decided to get a new bag ashore, so before we went ashore we asked our steward where a good place we could buy a new piece in port. He asked to look at the bag first , not sure what he thought he could do(I was curious as to where he was going with this)...after carefully looking over the bag , he responded "You do not need a new bag , I think we can fix this"..."don't buy a new bag yet, let me take this and get it fixed for you" ...and he took the bag away and we went ashore.
After dinner that same evening , he returned with the bag, and it was repaired as he had promised. The Smile on his face was from ear to ear , he was extremely pleased with his efforts , as was I. ( As the bag was 15yrs old ,I was sure the bag was not fixable...so we had already purchased a bag ashore) I thanked him for a wonderful job , I did not have the heart to tell him we had purchased a new bag earlier, I enjoyed his enthusiasm , it was a treat to watch him work. He so enjoyed going the extra mile , so to speak
His attention to detail was over the top,..after our first night, he had asked "how was your sleep Mam" my wife mentioned that we were used to sleeping on a water bed , so the mattress was a little harder than what she was used too, but its was fine, she was not complaining at all, just answering his question and off to breakfast we went thinking nothing of our conversation with him about the bed.
So when we returned to our room later in the day , my wife laid down on the bed and noticed the bed was so much more comfortable. ( He had added a second layer of memory foam to the bed to make it softer for her)...Every day he asked if "everything was as we need it", "is there anything I can get for You". Again curiosity getting the better of me, I asked him "Is there anything you can't get for me" His response without hesitation was " No, Is not an option" If you ask , I have to try.
We sailed on the LIBERTY of the SEAS ,for 2 full weeks doing a Western, and an Eastern swing, for the second week we had to change rooms, our steward took all our bags to our new room , we didn't have to lift a bag.
Royal Caribbean may be a little more expensive than some other cruise lines, but the service, attention to detail,far exceeds any extra you feel you may or may not have paid. Royal Caribbean is now our cruise line of choice , we will not be sailing on any other line , we already booked our next cruise on EXPLORER of the SEAS , in March.
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Cablevision is going to debut their Remote-Storage DVR this summer. This is a DVR with no hard drive. Instead, the content you record will be saved on Cablevision's remote servers. PC World has all the details.
It's an interesting idea. The customer has no hardware to fail, one less device quietly inflating the electric bill 24 hours a day (or at least, inflating it less with no hard drive to spin) and content would be available at every cable drop in the house. The big downside is that apparently you won't be able to fast forward past commercials. How does that work, I wonder? Can you fast forward through other parts of the show? If so, how does the thing 'know' you're in a commercial and disable the Fast Forward feature? That's a little creepy. I wonder if what is really meant is that there's no instant skip forward, a la the Tivo's hidden 30-second forward jump?
I'm also trying to imagine the server end of things. When I tell the RS-DVR to 'record' Lost what is really happening in the server farm? Is a decision made to actually record Lost, or is everything already recorded and now I'm just flagged to be able to access it? It seems ridiculous that Cablevision's servers would record a separate copy of a show for every subscriber; we could all watch the same copy. So since every show has a least some fans, virtually every show will end up recorded on their servers. And following that, if every show is already recorded, why bother to make me schedule a recording of it? And why limit how many simultaneous shows I can access? And once I can watch anything any time, why do I need the standard cable service at all?
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Oh My First Love! - Poem by Edward Kofi Louis
There is no law for love than,
It coming straight from the heart;
And, money is not everything in this life,
For, those who have it, have no rest.
Satan works through deceptions!
But, i am with the Songs of Solomon on this mercy seat;
So, come to me and, let me show you my love,
With the peace of the mind at rest always.
Oh my first love!
Tasteful and of a high quality;
And like the confessionals with the wheels of nature,
However, a person who fulfils his or her promise is faithful.
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As a wine writer, I love visiting winemakers in their tasting rooms, sampling small-production rarities I can't find at home. But that's hardly the only benefit of traveling to great viticultural regions. Wine tastes better at its source, and vineyards are usually surrounded by breathtakingly lush scenery. Beyond that, a thriving wine industry tends to attract accomplished restaurateurs and, eventually, first-class hoteliers. "People around the world are increasingly passionate about wine and visiting wineries," says Valter Scarbolo, a winery owner, restaurateur, and enologist in Friuli, Italy. And one after another, the world's wine-producing areas are getting ready to receive them.
These days, bodegas, châteaux, and cantine from Alsace to Tasmania stock T-shirts and corkscrews, open tasting rooms, and offer group tours. What I look for instead is authentic local cuisine; boutique inns and small hotels with crisp linens but also warm, personal service; and those delicious wines that I won't encounter anywhere else. Here are five of the newest ready-for-prime-time wine regions from around the world, appellations and areas where these attributes have recently converged, along with inside recommendations for where to stay, what to eat, and what to taste once you get there.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Even Americans who love Italian wine have trouble getting their heads around this extreme northeastern region of hills and valleys, which spills so far around the corner of the Adriatic Sea that it actually overlaps into Slovenia. The names of the producers—Gravner, Jermann, Fantinel—hardly sound Italian. And unlike those of Tuscany, Sicily, and Piedmont, the best of the wines in Friuli are white.
What one finds upon visiting Friuli is undeniably Italy—old churches filled with frescoes; impeccably dressed businessmen with sweaters knotted loosely about their shoulders; pasta or risotto as part of every meal—but with a distinct Mitteleuropa air. The wineries are scattered among charming villages, each of which boasts its own highly touted restaurant.
La Frasca, Scarbolo's casual restaurant outside Udine, is one of them. It serves simple but irresistible salumi and other local specialties and is the kind of place I'd eat at twice a week if I lived in the area. By day, Scarbolo makes a few thousand cases of serious wines, such as the nuanced Viotto Bianco, a blended white. And he's not the only one pulling double duty. In Buttrio, winemaker Paolo Meroi spends his evenings cooking at Al Parco, a small restaurant tucked inside an old stone house with red shutters. Surrounded by an arc of tables, he grills meat over an open flame while his wife greets customers. I ate baby lamb chops accompanied by a Meroi Ros di Buri Merlot, of which 240 cases exist for all the world. Then Meroi took me out back, through a fragrant courtyard, to show off his tiny cellar.
Not everything in Friuli exists on such a small scale. Marco Felluga, one of the region's major producers, has three wineries and two restaurants and is building an eight-room inn. The Fantinel family presides over an empire that includes three wineries, three prosciutto factories, 20 ham bars (one may come to Seattle later this year), a cooking school, and the Trieste soccer team. Yet its boutique winery, La Roncaia, set in the hills above Udine near the Austrian border, is as intimate a tasting experience as I've found in the region.
I especially enjoyed the wines of Livio Felluga. Now 92, he still oversees production at his modern winery of wood, stone, and glass, where you'll sample the region's most focused bottlings. But my most rewarding visit was to Vie di Romans, on the windswept Isonzo plain, where the wine world's other Gallo family makes a sports car of a Chardonnay that could stand as an exemplar of judicious use of oak. Try it at the massive pine table in the tasting room, then ask for a taste of Flors di Uis, one of those perfectly peculiar wines that help define a region. A three-grape blend, it smells like Malvasia, tastes like Riesling, and could come from nowhere else but Friuli.
This Spanish island's tourism bona fides are impeccable. The 13 million visitors who pass through annually make it one of Europe's most popular destinations. Of course, hardly anyone comes for the wine; vacationers are lured to Majorca by sunshine, beaches, an abundance of good hotels, austerely beautiful scenery, and inexpensive airfares from just about every cold, gray, dingy metropolis on the continent.
But the Spanish wine revolution hasn't skipped Majorca, which has a viticultural history that extends back a third of a millennium. (The enterprising friar who introduced wine grapes to California in the 1760's, Father Junípero Serra, was Majorcan.) A combination of ambition, technical acuity, outside investment, and the lure of a growing international market has lately boosted the wines from the island's two official appellations, just as it has the powerful reds and refreshing whites being made throughout the rest of Spain.
Over a long weekend of visiting the island, I don't think I saw a single producer that didn't have something endearingly quirky about it. Bodegues Macià Batle, in the center of Majorca, was typical. Ramon Servalls i Batle, a former director of sport and culture for the regional government—and a serious gourmand—specializes in blending the indigenous Manto Negro grape with Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. The striking facility, an old stone macia (farmstead), that has been retrofitted with glass, polished floors, and an extensive collection of Modern art, is emblematic of another recent Spanish trend: using wineries to make architectural statements.
Perhaps the best Majorcan producer of the moment is Bodegues Ribas, which is owned by the painter Maria Antonia Oliver. The 90-odd acres of vineyard planted on the flatlands just outside the small town of Consell have been in Oliver's family since the 18th century, but the push to make compelling wines from them has only occurred over the past decade. Oliver's children, Araceli and Xavier Servera, have recently taken charge as winemakers, and the Ribas de Cabrera 2001, a lush Manto Negro–based blend they made in conjunction with Sara Perez, a star enologist from Spain's Priorat region, speaks to the potential in the vines.
Because tourism is the island's economic engine, the choice of hotels and restaurants here can be almost overwhelming. Palacio Ca Sa Galesa, a renowned boutique hotel in Palma de Mallorca, the capital, sits adjacent to the old cathedral and is a perfect home base from which to venture out to a different section of the island each day. All of the wineries are close enough that you can easily return to Palma for an evening swim in the Mediterranean before dinner. Try doing that in Napa Valley.
Casablanca Valley and San Antonio
Chile is known for making $8 wines that taste as if they cost $12, which is both a benefit and a bane. Historically not much of a wine-producing country, it gives an air of having created an industry out of a frenzy of marketing meetings.
On a recent trip, I discovered two viticultural regions that are challenging that notion. Both are nestled between Santiago and the Pacific Ocean, and either can be accessed on a day trip from the capital. The Casablanca Valley is the older and more evolved; think of it as the Napa to San Antonio's Sonoma. San Antonio, 16 miles southwest of Casablanca, didn't have a single vine until 1995.
The landscape of these two appellations, like nearly every other in this narrow yet capacious country, is marked by fertile valleys walled by densely forested mountains. That makes for stirring drives between wineries—though you'll be grateful if you prolong some visits by including a meal. Two of Chile's finest chefs—both of whom formerly cooked at the seminal Agua, in Santiago—are now running lunch-only dining rooms for the wineries Indòmita and House of Morandé.
At Indòmita, in a prefab castle on a hill just a mile or so into Casablanca Valley, chef Oscar Tapia brings inspiration gained from his work under several of Spain's most adventurous chefs to classic Chilean cooking, serving sea urchin done three ways; mahi mahi accompanied by a corn purée studded with king crab; and a robust duck confit set beside chilote stew that brought out the best in the full-flavored Indómita reds. Down the hill and across the highway at House of Morandé, where the urbane Pablo Morandé planted Casablanca's first vines in 1982, chef Christopher Carpentier's menu is more international but no less appealing. Both restaurants rank among the country's 10 best dining experiences.
And the wines?There's been steady improvement in the tangy Sauvignon Blancs and muscular Pinot Noirs from Casablanca through the years, but I was even more excited by what I found in lesser-known San Antonio. At Casa Marín, just 2½ miles from the ocean, veteran enologist María Luz Marín has built a traditional manor house in the centuries-old pueblo of Lo Abarca and set up shop making Chile's best whites. (They're also Chile's most expensive: the two single-vineyard Sauvignon Blancs, Laurel and Cipreses, are priced at $30 in the U.S. market, an act of substantial bravery.) To me, wineries of strong personal vision like hers are the country's future. Or should be, at least.
United States
Virginia's wineries are concentrated in two areas: one near Charlottesville, the other within an hour's drive of Dulles Airport. Linking them is an über-American landscape of gentle hills, picket fences, and white shingled houses. There are well-appointed inns and B&B's at every turn and far more historical markers than vineyards. A trip here doesn't seem like a wine tour so much as a visit to Colonial Williamsburg.
Until recently, I'd felt that same dissonance about Virginian wine. The state had been trading on the grape-growing reputation of noted wine lover Thomas Jefferson for 200 years without producing anything worthy of mention. Then a single bottle convinced me that Virginia was ready for consideration. And a single meal verified that it should be on the must-visit list of any adventurous wine traveler.
Both happened at the same place, Barboursville Vineyards, just outside Charlottesville and about a two-hour drive south of the Lincoln Memorial. The wine was Barboursville's 1999 Nebbiolo, made from a fiercely difficult grape that I'd always assumed could be grown with success only in small, well-delineated pockets of Italy's Piedmont region. When Luca Paschina, the winemaker, brought a bottle to the table during my first lunch at Barboursville's Palladio Restaurant last year, I snickered. Nebbiolo from Virginia?That would be the punch line to a cruel joke.
But Paschina is from Alba, the center of the world's tiny supply of great Nebbiolo—Barolo is a few miles in one direction, Barbaresco a few miles in another—and it turns out that he's the Nebbiolo version of the Horse Whisperer, capable of gaining utter obedience from recalcitrant vineyard land. Barboursville was founded in 1976 by Italy's winery-owning Zonin family, but when Paschina came aboard, in 1991, it was producing wines from too many unsuitable varieties. Paschina watched, learned, and revamped the entire process. The result is Virginia's best red wine—that deep, dusty, slightly tangy Nebbiolo—and a Cabernet Franc that isn't far behind.
In Palladio, Barboursville has a restaurant that rivals the renowned Inn at Little Washington, an hour up the road. The menu is nominally Italian, but chef Melissa Close, formerly of San Francisco's Rose Pistola, has as sure a hand with soft-shell crabs as she has with spinach gnocchi. My first lunch there and a subsequent one several months later were revelations.
Barboursville is the highlight of Virginia's wine scene, but it's hardly the only worthy destination. Several small wineries near Dulles are hot on its heels. Foremost is Linden Vineyards, which makes a graceful Chardonnay from the estate's Hardscrabble vineyard. Shocking as it might seem, I actually prefer Jim Law's 1999 Chardonnay from Hardscrabble to just about any California Chardonnay I've had in the past five years. What's more, it costs $24. Nearly the entire 830-case production is sold out of the wood-beamed tasting room off the winery, which is reason enough to visit. The problem lies in finding the place. I drove through and around a tangle of country roads for a half-hour before realizing I'd been right around the corner from it most of the time. My only consolation was that Jefferson might have spent hours wandering the same roads, probably looking for wine.
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Central Otago
The landscape in Central Otago, between Queenstown and Cromwell along the Karawau River on New Zealand's South Island, resembles no other viticultural region in the world. Mountains are snow-covered, and during winter, roads often are, too: the area suffers through 85 to 107 days of frost annually. By October, though, the valleys have turned green and fertile. Vast herds of sheep dominate the stony hillsides.
Until about a decade ago, the local wine industry had little to advertise it beyond the preponderance of sheep and one piece of trivia: it's the southernmost grape-growing area on earth. The wines were typically unripe and disconcertingly herbal. Facilities were rudimentary. Since then, vineyard plantings have increased by over 500 percent, concentrated in the slightly warmer area around Gibbston, and up-to-date viticultural practices are now the norm. But the real backstory here is climate change, which nudged up average temperatures just enough to make a noticeable difference. Today, the best of the region's wines are ripe and fruity but with a noted austerity that marks them as being worthy of interest.
The reason this matters is Pinot Noir, that decidedly finicky grape. Only about two truly great growing areas for Pinot Noir exist in all the world (I give full points to Burgundy and a half measure each to Oregon and the Sonoma Coast), but Central Otago shows signs of evolving into a third. That potential seemed enough to warrant a visit.
I wasn't there long before I realized that the region's man-made beauty was almost as spectacular as its natural wonders. The Peregrine winery, for example, is designed to look like the wing of the eponymous falcon and could pass for a Christo installation. It functions as the social center of the area, hosting catered weddings, corporate outings, and other group events. Concerts are held under its translucent roof each February and March. And there are a half-dozen other wineries that are similarly striking.
Central Otago wasn't much of a tourist destination before the wine boom, so many of the area's restaurants are tied to the emerging wineries. I found the food to be particularly wine-friendly, a sure sign of a destination coming of age. At Amisfield's nouveau rustique winery and bistro on Lake Hayes, Jeff Sinnott's nuanced Pinot Noirs are paired with dishes like wild rabbit stew and risotto of chorizo and chicken, which are served at a purposefully leisurely pace all day. But save a dinner for Inspire, Queenstown's best restaurant, at the 10-room boutique hotel, the Spire. The tasting menu can range from Asian to European and back again in a single dish, such as the oregano-scented chicken with green-tea noodles, lemongrass, and tomato essence.
There's no restaurant at Felton Road and few amenities beyond a handsome tasting room. Visitors are welcome only on weekday afternoons, and must book appointments well in advance. Still, a visit to Central Otago wouldn't be complete without tasting Blair Walter's single-block Pinots. To my palate, they rank among New Zealand's best wines and can compete with the top New World Pinots made anywhere. I once spent weeks tracking down a bottle of Walter's small-production Block 3 Pinot, to no avail. When I arrived at Felton Road, I finally understood why I couldn't find it back home: the wine is all still there. Everyone who visits the winery gets a glass.
Bruce Schoenfeld is Travel + Leisure's wine and spirits editor.
Where to Stay
Terra e Vini
Comfortable, homey rooms above a busy enoteca, overlooking rows of vines. Owned by the Livio Felluga winery, which is across the street. 34 Via XXIV Maggio, Brazzano di Cormòns; 39-0481/60028; terraevini.it; doubles from $129.
Vinnaeria la Baita
Affiliated with the Jermann winery, this 12-room inn beside a field of wildflowers offers a modern take on Friulian tradition. Rooms have soaring ceilings and blond wood, and the restaurant excels at sea bass crudo. 2 Via degli Alpini, Capriva del Friuli; 39- 0481/881-021; vinnaeria.it; doubles from $156.
Where to Eat
Al Parco
Grilled meats and house-made pastas in a manicured setting. 7 Via Stretta, Buttrio; 39-0432/ 674-025; dinner for two $80.
La Frasca
`Valter Scarbolo's homage to a typical Friulian frasca has become the clubhouse for locals and tourists alike. 10 Viale Grado, Lauzacco; 39-0432/675-150; dinner for two $82.
La Subida
The singular Josko Sirk serves traditional Slovenian specialties, game, and a broad selection of regional wines. 22 Località Monte, Cormòns; 39-0481/60531; dinner for two $100.
Where to Sip
La Roncaia
Part of Fantinel, the largest producer in Friuli. Try the sweet Picolit—apricots and honey in a glass. Open weekends. 26 Via Verdi, Cergneu di Nimis; 39-0432/790-280; fantinel.com.
Livio Felluga
Wines focused like a beam of light, at a coolly contemporary facility near Cormòns. Prior booking essential. 1 Via Risorgimento, Brazzano di Cormòns; 39-0481/60203; liviofelluga.it.
Russiz Superiore/Marco Felluga
The Felluga family owns both properties, several miles apart. Stroll vineyards lined with cherry trees at Russiz Superiore, then taste the white Collio Blanco Col Disôre blend at the home base in Gradisca. 121 Via Gorizia, Gradisca d'Isonzo; 39-0481/99164; marcofelluga.it.
Vie di Romans
Sophisticated wines, including a Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc blend. 1 Mariano del Friuli, Gorizia; 39-0481/69600; viediromans.it.
Where to Stay
Palacio Ca Sa Galesa
Magical 12-room manor house tucked behind Palma's vast cathedral, steps from the beach and a short drive from the wineries. 8 Carr. de Miramar, Palma de Mallorca; 34/971-715-400; palaciocasagalesa.com; doubles from $409.
Where to Eat
Es Baluard
A glass box attached to a contemporary art museum, with cooking nearly as vanguardista as the installations. Don't miss the trampò salad rendered in soup form, with shrimp and watermelon, or the apple cake with Sichuan-pepper ice cream for dessert. Extensive list of Majorcan wines (and more). 10 Plaza Puerta de Santa Catalina; 34/971-908-199; dinner for two $110.
Sa Torre de Santa Eugenia
Authentic food served in a 500-year-old palace lately converted to agrotourism, in the heart of Majorcan wine country. You'll find Michelin-starred restaurants with celebrated chefs around the island, but nothing more genuine than this. 70 Alqueries, Santa Eugenia; 34/971-144-011; dinner for two $90.
Where to Sip
Bodegues Macià Batle
Slick and professional operation, and the wines have real style. The collection of Modern art (some of it reproduced on the wine labels each year) is reason enough to visit. Cami de Coanegra, Santa Maria del Cami; 34/971-140-014; maciabatle.com.
Bodegues Ribas
Founded in 1711, this family-owned estate outside Binissalem has stateside distribution and worthwhile wines across a range of prices. Cami de Muntanya, Consell; 34/971-622-673; bodeguesribas.com.
Where to Stay
Matetic Guesthouse
An estancia on the vast estate owned by one of Chile's richest families. There are only three suites, so book as early as you can. Fundo el Rosario, Lagunillas, Casablanca; 56-2/232-3134; mateticvineyards.com; doubles from $360.
Where to Eat
El Sauce
Since 1950, this roadhouse has delighted day-trippers from Valparaíso and Santiago with unforgettable Chilean-style barbecue. Look for the Coca-Cola sign. Calle Palomino, Lo Abarca, San Antonio; 56-35/437-206; lunch for two $25.
House of Morandé
Accomplished food served in a dramatic glass-walled dining room. Morandé wines include the absurdly underpriced Terrarum Reserva Sauvignon Blanc: crisp, intense, and about $8 a bottle. Km 61, Ruta 68, Casablanca; 56-32/275-4701; lunch for two $50.
Restaurante Viña Indòmita
Oscar Tapia is related by marriage to the Cuban-American chef Douglas Rodriguez (Miami's Yuca, New York's Patria), and his cooking is like Rodriguez's raised to a higher power. Km 64, Ruta 68, Casablanca; 56-32/275-4400; lunch for two $60.
Where to Sip
Casa Marín
A hilltop spa among the vines and a small inn are the newest elements of María Luz Marín's boutique winery, which is rapidly becoming one of Chile's most compelling. Taste the bright 2006 Riesling, only available here. Camino Lo Abarca, Cartagena, San Antonio; 56-35/437-205; casamarin.cl.
Garcés Silva
The winery looks like a spaceship, and the wines buttress a Californian ripeness with a Chilean feel. A barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc leads the way. By appointment. Fundo San Andrés de Huinca, Camino Rinconada de San Juan, Leyda, San Antonio; 56-2/428-8080; vgs.cl.
The area's first winery with California-style amenities still draws the biggest crowds. Highlights include a clay oven in a hidden clearing off the vineyard where groups can sit on hay bales and enjoy an alfresco lunch. Km 66, Ruta 68, Casablanca; 56-32/232-9924; veramonte.com.
Where to Stay
1804 Inn & Vineyard Cottage
This painstakingly restored Jefferson-era home with adjacent cottage, furnished in original antiques, is impossibly romantic. Barboursville Vineyards; 434/760-2212; the 1804inn.com; doubles from $325.
Boar's Head Inn
A resort centered around an old gristmill, near downtown Charlottesville and a perfect starting point for a day of wine touring. 200 Ednam Dr., Charlottesville; 434/296-2181; boarsheadinn.com; doubles from $185.
Where to Eat
Grandale Farm Restaurant
Perhaps the best thing about visiting Breaux Vineyards is this 32-seat restaurant across the street. The chef, Author Clark Jr., takes homegrown ingredients and adds just enough creativity to turn familiar dishes into memorable meals. 14001 Harpers Ferry Rd., Purcellville; 540/668-6000; dinner for two $94.
Inn at Little Washington
Sumptuous, if rather overdecorated, and Patrick O'Connell's cooking is justifiably famous. Tuna sashimi is paired with cucumber sorbet; medallions of rabbit loin are wrapped in house-cured pancetta. The massive wine list includes local selections. Washington; 540/675-3800; dinner for two $300.
Palladio Restaurant
Melissa Close may be the region's most underrated chef, and service is impeccable, with an actual Italian de Medici as maître d'. Barboursville Vineyards; 540/832-7848; dinner for two $140.
Where to Sip
Barboursville Vineyards
Owned by Italy's wine-producing Zonin family. Palladio Restaurant and the 1804 Inn are on the grounds. 17655 Winery Rd., Barboursville; 540/832-3824; barbours villewine.com.
Breaux Vineyards
A home winemaker turned commercial producer on a 400-acre hillside estate. The Merlot-dominated Meritage may be the best Bordeaux-style blend made east of the Mississippi. 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Purcellville; 540/668-6299; breauxvineyards.com.
Linden Vineyards
Handcrafted wines by an obsessed perfectionist include Virginia's best Chardonnay. 3708 Harrels Corner Rd., Linden; 540/364-1997; lindenvineyards.com.
Where to Stay
The Spire
A sleek boutique hotel in picturesque Queenstown, a 15-minute drive from the vines. Church Lane; 64-3/441-0004; thespirehotels.com; doubles from $656.
Where to Eat
The best of the area's winery-based restaurants, it fills to capacity on weekends. Dress in layers due to the changeable weather, and request a courtyard table. 10 Lake Hayes Rd., Queenstown; 64-3/442-0556; amisfield.co.nz.; lunch for two $60.
Inspire Restaurant and Bar
The Spire's restaurant is spare and intimate, and its 10-course tasting menu is the most interesting dining experience in the region. The wine list includes older vintages from Felton Road, and martinis are a specialty. The Spire hotel; 64-3/441-0004; dinner for two $110.
Where to Sip
These subtle wines are sourced from young vines at a former sheep farm in the Cromwell Basin, then aged and sold at a modern stone-and-glass cottage on Lake Hayes. 10 Lake Hayes Rd., Queenstown; 64-3/442-0556; amisfield.co.nz.
Felton Road
The region's top producer, Felton sets the Southern Hemisphere's standard for Pinot Noir. And be sure to try the Block 1 Riesling, a white wine with a touch of residual sugar that isn't distributed internationally. Bannockburn; 64-3/445-0885; feltonroad.com.
The lure at this winery is the Pinnacle Pinot Noir, blended from the four best barrels harvested each year. Only 100 bottles of the inaugural vintage, released last December, were shipped to America. Visitors to the winery can taste the new vintage alongside the standard releases. Kawarau Gorge Rd., Queenstown; 64-3/442-4000; peregrinewines.co.nz.
Not every wine-producing region has that combination of ambitious cuisine, comfortable hotels and top-quality wines that makes it worth a visit, but more of them do all the time. Here are five more on the cutting-edge:
FRANCE: Roussillon. Bordering the Languedoc in the country's southeast corner, it gains culinary inspiration from Spain's Catalonia, just over the border. The wines have improved more dramatically than anywhere else in France. Where to taste: Domaine Sarda-Malet, Chemin de Sainte-Barbe, Perpignan; 33-4/68-56-72-38; www.sarda-malet.com Where to eat: Auberge du Vieux Puits, 5 Avenue de Saint-Victor, Fontjoncouse; 33-4/68-44-07-37; www.aubergeduvieuxpuits.fr
ARGENTINA: Mendoza. Once a sleepy provincial town, it now boasts accomplished restaurants and a Park Hyatt. The center of Argentina's wine industry, which is approaching first-rank status. Where to taste: Bodegas O. Fournier, Calle Los Indios s/n, La Consulta; 54-262/245-1579; www.ofournier.com. Where to eat: Azafran, Sarmiento 765, Mendoza; 54-261/429-4200
WASHINGTON: Woodinville. Nearly two dozen wineries have packed into this suburban town northeast of Seattle, despite the utter absence of grapevines. (They use trucked-in grapes.) Where to taste: Chateau Ste. Michelle, 14111 NE 145th St., Woodinville; 425/415-3300; www.ste-michelle.com. Where to eat: Café Juanita, 9702 NE 120th Pl., Kirkland; 425/823-1505; www.cafejuanita.com.
HUNGARY: Tokaji. The best sweet wines in the world, bar none, and a tourism industry that's finally hitting its stride a decade-and-a-half after Communism. Seek out the amazing Eszensia, a viscous, low-alcohol nectar made around the region that's rumored to help slow the aging process. Where to taste: Disznóko Szolobirtok, H-3931, Mezozombor, 36-47/569-410; www.disznoko.hu. Where to eat: Grof Degenfeld, 9 Terézia Kert, Tarcal; 36-47/380-173; www.hotelgrofdegenfeld.hu.
CANADA: Okanagan Valley. As in southern New Zealand, global warming has helped these British Columbian wines edge into connoisseurs' strike zones. The appellation's spectacular lakeside setting is enhanced by architecturally notable wineries. Where to taste: Mission Hill, 1730 Mission Hill Rd., Westbank; 250/768-7611; www.missionhillwinery.com. Where to eat: Fresco, 1560 Water Street, Kelowna; 250/868-8805; www.frescorestaurant.net
—Bruce Schoenfeld


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2014 NHRA: Force Stays No 1 At Winternationals
Posted by: newsla on Feb 11, 2014 - 06:13 AM
2014 NHRA: Force Stays No 1 At Winternationals
John Force and the Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang Funny Car will start the 54th annual NHRA Circle K Winternationals as the No. 1 qualifier. On Friday Force reset the track record twice on the way to establishing a potential (records do not become official until after an event) national elapsed time record, with his runs of 3.983 seconds and then the record run of 3.966 seconds. He also set the track speed record with his mph run of 324.12 mph. This if the first time John has set the elapsed time record at Pomona.
"We were trying to run what we ran last night. We couldnât do it in the first session but we thought we could in the second session. We pushed it hard. (Crew chief) Jimmy (Prock) said there was more out there. He just wanted to know. We had nothing to lose unless (Ron) Capps could pull it off in the next lane. We are also looking at conditions for tomorrow. It is supposed to overcast tomorrow so we will have the same conditions. If it was going to be hot you would not want to try this. We got the record and we should get the points," said Force.
This was Forceâs 147th No. 1 qualifier, an all-time NHRA record and his 10th at the Winternationals. Force has won 57 races from No. 1 including six at Pomona and two at the Winternationals (1997, 2002). It is the first time since 2006 that Force will go into race day as the No. 1 qualifier. Today with warmer conditions Forceâs Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang Funny Car smoked the tires during the first session and then with improving conditions in the final qualifying session Force smoked the tires beside Ron Capps. The last three pairs of Funny Cars were all gunning for the top spot and all came up short with various degrees of tire smoke. Force will race Paul Lee in the first round tomorrow.
While Force was holding onto the top spot Robert Hight and the Auto Club Mustang held serve and will go into final eliminations as the No. 2 qualifier. He will race fellow Ford driver Tim Wilkerson in the first round.
"We were going for a race day set up today and Neff felt pretty good about that last run. We were second quickest of the session with a 4.01 and we have a great handle on this Auto Club Mustang," said Hight, the 2011 Winternationals winner.
In the final session Hightâs run was the second quickest of the field and earned the 2009 Funny Car champion two more qualifying bonus points.
"This is the first race of the season and you want to start getting some positive momentum. Getting our first three second run out of the way and being No. 2 behind John is a pretty good way to start. There are a lot of tough Funny Cars out there and it will be a tough race for sure," said Hight. The Traxxas Ford Mustang team struggled during Saturdayâs qualifying sessions today at the Winternationals. Courtney Force, defending event champion, made two incomplete runs and did not improve on her 4.046 ET from Fridayâs evening session.
"We didnât get down the track today as well as we had hoped. We shook the tires loose on the first run. On the second run the car pulled toward the centerline and I had to get out of it. Luckily, we had a good run last night and we were able to move up into the top half of the field. We stayed there and weâll go into race day in the No. 7 spot," said Force.
The 25-year-old will match up against Matt Hagan in the opening elimination round on race day. This will be the tenth time the pair have matched up in eliminations. Currently, Force is 5-4 against Hagan in previous events.
"We have a tough first round match-up tomorrow against DSR driver Matt Hagan. Heâs going to be tough to beat, but weâre going to give it our best and hopefully weâll be able to get around him. Weâre happy to back here defending our title from last year. Iâm hoping to go some rounds for our Traxxas Ford Mustang team and start the season in a good position," said Force. It was a night and day difference for Brittany Force and her Castrol EDGE Dragster during Saturdayâs qualifying. If Fridayâs disappointing runs proved anything, it was the determination of the team to turn it around in a hurry. With two solid and consistent runs today, Brittany qualified in the top half of the field with a career best 3.778 second that placed her in the eighth spot for Sundayâs eliminations.
"It was very exciting to run a 3.77, my career-best, for the Castrol EDGE team. I was super pumped and excited about that. I got out of the car at the other end and my guys were giving me high fives and jumping up and down. I could tell how excited they were," said Brittany Force. "Then to go back up there and run a 3.78 was really exciting. We think we have this car figured out, especially going into tomorrow."
Like all NHRA classes, Top Fuel requires a lot of tuning skills to work out persistent bugs whether itâs the clutch, chassis, electronics, engine or other things. To get the car right come qualifying and race day is mandatory for any team to go rounds and wins races.
"The trick now will be to see if the dragster will repeat that 3.77 run it had in the third session," said Crew Chief Todd Smith. "We are starting to get a handling on this and everything is coming together. Weâve been working on everything but itâs a lot of little things that finally got ironed out. We been working on this dragster every day to address problems and fix issues. Thatâs how it is but all comes together at once and the car runs what you want it to."
Come Sunday, Brittany Force will face rookie Richie Crampton for round one of eliminations. "Heâs the new rookie out here this year. I havenât met him yet so I want to go over and say âhiâ because I was in that boat last year. Iâm sure heâs nervous with it being his first season and first elimination round. Iâm still nervous and Iâve been out here for a year. It should be a good, close race. Heâs right behind me in the field; he ended up No. 9. I hope itâs a good race for the fans and the Castrol EDGE team takes that first round win," said Brittany Force.
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Gary Anthony Harris, 50, of Carle Place, N.Y., and his co-defendant Eric Bernard Harris, 46, of St. Albans, N.Y., were charged by criminal complaint Aug. 8, 2013, with conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Gary Harris pleaded guilty to the charges March 5.
According to the criminal complaint, on July 27, 2011, Carl Francis Carter, 60, of Deptford, N.J., was arrested in Hidalgo County, N.M. During a routine inspection, an officer with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Motor Transportation Division found 1,163 pounds of marijuana concealed in Carter's commercial vehicle.
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Description: In recognition of Black History month, the library and the Yorktown Historical Society present "The History of Stony Hill - Westchester's First Free Black Community." Presented by Roxanne Beecher (Trustee, Harrison Historical Society) & Barbara Bush-James (Descendent of a Stony Hill Family). In the northern section of Silver Lake Park in Harrison there is a symbol of brotherhood and freedom. It is a monument to both black and Quaker history in New York State. Hear this interesting story of brotherhood. No registration, open to the public. More information on the Historical Society programs: www.yorktownhistory.org.


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...ponderings from the pen of a poet, via the heart of a human, often touched by the wicked sense of humour of an observer of oddities...
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
The Wonder of Wednesday...
Just before I woke up, Dreamland had me primping, as I tried to get ready to sing in concert in the Dreamtown hall. Not difficult to see how my Barbershopping days floated to the surface here.
But then pure fantasy took over. 'I'd like to buy you a present' said a friend, as they steered me into a gift shop.'Choose anything you like'.
'Do you have any ornate, brass trays?' I found myself asking an assistant.
My morning self thinks 'Why on earth would I want one of those, having been happy to give away the beautifully inscribed one of Indian origin which had belonged to my parents?'
I can see shelves and cabinets full of curios all about me, in this bijou shop with the air of a museum, but no trays. Thank goodness. Then, high up on one stand, a hand materializes, and passes me a brass object which I can only describe as a flattened, Russian-doll-aping chalice, filigree and emblazoned with a cross, within whose elliptical innards nestled many miniature versions of itself.
I think Easter and Lolamouse's challenge had overtaken my subconscious for the night! LOL. Pity me.
But on the subject of filigree, I think my latest crochet bedspread oeuvre is a contender...
12 comments:
Weird things, dreams. But that's the point, I guess. I've stopped trying to interpret mine. And I'd never dare tell a psychiatrist. They'd lock me up!ReplyDelete
In my case, Wednesday is 'back to work' day, because I took a longer-than-usual easter break. at least that means I get another weekend in three days time.
I rather thought dreams were the safety valve, that kept the padded cell and the little men in white coats at bay! LOLDelete
That piece of crochet is a magnificent achievement. You are so clever.ReplyDelete
Dreams are weird.
I woke up after a dream recently quite disappointed because in the dream I'd found a missing earring that I was quite attached to. Only it was just a dream! No sign of the earring.
Maggie x
Nuts in MayReplies
That's a shame - but if it was one for pierced ears, those little clips they sometimes have at the back must be for ever susceptible to working loose as clothes are put on or taken off. I'm too much of an OCD freak to have my ears pierced, in case the holes didn't match positions and align exactly with each other. *smiles* How's that for madness?Delete
Beautiful work, almost too lovely to use. But, to drape across a sofa, Oh Yes.ReplyDelete
As for dreams, I've almost quit recalling mine. I know I have them, but the flit away with morning.Replies
It's definitely destined for a teenagers bed, but my settee was handy for a quick photoshoot :-)Delete
So sorry if my odd photos irked your unconscious! Some of them were quite unsettling! I love trying to figure out where my dreams come from. Your crochet bedspread is gorgeous! I keep meaning to ask my mom to teach how to crochet, and now you've inspired me (again!)ReplyDeleteReplies
I loved your odd photos - they reminded me of my ever stuffed-full mind! LOLDelete
Lovely filigree crochet, Jinksy.ReplyDelete
Talented writer and talented at crochet!ReplyDelete
Nice work with the crochet. My weird dreams usually involve me being back in college and showing up to take a test that I forgot to study for--I like yours better.ReplyDelete
hmm, who can explain what our dreamself thinks, wants and does... part of the pleasure of dreaming i guess.ReplyDelete
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