Ummm Yum

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Life is totally unfair.

This isn't for sure yet...

We heard he was coming since our tasting is McCall Wines - well his advance guys got in touch with our guys yada yada .... no set time yet.  Sometime between 3-6 at 132 Front Street in Greenport was all they would say . security considerations or something (he has a history so we are told).

We had some T-shirts printed up just in case.  Band is out back to surprise him.

Still iffy at 6am.....

Hrmppphhhh

Occasionally we have a dozy of a visitor to our shop and we smile and grit our teeth and say nothing.  One of our friends was in just a bit ago when one such person came in and he witnessed the whole thing. After the denizen left, he turned to us and said, "Now don't you wish you had said something"?  We replied it just isn't our way.  He then offered up a list of nifty retorts - things I wished I said.  Enjoy:

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, “If you were my husband I’d give you poison.” He said, “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.”

An exchange between John Wilkes and the Earl of Sandwich (both English Parliamentarians of the 18th century):
The Earl: “Egad, sir, I do not know whether you will die at the gallows or of the pox.”
–Wilkes: “That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your women.

“He had delusions of adequacy.” - Walter Kerr

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” - Winston Churchill

“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” Clarence Darrow

“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.” - Moses Hadas

“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” - Mark Twain

“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” - Oscar Wilde

“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.” - Stephen Bishop

“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” - Irvin S. Cobb

“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” - Samuel Johnson

“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” - Paul Keating

“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” - Groucho Marx

Ok. This is some tasting coming up

This Saturday is McCall's Vineyard, and one of the North Fork's best reds. Serious stuff. Real Deal. Cat's Meow.  You can visit them online here. It makes us happy just thinking about tasting this wine and their equally great chardonnay with our friends. In fact, we are jumpin' for joy.

We are putting the word out now so that you can plan. Saturday 3-6pm. 132 Front Street, Greenport. Across from Mitchell Park (kinda) and the Post Office.  Big smiles aren't optional; they are required

What am I doing up at sunrise?

I must be crazy.  Remember when your parents told you that "nothing good ever happens after midnight"? Well, now the saying at our age is "nothing good happens before 7am"!

Seriously, this time of year there is a time at sunrise when the beams of light come in through the kitchen window and hit the frig dead on. The reflections are amazing.  The leaves outside are in near perfect silhouette. It is some show.

After a pretty dreary set of days we are back in the sunshine and nature is back in the limelight. To think that if I was asleep, I'd miss this, the birds singing to the sun and the dancing images on my frig.

Real men don't eat Quiche

There is a simple reason of course. Quiche, better known as cheese custard with stuff added, is faux "non-masculine" because of the crust of course. It gets soggy. Men don't like soggy crusts.  They like flaky crusts and not that suff that leaves grease marks on paper plates at receptions.

Since we are a "spirits" store, we have found the way to make men like quiche and it is on our shelves.

Have a nice morning. 1/2 water and 1/2 "vodka"...the vodka  evaporates and makes for a drier, flakefilled crust..it's about 5 minutes in.

Sincerely,

Debbie Homemaker

Listen up Mr. Whoeveryouare

We told you that the wine tasting featuring Y+R organic wines was "SATURDAY" not Friday when you called us last week. I guess you didn't hear me and yes I did "speak up Earth Woman".  How sexist!  And we told you as much as we would like to do a "special" on it we were only going to do that during the tasting or if you bought a case.

There was no need to get all huffy and the policeman was only doing his job when he gave you the ticket. Parking is sometimes a problem in the village but there was just plain no need to use Mitchell Park. And leave that big magic  ray gun thingy home next time for cryin' out loud.  Now that clock doesn't work...you know the one you clobbered with the gangplank and zapped when it dented that weird car you drove.

Honest to God.  And what is with this guy Gort you sent over?. Manners manners manners; they mean a lot to us..... he was just getting all weird when we told him the tasting was Saturday so next time come yourself (you owe us for a display by the way - if you knock it over you own it is the rule around here).

Try again from 3-6 today and a "Klaatu barada nikto" to you too.