Food, Wine and Music

So there are those people that know all there is to know about wine, and know exactly which bottle to go with which flavor. While I've tried to understand the pairings, my palatte is limited, often due to my lack of interest consuming anything formerly of breathe. Most of the combinations of the wines I love, (ahem, that is, anything reddish in color) seem to go really well with meat... and still I enjoy them. Most vegetarian dishes seem "best consumed with" with a white wine, which unless is a hot summer day, is not my first choice.

Anyway, this is not my point. My idea is that there should be a new specialization of wine sommeliers whose job it would be to pair wine with music. Specific music... some album that is obscure and beautiful and created as if to go with the bottle. And maybe there can be some appetizer or something around for accent purposes, but have the focus be on the experience of wine and music, both living breathing and deserving of adoration! A new tasting room concept restaurant! You go out for a nice date in some dark, heavily red, curtained place and have a listening booth where you choose a wine, and they bring you the appropriate appetizers and then play for you the music that must be paired with the bottle!

Tres romantique,non?

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J'espere dormir mueux ce soir que la nuit passee!

I woke up at 3:00am to use the restroom, and tripped and fell over the plant and giant tupperware box that Meg considerately left in the middle of the hallway, directly next to the bathroom. So, I return to bed, highly annoyed and cannot fall asleep. My mind is racing with the upcoming wedding (isn't it the bride that is supposed to be restless?), my job, my life, my loves, my many many faults.... it is not good. By 4:24 I am still awake and decide that perhaps I am hungry and in need of juice. I get said sustenence and browse myrecipes.com. I find some delicious sounding recipes for black bean veggie burgers with spicy cucumber and red pepper relish, some fun peace and blueberry deserts and some table decorating ideas.

And then I decide I should go into catering.

And then I decide I should buy a one way ticket to Paris because I watched Amelie for the millionth time and for the millionth time fell more in love with the idea of Paris... ( and all the recent parisian movies... ratatouille, science of sleep, paris, je t'aime...). And the recent email remembrances of my own Paris lovestory.

"We'll always have Paris!"

Maybe I should start studying French, not Spanish, oui?

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Dinner Plans?

I bought so many veggies and fruits yesterday in the hopes that I would be able to cook for people. So, come over for dinner! I made a delicious corn/blackbean/avocado/tomato salad with spanish onions and parsley (and probably some other things) which I have been eating in vast quantities on top of herbed salad greens. Yuuuuuum.

Today, I bought fresh dill and cilantro. Silly purchases seeing as I have no one but my little unhungry self to cook for, but I love love love farmer's markets.

So come on over! I will feed you well.