What to do for a mid-winter jicker**... the Walla Wallans make up wine tasting events. For our Presidents' Day Saturday afternoon, there was the Sip, Stroll and Snack. For our $10 each passport, we could walk through downtown and stop at any of 6 participating wine or spirit tasting rooms. Some businesses were providing snacks.WW is going to do it again, every second Thursday of the month May through September. We went to one old reliable tasting room (Browne) and then made a point of going to 5 new places. Some tasting rooms pair their wines with cupcakes. One was pairing with popcorn. We were surprised the distillery with 5 tastes of gin, vodka or whiskey. (They had the still right out back, standing up like a bunch of giant piccolos standing on end. The decorative Western motif sported wall hangings for purchase. We stifled our shopping for tchotchkes. We're downsizing.
Other tasting rooms included Locati Cellars, Barons' Winery, Truth Teller Winery and Sinclair estate Vineyards. We are still practicing so can't always tell a Malbec from a Syrah. But we can tell what we like and what we don't. We still make up tasting notes that conflict with the sommelier's notes. " AND, I'm still a sucker for a cute label. I think the place I had the most fun was the Truth Teller. They give their wine clever names and descriptions.
Then we were off for big Presidents' Day sales. No trucks or mattresses. All I wanted was a swim suit to replace my hot tub-eroded-over-the-last -5-years suit, so we stopped at Macy's. We again appreciated the bizarre storefront architecture (below) but were deflated by the lack of choices. We fled so we could shop Lands End or LLBean on line.
Here's a shirt we didn't buy.
**a terrible storm, from "I had trouble in getting to Solla Sollew" by Dr. Seuss, 1965
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