This weekend, my husband and I will be going to the North Sierra Wine Trail tasting circuit. We often go to tastings around town, and one of the cellar is doing a “Tour de France” themed tasting. While we by no means consider ourselves to be “wine snobs,” we have found a few things one …
Baco Noir – Girardet Wines
Theme Song: The Cat Empire – The Wine Song Before I launch into the story of the Baco Noir from Girardet Wines that my husband and I enjoyed while visiting in Sutherlin, Oregon, I should explain the changes to this blog. I started Not Quite Ally McBeal a year ago, and thought it would …
Expressing Gratitude
Theme Song: “Thank You” Alanis Morissette I’m not sure we express enough gratitude in our daily lives. Sure, we utter our “thank you” for the big things in life, but we start taking little things for granted, and we do so pretty easily. Instead of being thankful for our evening sunset walk, we trudge …
Sewing!!!! (It’s *Sew* Much Fun!)
Theme Song: “Summertime” by NKOTB I have a confession to make. I love to sew. I’ve been on a sewing kick lately. Well, to be honest, I’ve been more on an organizing my items to get them ready so that I can sew kick. You see, just as I have a ton of shoes, I …
Married!
Theme Song: Pink Martini “Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love” (And we won’t, now that we’re married). So, a week ago, my husband and I decided, for a variety of reasons, that we would go ahead and get married. We still are planning on having a religious/traditional wedding next year on our two-year anniversary. It’s …
Saturday Night Date Night
Theme Song: “By the Cathedral” Keren Ann So tonight for our Saturday night date night, we went to a wine tasting, dinner, and to see the film The Avengers. It was a pretty good time! It’s so important to keep regular date nights when you’re married – no matter how long you’ve been married. Not …
Supporting Gay Marriage…Or as I Like to Call it, Marriage
Theme Song: “Lounge Act” Nirvana For almost a year now, I’ve worked as a volunteer with a very important organization, Stonewall Alliance. They offer support services and community for all members of the LGBTIQQA population (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, and Ally) locally. Many of my friends belong to this community, as do …
Female Legitimacy, Battlestar Galactica, Sex, Love, and Emotion
Theme Song: “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar” So, I’ve been watching episodes of Battlestar Galactica with my son and my fiancé. It’s interesting the different roles women have in this series. I’m only in the second season, so please don’t ruin it for me in your comments. It seems to me that the women …
Overheard Cafe Conversations
Theme Song: “Stay the Same” Joey McIntyre Ah, the art of the overheard cafe conversations. I’ve heard some interesting conversations at cafes! There was a conversation involving an adulterous situation; there was a situation where disgruntled thoughts about farmers’ markets were expressed. My thought is – why does it matter what people talk about when they …
