Life With Pets Ronda Bowen, August 10, 2012October 10, 2025 Pets make the world go round. It’s such a great thing to have pets. We have three cats. Lady – the kitty pictured to the right, Stripes – Lady’s brother and a total glutton, and LuLu – a tiny runt of a kitty who is also much older than she… Continue Reading
Mollydooker’s Boxer Ronda Bowen, August 9, 2012October 10, 2025 Previously, Wining Husband and I had Mollydooker‘s Maitre D. We’d been seeing Mollydooker’s Boxer Shiraz in a few restaurants around town, but we hadn’t tasted it. Finally, we saw a huge deal on this wine at Trader Joe’s. We thought we would try it. This wine is very… Continue Reading
Fish and Bertagna’s Sangiovese Rose Ronda Bowen, August 8, 2012 A couple months ago, we visited the Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards. We were quite taken with a few of their wines – one of them being the unique Sangiovese Rose, which almost had a sparkling quality to it. So, we had this wonderful wine hanging out in our cellar… Continue Reading
All The Shootings Ronda Bowen, August 7, 2012October 10, 2025 It feels as though there have been a lot of public shootings lately. How scary is it that on July 20th, a bunch of people went to a theater to watch a movie, and then their evening turned into a traumatic event. I cannot imagine all the emotions… Continue Reading
Swedish Meatballs and 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Ethos Chardonnay Reserve Ronda Bowen, August 6, 2012 Tonight for dinner, I made chicken Swedish meatballs and we paired it with a 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Ethos Chardonnay Reserve. The Swedish meatballs recipe came courtesy of Cooking Light. I’ve made it many times before, however, usually instead of the rye bread, I use a garlic bread produced by… Continue Reading
Dining Room Wine Area Makeover Ronda Bowen, August 5, 2012October 10, 2025 So today we got a major score! We’ve been talking about how we really needed a much better solution for storing our wine. Up until now, it had been in two roll-top cabinets, and boxes on top of and next to cabinets. We’ve also been wanting to catalog the… Continue Reading
Creekside Cellars’ Olympic-Themed Tasting Ronda Bowen, August 4, 2012October 10, 2025 This week’s tasting took patrons on a tour of the world’s wines. There were many successes on the list. It was one of the rare events that we actually tasted all ten of the wines offered. Here’s a rundown of the notes we made on the wines. 2011 Col… Continue Reading
Date Nights Ronda Bowen, August 3, 2012 Date nights are an important part of any long-term relationship. Let’s face it, we all get busy. There are careers to build, kids to shuttle around, friends to see, and organizations to be involved in. Even if you spend your evenings with your spouse, it’s not the same as… Continue Reading
Hobbies: Beading Ronda Bowen, August 2, 2012 It’s important to have something crafty you love to do for fun. For me, that means sewing and beading. It’s a lot of fun to create beaded earrings, and more than a few times, now, I’ve thought about selling the earrings I create on Etsy. Since I’m a full-time… Continue Reading
Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Wines Ronda Bowen, August 1, 2012 I’m going to be candid for a moment. I’m not a big fan of Merlot. However, the first really good wine I had was a Merlot – and it was a Chateau Saint Michelle Merlot. I had it at a restaurant in Chicago, when I’d moved out that… Continue Reading