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lillibetTonight is our last date night for a while, since we're heading into rehearsals and that eats up both our babysitting resources and time we're willing to spend away from Alice.
First we went to see Bottle Rocket, a movie about the blind tasting between French and Napa wines in 1976 that put California on the international wine map. It was a fine, fun little movie and we really enjoyed recognizing locations where they shot and the reminders of some excellent wines we loved from that region. But I was distracted by what I can only characterize as bad directing. The script was somewhat preachy and stilted, but really undermined by poorly framed scenes that left the generally excellent actors really hanging out to dry. It's not bad, overall, but I think it could easily have been a lot better.
After that movie, I was really craving good wine and I got it at Oleana: a glass of the exceptional 2005 Bobal Blend, Mustiguillo ‘Mestizaje,’ Utiel-Requena, from Valencia, Spain. It was accompanied by a lovely meal of fried haloumi and squash blossom dolmas, followed by their excellent chicken for Jason and the rabbit shawarma and crispy duck for me.
And we got back in the car just in time to hear the last ten minutes of Obama's speech.
First we went to see Bottle Rocket, a movie about the blind tasting between French and Napa wines in 1976 that put California on the international wine map. It was a fine, fun little movie and we really enjoyed recognizing locations where they shot and the reminders of some excellent wines we loved from that region. But I was distracted by what I can only characterize as bad directing. The script was somewhat preachy and stilted, but really undermined by poorly framed scenes that left the generally excellent actors really hanging out to dry. It's not bad, overall, but I think it could easily have been a lot better.
After that movie, I was really craving good wine and I got it at Oleana: a glass of the exceptional 2005 Bobal Blend, Mustiguillo ‘Mestizaje,’ Utiel-Requena, from Valencia, Spain. It was accompanied by a lovely meal of fried haloumi and squash blossom dolmas, followed by their excellent chicken for Jason and the rabbit shawarma and crispy duck for me.
And we got back in the car just in time to hear the last ten minutes of Obama's speech.
