“Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree…”

by Katie Gomez July 9, 2009

Somewhere in Brussels, there used to be a guy in a lab coat whose job it was to measure and determine what the “appropriate” curvature of a cucumber should be if it was going to be sold and eaten in the EU. I’m not sure exactly how that holds up in casual ice-breaking conversation, but […]

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"If it was a straight mind you had, we wouldn't have known you all these years…"

by Katie Gomez July 5, 2009

Brian Eno has such an amazing resume trailing behind him that trying to do it justice is futile, but suffice it to say that being a member of Roxy Music and working with the likes of David Bowie, Paul Simon, Talking Heads, Devo, U2, Coldplay and Elvis Costello are just the ends of his bread […]

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" 'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me, there's something going wrong around here…"

by Katie Gomez June 28, 2009

Just one more post on this subject, and then I swear I won’t discuss it anymore—I may have my fingers crossed right now, but you’ll never know, will you? The week before last I was the host of Wine Blogging Wednesday, and the topic I chose for bloggers was music and how it affects our […]

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"Qué viva España…"

by Katie Gomez June 23, 2009

Most readers here know that I come from a Cuban family. What most don’t know is that for obvious reasons (think Christopher Columbus) we’ve also got strong lineage in Spain, on both my mother and father’s sides. So when I heard that The Wine Academy of Spain (now holding courses across the US) was offering […]

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"But all the things you try to hide, will be revealed on the other side…"

by Katie Gomez June 15, 2009

Things that are NOT usually found at the top of my “To Do” list: 1. Dining with a Bunch of Strangers – Cruise ships, hibachi restaurants and eateries with “communal” tables are great for those who love to hear about some poor slob’s amazing grandchildren, leeching ex-wife or recent trip to Aruba, but I tend […]

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“I hope you know this will all go down on your permanent record…”

by Katie Gomez June 10, 2009

I was sitting at the kitchen table with a black sleeping mask over my eyes, a set of bright blue Skull Candy headphones with a screaming face on them over my ears, and 3 glasses of wine in front of me, when my son and his friend came bounding up the steps. The friend must’ve […]

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"I smell sex and candy here…"

by Katie Gomez June 2, 2009

This one falls into both the “give me a fucking break” and “you can’t possibly be serious” categories, but WordPress doesn’t seem to have those listed as blogging tag options, so I filed it under “insultingly stupid marketing schemes.” I realize that chocolate has always had a sexual allure to it. Montezuma believed it to […]

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"We're a happy family, we're a happy family…"

by Katie Gomez May 29, 2009

Anyone who has a kid…aww, hell, anyone who even knows a kid…has heard, at one point or another, the “but everyone else is allowed to” defense. We roll our eyes, shake our heads and fall back on the well-seasoned retort about jumping off a building or bridge, as if it were the most sound piece […]

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“Baby we can do it, take the time, do it right…”

by Katie Gomez May 27, 2009

Meson Madrid. Villa of Spain. Casa Sevilla. El Cid. It doesn’t really matter what the hell the name is, does it? I sit at the bar with my best friend, waiting for the others to arrive. The room that wraps us is dressed in thick burgundy velvet with framed nostalgia of valiant matadors, sultry flamenco […]

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"Now I'm waiting for Wednesday, waiting for Wednesday…"

by Katie Gomez May 20, 2009

WINE BLOGGING WEDNESDAY – JUNE 10, 2009 It’s obvious to most who know me that I’m as passionate about music as I am about wine. I can barely remember all my in-laws’ birthdays, but I have no problem recalling the various lead singers for Rainbow or which Beatles album Lady Madonna is on. But what […]

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