"Oh, it's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase…"

by Katie Gomez November 3, 2008

OK, kids, confession time. I am a big fan of Oscar Wilde, and not simply for his body of literary work, but for saying the following words: “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” There are several temptations I can resist in life, like eating brussel sprouts for […]

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"But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise, oh yes you are…"

by Katie Gomez October 31, 2008

That’s me in the photo on the right, a couple of years ago…Greenwich Village on Halloween night, at a bar my friend was playing at. I started out as Captain Morgan, but by the time that photo of me and “Howard Stern” was taken, Carmen Miranda was wearing my pirate hat because a Jedi Knight […]

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"I got a juke box heart full of honky tonk rhythm an' blues…"

by Katie Gomez October 30, 2008

It goes without saying that several factors can affect the way wine tastes to you. Things like the food that accompanies the wine, the glassware the wine is served in, the temperature the wine is served at, the surrounding aromas, your allergies, etc. all alter your perception of the wine you’re tasting. But now it […]

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"You'll come running back, you'll come running back to me…"

by Katie Gomez October 29, 2008

So I’ve just had one of those “holy crap” moments (I mean that literally, and you’ll see why) and had to share, because I wrote about the idea here. In my rant about the sad state of wine marketing, I wrote that at a time when the younger generation is opting for wine instead of […]

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“Any trick in the book, now baby, that I can find…”

by Katie Gomez October 27, 2008

Halloween is, hands down, my favorite holiday. And frankly, all these goofy lawn decorations I’ve been seeing over the last couple of years have really gotten my goat. I thought Halloween was about fear, dread and shock? Why must we dilute everything in order to make it more palatable for those who don’t have the […]

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"The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped…”

by Katie Gomez October 24, 2008

Many of you probably know by now that there’s a weekly comic book called “The Drops of The Gods” being published in Japan. The character that serves as protagonist isn’t your usual leotard-wearing, cape-toting hero, but a son that rebelled against his father, a famous wine critic, by refusing to drink wine and working instead […]

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"I don't have a drinking problem, 'cept when I can't get a drink…"

by Katie Gomez October 23, 2008

It’s comforting to know that no single technological advancement has yet managed to replace the artist who crafts a cocktail. Watching them from my side of the bar is like watching a dance. They grab some ice cubes—real, square, thick ice cubes—and throw them gently into the Boston shaker. In goes the rye, the vermouth […]

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“I exploit you, still you love me…”

by Katie Gomez October 21, 2008

It’s 2012 and I’m sitting in a cluster fuck of rush-hour traffic on the Jersey Turnpike, fumbling through 300 satellite radio stations that are no longer discernable from the payola-paved airwaves of the crap they once called “FM.” Finally I relent, turn off the satellite radio, and flip on the personal media center I’ve got […]

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"A girl, she really got to eat, and a girl she should eat right…"

by Katie Gomez October 20, 2008

Footloose I could have done without, but Flatliners was killer. Sleepers, Mystic River, The Woodsman? Phenomenal. Wild Things, Hollow Man? Not so hot. But what I found myself playing this weekend was a game so close, and yet so far from one we’ve come to know and love—it was Six Degrees of…..well……plain ol’ Bacon. And […]

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"I focus on the pleasure, somethin' I can treasure…"

by Katie Gomez October 17, 2008

Do you remember the bottle? The unsuspecting one that finally made you stop and think? The one that opened your eyes and asked you to consider it?  Sometimes, our journey takes us to such distances that we forget where we started. I know that my bottle found me while I was working as an intern […]

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