Proof of life
Oct. 26th, 2023 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
branchandrootStill here. Haven't killed anyone yet, despite something new breaking in a truly catastrophic way every week this term.
But it's peak color, this week, and this year it coincides nicely with the week that it's sunrise during my ride in to work, so I got to watch all the gold and red and green leaves nearly under-lit and glowing in the first sunlight.
Also, I went to a Halloween wine tasting party last night, and it was great fun. Black stemware, so we were all drinking blind and guessing by scent and taste. I got two out of five, which I feel very accomplished about since they were a Chenin Blanc and an un-oaked Chardonnay. And there was great food, and an opportunity to dress up. We had two full-on, con-level Mandalorians. I stuck with a black dress and the most Utena jewelry set ever (black and silver roses everywhere).
And now I have to go try not to kill some more people.
But it's peak color, this week, and this year it coincides nicely with the week that it's sunrise during my ride in to work, so I got to watch all the gold and red and green leaves nearly under-lit and glowing in the first sunlight.
Also, I went to a Halloween wine tasting party last night, and it was great fun. Black stemware, so we were all drinking blind and guessing by scent and taste. I got two out of five, which I feel very accomplished about since they were a Chenin Blanc and an un-oaked Chardonnay. And there was great food, and an opportunity to dress up. We had two full-on, con-level Mandalorians. I stuck with a black dress and the most Utena jewelry set ever (black and silver roses everywhere).
And now I have to go try not to kill some more people.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:03 pm (UTC)I believe in you!
If I knew anything about wine, I'd probably be impressed by your detective skills. Since I know practically nothing about wine, I'm even more impressed.
So what's a Chenin Blanc when it's at home? And is an un-oaked Chardonnay rare? I think that, among the very tiny pieces of wine knowledge floating inside my brain, there's a bit that associates Chardonnay with oak barrels. Or something.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:25 pm (UTC)Chenin Blanc is a white wine with high acidity, which means it goes well with a lot of different kinds of food. I don't normally drink it, because it doesn't have a lot of tannin, and that's the part of wines that I like best, so I was very proud of myself for guessing!
Un-oaked Chardonnay is a little rare _in the US_. It's pretty hard, here, to find one that isn't oak-barrel aged, unless you're at an actual wine bar, but I have an aunt who hates oak-aged, so I recognized that one pretty quickly.
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Date: 2023-10-26 06:55 pm (UTC)ETA: Which reminds me that my tea stash is getting low. I'm down to one green, one white and one oolong, which is a little bit sad.