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	Saturday, January 04, 2003

Tonight, the Ski Boy and I were at a very special wine tasting dinner hosted by our friend Mary Langdon (Auntie to Trajan Langdon - Alaska is such a small town). The featured wines are, of all things - who knew they existed - sparkling red wines. Our sparklers are from Australia: Yalumba  1996 Barossa Sparkling Wine  "D Black 96 -4." A very surprising wine. I can't believe what a cab-shiraz sparkling wine tastes like - oak, tanin, somewhat sweet, and then fizz! A very well made wine. Rumball (non-vinatage) Sparkling Shiraz. I like the Yalumba better. I don't think Shiraz stands up to sparkling as well as a Cab-Shiraz blend. I can taste Shiraz but it gets overpowered by the fizz. Chandon (non-vintage) Pinot Shiraz. This puppy is very interesting - the grapes are very present - thick shiraz and pinot. This one may be my favorite. And, I didn't know that Chandon had Aussie properties. But as Mary's Mom, Thelma, stated, where there are grapes, there is Chandon. We're all in agreement: Who knew that there was such a thing as Red Sparkling Wines? Note: The Aussie wine web sites are waaaayyyyy better than the American and French web sites! 6:33:58 PM    comment []

As mentioned below, the Ski Boy and I were at CompUSA this morning. After we returned our Wireless Bridge, Peter made the mistake (not just a mistake but a BIG mistake) of asking if CompUSA might have the Sony Clie PEG-NX70V - the Slat Rat's dream PDA. CompUSA did have one left and guess who walked out with it?! That's right, a very happy Slat Rat. What a great Valentine's Day present from the Ski Boy! So my little Clie is upstairs charging up as I type. The dream PDA comes with following features: PalmOS 5.0. 802.11b wireless card slot (I need to order the card) A 310K pixel camera (how James Bond cool!) An MP3 player. A built-in keyboard. And it does video-clips. I am sooooooooooo excited! I am such a geek! And the Ski Boy is the best Ski Boy in the whole wide world! 4:43:46 PM    comment []

This morning, Peter and I were at CompUSA returning the now-no-longer-needed Wireless Bridge (we were going to use it for TiVo in conjunction with a USB-to-ethernet adapter and our wireless router but we solved our dial-up problems with the wireless modem jack instead). Anyhoo, while the Ski Boy and I were in the Returns line, who should walk by but Dr. Wald (aka Dr L.). An Un-geek like Dr. L., should have a protective escort when they visit Uber-geek places like CompUSA. If they go in alone, they may not come alive. Dr. Wald, by the way, here are some reviews and ratings of 3 megapixel digital cameras. That funny looking Fuji camera actually has a pretty decent rating. And here's what to look for when selecting a digital camera 4:24:20 PM    comment []

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