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New Gig, Same Girl
Oh my, so much has happened. It’s been about eight months. Eight months of moving as fast as I can. Doing, being, learning and breathing a new job. Basically, the happiest I have been professionally in a very long time. I’m not saying that I haven’t been happy in past positions. Of course I have.…
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Going Around The World? Australia-Part 1
Bucket List Item. Truth – there were tears when the announcement came. I may have blacked out. Back story; I was told, by a previous wine job (said company will ALWAYS remain nameless) that I was going to experience an educational journey to Australia. (and not just Australia – Burgundy, the South of France –…
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Bloated But Worth It
I’m having one of those mornings where it seems as if the universe thought it would be funny to put me in a house of mirrors. Don’t go to the obvious. We ALL need to look at ourselves EVERY FREAKING DAY and come to grips with our reality; let’s not be so literal even though…
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What Happens After Friendsgiving? Life Moving Forward With Wines From Chile
The day came – my favorite day of the year – FRIENDSGIVING. I plan for this holiday (is it really a holiday?) all year; I create Pinterest boards, pick up odds and ends as I go, stock pile recipes – you can judge, but it brings me ultimate joy to create a moment in time…
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Wine With Lunch
It’s been a hot minute – and I mean that: it is about 100 degrees in New Jersey today. When it is that hot, who in the hell wants to drink wine. I had a work colleague that would tell me he knew when my day was complete when there was a beer in my…
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Hanging Out in Cape May, New Jersey…at the wineries….
Did you know that New Jersey has wineries? That’s kind of a joke. Yeah, I knew; I just never went. And I didn’t go because I am a snob. I felt like I was better than that. In my mind, wineries in Cape May had nothing to teach or offer me. It’s Cape May New…
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The Glass of Everything
At this moment, I feel as if I’ve stayed in the bath tub too long; pruned up, drunk on steam, and trying to balance on jelly legs. This is what happens when you try to do and be everything; and what American isn’t guilty of just that. Why can’t we breathe through our day rather…
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Vernacchia Caught In My Up Swing
Reflection isn’t important – it is the soul essence of who I was, am, and will be. It is helping my heart vibrate and live again. Yes, live again. When I think of myself in the last four months, I imagine a cartoon character; grey in color, a “South Park” body with limbs that don’t…
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The Juggling Of Friendship – Can’t We Just Drink A Glass Of Tempranillo?
Lately I’ve been picking up a few bottles of wine just on a whim. I have some design in my head on area of production, grape varietal…but that is really it. This has stirred an idea in my head about wine and friendship; what is attracting me? Like my wine choices, my friendships usually begin…
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Consciousness Found In A Bubble
Last week I lost awareness. Sure of myself, a little cocky, knew things would go “my way”, judge mental of my past, hungry for the next step, and not filtering what I said or did. It bothers me when I need to begin a statement with “Do you know how good I am?”. Truth; if…