I’m off to Napa again this coming weekend. I know – I should totally own property up there. *sigh* If only… (yeah, if only that stupid Cheryl Smith hadn’t stolen my HGTV Dream Home!). I leave Friday afternoon and come home late Monday.
Too bad I am poor as a hobo right now, so my wine purchases will be few.
On the flip side, I belong to so many friggin’ wine clubs that I will still get to taste lots of wine - for free! Plus, it should be lovely up there right now. It’s not too hot yet and, well, it’s the Napa Valley (and Sonoma. I tend to lump them together, which is not fair to Sonoma – especially since I actually prefer Sonoma to Napa). Oh and yeah – I will get to spend lots of time with my crazy, but ultra-loveable, family; but whatever with that. I go for the vino. :)
I spent all of my “fun money” this month on art. I bought a portrait of my niece, done by Christopher Sweeney, and I bought three pieces done by my other niece’s husband, Jared Schorr. I need to take photos and post them here, don’t I? Cuz they are rad.
Oh here is one of the items I purchased from Jared. You can buy one too and be just like me (admit it - you long to emulate the ikss)!
I also purchased one in the same style, which is of an octopus, and a much larger one which has a circus theme and tiny elephants. Trust me – it totally rocks. Or it will, when I can actually pick it up and hang it in my living room. That’s the problem with purchasing art. Often, the artist needs your piece for a show or whatever.
In other news, I am listening to Shooter Jennings right now. He frustrates me. He’s so inconsistent. The songs of his which are good are really f’n good and I adore them (Gone to Carolina, 4th of July, Lonesome Blues, Sweet Savannah)…then there are songs like Alligator Chomp and Bad Magick . Sheesh…
I am almost loath to admit, though, that I find Shooter to be sexy. It must be the latent hick in me who appreciates his long hair and extreme amount of facial hair. Plus, with the ever-present sunglasses, I don’t think I have ever seen his eyes. I don’t even think he showed them when he played his daddy Waylon in Walk the Line, did he?
I don’t even like guys who can’t bear to remove their sunglasses! It’s so lame and pretentious and I don’t trust people who won’t look me in the eye.
Ssshhhh…don’t tell on me. My baser instincts are so embarrassing.
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