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Gwyneth's Friends

About Me:: I like bacon. Also, I know how to have a good time. It involves eating bacon, drinking champagne, staying up late, laughing really loud, spending too much money on traveling to exotic places and misbehaving around grown-ups.

Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:: Hangin out, playing poker, dancing. At the same time.

What I'm Reading:: I'm finishing Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond. (I just got back from India.) And starting the Food and Wine Lover's Companion to Tuscany. (That's my next trip.)

At 8:26pm on April 17th, 2008, sophie said…: Thanks for the comment, gorgeous! And congrats on the new gig. Hey -- I hear we'll be on Gate to Plate together.

At 8:14pm on April 17th, 2008, Masshole in Fringecrest said…: What's an "EIC bump"? That's not like Kristen's old "bump" that became Nola, is it?

At 8:10pm on March 22nd, 2008, Richard Malcolm said…: Hey, G.D. . . . I remember you! How are ya?

When you go to Tuscany, either check out the Amarone (a Valpolicella relative from nearby Verona), or don't.

Why to do it: it's big, it's rich, it's beyond red; it's purple; it's made via the infamous "noble rot" method; it's likely you'll find incredible bottles (and carafes) there for a pittance compared to the ransom you'd pay here.

Why not: you might never come back . . . you might devote the rest of your life to discovering every possible nuance in a bottle of Amarone; you might discover it's the one thing on the planet that takes your mind off thick, crispy bacon (the kind you probably can't get in Italy); you might marry a vintner and forget all about 'Burque; you might become a hopeless lush and spend the rest of your days in a rich, purple stupor . . . wait! Are these the reasons for or against?

Anyway, you get the idea.

Carry on!

At 6:14pm on February 11th, 2008, Freekbuoy said…: I've actually fallen back on my mustache before, right onto my ass!

It was quite painful, actually.

At 4:23pm on February 11th, 2008, Freekbuoy said…: Irony is passe. Therefore, my mustache was completely void of irony. There may have been a Dorito in there, but absolutely no irony.

At 10:41am on December 17th, 2007, MPC said…: I think you should win the award for the most charismatic person in Albuquerque. Or maybe it should go to Riblet?