Auld Lang Syne - Souverain merlot

Here we are. The last day of 2013.

I've already begun my bucket list for 2014 which includes to swing dance one song with Stephen Colbert, and/or Jake Gyllenhaal, and/or Joaquin Phoenix. It's a bucket list. It has to be somewhat outrageously impossible and uber fun otherwise it's just a list of goals or chores. Worry not gentlemen, I do know the basic swing dance steps!

Google has blogging down to a science with grids and numerical data. Majority of people who visit me are from here (the U.S.) but a small group in Italy, a small group in Germany, one person in France, one person from Austria, one person from the U.K., one person from South, Korea, and one person in China also paid Plaid Skirt Torpedoes a visit in the last 2 months since I started this mess of a blog. 

The "one person" searches were most likely looking for plaid skirts or torpedoes. I'm not going to speculate. 

Nonetheless...  

Thank you!
Graze!
Danke!
Merci!
Danke!
Thank you!
감사합니다 !
and...
谢谢!

How can I extend this to Africa? South America? Madrid! I've been reading a lot about Madrid lately. Engrossed in Madrid's beautiful culture.  

And even though I've only been writing this blog for 2 months, the most reads (according to Google) were these blogs...

I don't know why the links are different colors?

Good night Starshine 

Girl Meets Boy 

Simone. Gordon.

Killer Shrimp

Dearly Beloved

Los Angeles being my home base, I get to meet people from all over the world. I love travelers! Mostly I just give them directions or tell them where the nearest Starbucks is (500 yards in any direction!) but it's great when travelers want to chat for a few minutes. I love it.

Anyway,

Last night I shared this Marlot and a pizza with someone very dear to me.

 

Souverain Merlot 2011.

I don't normally drink Merlots but this one opens up very nicely. 

It is definitely a wine you want to share with loved ones. 

 



I started this blog mainly for two reasons.

1. I'm a writer. I write. And even if my day takes me away from writing I will most likely write something here every day, or every other day and also because I don't Tweet, or Instagram, or Facebook, or any of the other media networking things I probably should do. Aside from that I never write under my real name (or use the same name per project) so it seems moot anyway.  

2. I love wine. I know a lot of people who also love wine. I like to share my wine experience and to also remind myself what wines I like.    

Sometimes I do little "inside jokes" like titling my blog 5BB920X which is Walt's license plate you see in the 5th season of Breaking Bad, episode 9, titled "Blood Money". 

Yeah. I'm a geek.

And then it's 3am
And I'm on the corner wearing my leather
And this dude comes up and he's like, "Hey punk"
And I'm like, "Yeah, whatever" -- Liam Lynch

In closing,

Regarding this blog thank you for reading. I hope you find it interesting if nothing else. 

And there's a hand my trusty friend !
And give us a hand o'thine !
And we'll take a right good-will draught !
For Auld Lang Syne !

Happy New Year! See you in 2014!