I wanted to post this last night, but I was afraid of being accused of just saying it because I was, as they say, a teensy bit tipsy.

I love you guys.

What a great evening! Couldn't ask for better company or more fun! I'm really gonna miss this. Thanks to all for the good wishes and gifts!

Glad you all had a good time. I think it's so nice that you all get together on a regular basis.

TB,

I know you have a home in Arizona, but I didn't realize you are permanently moving there??? I thought it was a second home. If so, that's got to be quite a change for you, since I assume you've been in the NYC all your life no????

On the other hand, you'll be close to CA, so anytime you decide to venture out to the "Golden" State, let me know and we'll arrange a West Coast meet.

TIS

It was really great spending a night with all of u. You all are a great bunch of people that I am glad to have as friends. Thanks to Plaw for putting together a great night with good friends.


ds

...an offer I can't refuse...

A great evening as usual, and "phooey" to all of those who criticize the internet as a way to meet people and make friends and tell folks like us to "get a life".

My own special thanks to Turnbull, who made the evening particularly memorable and special by bringing a truly rare and exceptional bottle of wine - a 1964 Chateau Latour.

If you're not a wine entusiast, allow me to mention that year after year Latour is unquestionably considered one of the finest wines in the world, and in the unlikely event that you could even find a bottle from 1964 in a wine shop it would certainly cost at least several hundred dollars, and probably two or three times that in a restaurant.

I think that this was what the bottle of wine looked like BEFORE SB and BethE knocked it off!





Don Cardi

In my best Urkel.."Did I do that"?

I don't recall. But I'm sure if it was on the table then I probably drank it. Plus, beings it was grown in 1964 that means it must have been great.

Great time last night. I agree with SC. It went by way too fast. But could any of you powerful Joisey guys use all your strengths and all your skills and ordered up a litte bit of sunshine?

No pics, this time, guys?

I had my camera with me, but forgot...

Oh man!! How could you forget? We love seeing the pictures. Are you sure you weren't all so drunk that you forgot about pictures? :p

TIS

That's an infamnia Geoffy.

Hey, let's be fair to our Don here. He can't do everything! He only has two hands and they were full with............................................................................ ................................................................................ ............... ........a glass of Red wine in one hand and a glass of White wine in the other.


Don Cardi

Great food last night.

DS

You said the same thing to me earlier today. I think it was around lunch time.

Watta are ya hungry again DS?


Don Cardi

...Ah knew he was gonna meet his conn-ECTION,
at his feet was a footloose MAIN...
you cain't always get what you WA-ant...

...Ah knew he was gonna meet his conn-ECTION,
at his feet was a footloose MAIN...
you cain't always get what you WA-ant... [/b][/quote]Ha ha ha!!! Good one TB!


TIS

Thanks, TIS! Meet you at the Chelsea Drugstore.

A story about wine that might amuse (then again, it might not ):
I got interested in great wine in the early Sixties after becoming a fan of the James Bond novels. The wine-mayven Bond is a creature of the films; the Bond of the novels usually drank bourbon-and-soda or vodka martinis (shaken, not stirred--I tried this once, and the only difference was that shaking diluted the drink faster than stirring :rolleyes: ). The only great wines Bond drank were either served to him or ordered for him by others. But Fleming wrote with such panache that I couldn't help being impressed enough to try the few that he wrote about:

One of the best scenes in the novel "Moonraker" is set at Blades, M's exclusive private club. He and Bond are having dinner there before Bond gets set to expose the villain's card-cheating habits by beating him at his own game. They order dinner and the wine steward appears. Bond (wisely) suggests that the wine steward decide. Here's the passage from memory:

"The steward seemed pleased. 'If I may suggest it, sir: the Dom Perignon '46. France only sells it for dollars, so you don't often see it here in England. Ours is a gift of the Regency Club in New York. It's the Chairman's favorite--he always has some on ice."

So, of course, Bond and M order the Dom Perignon '46. But we never read about how good it was because Bond, oaf that he was, immediately pours some benzydrine into it to sharpen him up for the big card game.

Now, this passage whetted my interest. I took a wine book out of the library that had old vintage charts. Wines were rated on a scale of 20 (20=best). If Bond had ordered a Dom Perignon '45 it would have been 20/20. If he'd ordered a '47, it would have been 18/20. But the '46 that "France only sold for dollars" was rated a lowly 11! Not only that, the "11" was in italics, indicated that it would have been way over the hill by 1955, when the novel was written. So much for Fleming's panache. :p
I did buy a Dom Perignon--a '59. It was outstanding!

Who was it who said explanations kill the mystery?

They may have been right, but not when the explanation is written with such panache as above.