A N N A J O H N ' S D I A R Y

Call the wambulance, I dislike CoHei

The difference between my old neighborhood and new one can be summarized as succinctly as this; in Georgetown, street vendors hawked Gucci knock-offs. In Columbia Heights, someone just tried to sell me a "new", large, "Betty Boob" vinyl purse; it came in three tacky colors. There are so many things wrong with that sentence, not the least of which is that someone thought it a wise idea to counterfeit "Betty Boop". What kind of market is there for this shit? And why did I choose to live among them/it?

I'm going to shower off my distaste, the "afterglow" of my super-shitty "Bollywood Masala" dance class (first time! might be the last!) and my disappointment and go back to my old neighborhood, for brunch and an appointment. /end pathetic whine

Negociant "Josephine's" Syrah Rose

I miss cork., originally uploaded by suitablegirl.

young

looks pretty

excellent clarity

off-dry, thought it would be sweeter

leggy!

surprising length

pleasant aroma

balanced

bright

swoon-worthy capsule, tried to macro it, it was that appealing. 

beautiful label.

attention-getting finish

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well worth the price, which was a whopping FIVE dollars.

In Vino Veritas

Despite its apparent status as "just another blog" (or if you're kind, "just another outpost of the empire"), I commenced AJD in January of '04 because I really did want to keep a diary of the quotidian events in my life, as well as the desultory details which are only significant to me, though they may interest and amuse you. 

I actually have used this space to keep track of various things (gym attendance) and to reacquaint myself with certain moments of my life (what I felt like when I lived in CA, which is useful when I'm unreasonably homesick), so it's definitely been a worthwhile project.  Today I'm going to start doing something I've wanted to do for a long time, something I know will be helpful and diary appropriate-- I want to keep track of the wines I'm trying.  I'm a dilettante oenophile and I either like or hate everything I drink...but now that I'm being more adventurous, it would be handy to record what I think about bottle X.

I hate to commence this new category of posts with something negative, but it's what inspired me to finally do this, so vatewer.  I tried something very "foreign" to me-- an Argentinian wine I picked up for a pittance at Trader Joe's.

2005 Amaicha Bonarda = SUCKED.

The label said "juicy berry flavors" and I was sold, unfortunately this Jesus Juice tasted berry bad.  I had one glass before the bottle was left to fester and after a week of not touching it, I poured it down the drain.  I almost never do that.  I don't think I've ever had just one glass of a particular wine, I usually drink half a bottle (over two nights, people), even if I'm not thrilled with something.  I really didn't like this red table wine.  The people at the link below disagree with me:

Link: The Budget Wino: Weekend wine recommendation- Amaicha Bonarda.

...but they use TypePad to blog, so I still find them brilliant and perfect. ;)