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briandmyers  ·  4471 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's a favorite Beer or Wine of yours?

My fav Sauv Blanc is "Saints", mostly because it's really good and you can find it on sale for $10-12 a bottle (about 81 US cents to our dollar, but I'm not doing the math). Haven't had a bad one, though :-)





thenewgreen  ·  4471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nice. I'll keep my eyes out for this bottle. Appreciate it.

briandmyers  ·  4471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's the stuff. As an aside - my spouse was on the latest season's NZ Master Chef. She was booted in the first episode, though ;-(

thenewgreen  ·  4471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wow, that's bad ass brian. So do you eat well at home or is it like a mechanic that never works on his own cars because he's sick of doing it all day? I always thought it would be great to date a massage therapist but then I asked a guy who was dating one once about it and he said he probably gets less massages from her than most do from their girlfriends.

I hope your spouse enjoyed the experience. I know someone that was on the US version of "Top Chef" and she was eliminated early on too. These types of shows do very little to display how good a of a chef someone is but rather how good they are at silly tasks or cooking in an insane environment with unusual items/instruments and very quickly. -At least in the US.

briandmyers  ·  4471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

She cooks too well! Really makes it hard to drop a few pounds (and I need to). She enjoyed being on the show, and I really enjoyed her practicing for it, but she came away from it a bit disillusioned. Editing can make anyone appear however the editors want - it has caused us to view all reality TV in a new light. With enough footage, you can paint any picture you want.

thenewgreen  ·  4471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    With enough footage, you can paint any picture you want.
-This has long been my feeling about "reality" TV. My friend wasn't painted in any sort of "light", she really wasn't there long enough but I could see them framing her as the "weak" one, which is far from the truth. She's a pretty strong willed person.

Reality TV is for the birds.