Today was fairly quiet. Rob had to work at the winery for the spring harvest, but just a partial day. We wandered up to the farmer’s market and then did a little bit of shopping for a show I’m working on. I tried calling my mom to wish her a happy mother’s day but she […]
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When we got back from Philadelphia last night, I followed Rob to the winery mostly to prolong our day together. We realized that this little weekend jaunt is the first time we’ve been away together since we moved here. (Not counting Christmas). The nice thing about the winery is that they’ll usually let me park
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In a future world where the weather is controlled, vineyard owner Bharat Mundari is unable to pay his weather bill after spending too much on his daughter’s wedding. The grapes are suffering in the resulting drought, and he is afraid to tell his wife about the trouble they are in; she knows, however, that he
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This morning we started off with bagels and cream cheese then headed out into the world. We took the train down to South Street Seaport, which took forever because all trains were running local. When we got down there it was Icelandic levels of windy. I mean,really, the sort of thing that threatens to push
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The local news covered City Winery, where Rob works, the other day. If you look quickly, you can spot him several times throughout the footage. He’s the one on the left in this shot. Just in case you didn’t know what Rob looks like.
Hey, my lovely NYC readers. Is anyone interested in working at the winery with Rob tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00p.m.? It’s $10 per hour, which is isn’t much, but it’s a fascinating look at wine-making. They’re getting in a shipment of grapes tomorrow and need a couple of people to help sorting fruit. I’ll
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Last night I went to bed about twenty minutes after Rob. Normally, he would still be awake, but last night I could tell by the sound of his breathing that he was deeply asleep. The winery tires him out during harvest because it’s all hard physical labor and extremely long hours. He was sprawled across
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Rob works with spaceships. At night, the Martians open this cockpit and ooze out. They are slimy and smell like fermenting grapes. Three of their landing craft arrived at the same time. Rob is making sure that the landing gear is stable. When the landing gear isn’t stable, the spaceships fall over. That makes the
We’ve definitely started into Harvest season. It’s funny, the last harvest Rob worked was 2005 but the rhythm of the winery was so much a part of our lives up until that point that it feels completely natural for him to come home smelling of grapes. He only worked a partial day today, but I
And lo! I have returned to NYC and yet I have not slain any of the tourists who insist on stopping at the top of the stairs. The cats are very needy because Rob has been working long hours at the winery. He got home around 8:30 tonight and smelled like grape juice. The grapes
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See… this is the problem with writing science-fiction today is that just about anything I can come up with is already being done. French scientists have devised a way of using particle accelerators to authenticate vintage wines, one of France’s top research bodies said this week. The new method tests the age of the glass
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I haven’t made a lot of noise about this but one of the things that’s been hard for us over the past year has been the bizarrely difficult time Rob has had finding a job. Some of this is circumstantial; we arrived right before the writers’ strike started and Rob works in film and television.
Here’s a bit of wine-maker jargon for you. Our friend Wayne is in town for a couple of days. He and Rob have been talking wine and wine making like they’ve both been starving. I’ve been listening and mostly staying out of their way. But this, this I had to share. We were at dinner
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My husband, wrote an article about New York city winery in Decanter magazine. This autumn a new winery will open its doors among the luxury shops, avant-garde theatres and loft residences of New York’s SoHo City Winery is New York’s first ‘private label winery’ where members can vinify their own barrel of wine, managing its
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When one’s husband is a winemaker, one sometimes receives compliments in the following manner. Rob: It’s maturity. The tannins are falling out. Me: As long as I don’t become flabby. ((This is an actual wine term)) Rob: No, I think you still have structure.
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