Friendship and Dinner

The weekend started off by having dinner with good friends. There were six of us, Mr. Man, Sunshine (my daughter), Tapestry, Pirate Daddy, EuroTrashGirl and myself. My friends Tapestry and Pirate Daddy have shared their wonderful friends with me and I am blessed to be able to include them in my life. EuroTrashGirl is truly special. She's intelligent, witty, humorous, honest, intuitive and dammit she just makes me laugh! Like Tapestry, I feel like I've known her for a very long time.

EuroTrashGirl came over to my house after her children were picked up and we hung out for a few minutes before heading to one of my favorite restaurants. It's located in Greektown in Highlandtown; Samos

After we arrived and put our name on the list, Tapestry, Pirate Daddy and Mr. Man showed up. Tapestry handed me a bag and told me it was a gift from Pirate Daddy and herself. I was thrilled when I pulled out the bottle of wine. They know me so well!!!
How perfect! I felt so loved and so understood! Thank you both!!! I opened the wine with dinner and shared it with everyone. HEY! I MAY be a Bitch! But I'm a giving one!

From a website: 2006 Bitch Grenache South Australia

This ain't your Daddy's Grenache. This is a wine about pleasure. Subversive pleasure. Not everyone needs to approve in order for YOU to have pleasure. Winemakers will tell you that Grenache is a bitch to grow. And, it's a bitch to make. It's a wine that can easily be vapid, but potentially as profound as wine gets. The Bitch is from Barossa. It's mainly Northern Barossa fruit. Mainly bush vine, but also some trellised vineyards. Chris Ringland makes the wine. The wine sees no oak. The objective of the wine is to provide pure, explosive, unadulterated, hedonistic, uncompromising, juicy Grenache. 90 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "Bitch Grenache is sourced from 40- to 60-year-old vines from the Ebenezer sub-region of the Barossa. With the price of Cotes du Rhone soaring due to the weak dollar, I am hard pressed to think of a better value in full-flavored Grenache. The 2006 Bitch Grenache received no oak treatment. Medium ruby-colored, it presents an alluring bouquet of earth, smoke, rhubarb, cherry, and strawberry. Supple, sweet, and tasty, this wine totally over-delivers for its humble price and is an exceptional value."


We celebrated that night, friendships that are giving, caring, warm, funny mixed in with love and admiration. To all of those who there... I love you all. Thank you for touching me deeply.