Weekend

Last weekend was surprisingly active. Friday night Heather and I went to a wine-tasting hosted by some people from church. It was a fund raiser for Habitat for Humanity. We got there late (as usual) but had a nice time. I got to drink some wine, eat some nice food, and talk politics with some angry progressives. Ah, blue state folk in Red state territory.

Anyway, we got a quick lesson in how to look at wine, including an "Olfactory Wheel" that listed the various types of scents including, and I am not kidding, "Wet Dog", "Diesel", "Garlic" and "Burnt Toast". I can see myself as a sommiler now: "It is bold, yet tactful, delightfully furity, but with a hint of wet dog."

Anyway, Saturday was mostly downtime, but Sunday we went out to lunch with a couple (probably the only couple) our age from church. They were fun people, and oddly enough, Heather had met them before when they stopped briefly in Dayton last December. Quite odd. However, they are both medical residents, so I don't know how much we'll manage to see of them! But it was good to meet somebody.

This weekend we are flying to Sacremento to see Christine Smeltz's wedding. She came to ours along with the California crew. It will give Heather a chance to see all of them again.