We haven't really had a drunken post in a long time so I thought I'd give it a shot. OK, I'm not really really drunk as in falling-down drunk or blindly oblivious drunk but I do have a pretty good buzz.
My wife is gone for most of the day (including dinner) so I'm pretty much alone (except for
Sophie) so sometime in the late afternoon I decided I needed to finish the remaining third of the
King Estate Pinot Gris.
sidebar: King Estate makes some of the finest Pinot Gris in Oregon (and thus possibly the world) and their high end wines are unsurpassed. The low end ones are still pretty fine; I happened to have a mid-range one and so, of course, I couldn't leave any to waste.
Pretty soon Sophie reminded me it was dinner time (it's amazing how handy dogs can be!) and I just happened to have a few fresh cut ribeye steaks which are absolutely my favorite. So, after a rub with sea salt, pepper, chili powder and garlic salt I threw one onto the hot frying pan. I also got ready a couple of Ciabatta bread toasts because there is not much finer tasting toast than not quite burned Ciabatta bread soaking in the steak juices.
I pulled out the medium-rare ribeye from the frying pan, poured a generous glass of Oregon
Utopia Pinot Noir 2009, a particularly fine vintage. The steak was very slightly oversalted; sea salt PLUS garlic salt fooled me a bit; next time I will use garlic powder instead of garlic salt.
Also, as it turns out, I played a couple on online games of
Ticket to Ride. As it turns out, I can play this game pretty damn well in a semi-drunken stupor as I won twice in multi-player games. Of course, this probably says more about the idiots who think they know how to play than any innate skills I may have (or used to have).
It will be interesting to see how many times I have to edit this for typos, spelling, grammar errors, etc.
Anyway, very good day!
((so far I count seven+ edits but I tend to lose track easily...)
