Amsterdam and iTunes
When music sharing on the Internet became popular the record companies were scrambling, trying to find a way to stop file swapping and illegal distribution of their music. They spent millions, even pursuing the...
shiftfocus Musings and Motivations
Oregon Pinot Noir
My uncle was a wine lover. I’ve only recently begun my wine quest adventures and with his recent passing, I do feel a bit of remorse that I wasn’t able to talk to him...
Rosa Lynn Walch: 8/20/1994-3/6/2008
We adopted Rosa from the Ramsey County Humane Society in St. Paul, MN after being married about 7+ months or so. Amanda met her but I’m the one who picked her up and brought...
Best Friend 2
Rosa is on her last few days here. She has a bleeding tumor and likely internal bleeding. She doesn’t seem to be in pain, but she is weaker. One other story… many years ago...
Chateau de Seward
2 members spent 2 days working in Seward and, at the last minute, were sent with a bottleof Orphelin ’04 by Chateau Ste.Michelle. Thanks to fellow member(my spouse) for thinking of it!!A huge blend...
Best friend 1
My aunt wrote me today with some sentiments on dogs, the best being there is a reason dog is God spelled backwards. Our oldest dog, Rosa, is really getting old. She’s not eating much,...
Wine Styles
My dream: be in the wine business. Not sure I’d want to run a retail store like Wine Styles, but it’s good to see them in the Anchorage market. We needed a store like...
Dinner 1, Sartain 0
Well, our inaugral get together went off great and you’ll now have several other posters on this blog. Last night we had a beatiful dinner of French country cuisine including lamb shanks, bread, beans,...
Aussie Attack
Well, the first post of the Alaskan Grape Nuts… of course, we’ll be lucky to keep these posts alive beyond a couple, so let’s get right into it. I’ve been drinking quite a few...
5K at ten below
Last weekend we spent Saturday up at Willow during their annual winter festival. It was cold! There was a 5k race on Saturday that I did… there were 14 of us and it was...
