For Old Time's Sake

Here's a fun way to pass the time - find an old picture of yourself and re-create it today. Check out the ones people have done already on Old Me/Young Me, part of the Colorwars blog. I'm sure the family will get a kick out of it - might even make a good mom's day gift. In this case a couple of pictures are worth all the words...

A toast to Mom

The common theme I've seen in the listings I've gotten this week was taking your mom wine tasting for Mother's Day. So, here you have it. A list of all the drinking wine with mom activities I came across. There's one in different parts of the bay area, so I'm sure the other wineries, tasting rooms, and wine bars in the area would welcome your mom as well. We took my mom wine tasting in Livermore for her b-day last year, and she had a great time, so I think this idea is "mom tested, kid approved."

Battaion Cellars - Blacksmith Square - Downtown Livermore
Mothers Day Weekend Champagne Celebration at Battaion Cellars!
May 10, 2008 (Sat) - May 11, 2008 (Sun)
There will be live music in our fabulous courtyard on Sat May10th to jump start the weekend! We will have EXTRA SPECIAL (Cold Stone is one) treats that pair fabulously with all of our bubblies. Treat that special mom with an afternoon of sun, fun and delicious Battaion champagne!
(note from the blogger: my sis lives in Livermore, and says this place is fun!)

The Jug Shop Wine Bar - San Francisco
May 11, 2008 (Sun)
Were you a difficult child? Then what better way to share the warm fuzzies with Mom than to treat her to a fabulous tasting of one of Central Otago's most beloved wineries? And as our way of giving props to great mothers everywhere, moms taste free when accompanied by offspring of legal drinking age who purchase a ticket!

Hall St. Helena Winery
Celebrate with Mom at Hall Winery
May 11, 2008 (Sun)
For every paid tasting, we are offering all Moms a complimentary chair massage, a glass of our newly released 2007 Sauvignon Blanc, and a family portrait to commemorate the day.

BR Cohn - Glen Ellen (Sonoma)
Mothers Day Wine and Roses
Sunday, May 11
Bring Mom to B.R. Cohn Winery and we will treat her to a complementary wine tasting and a long stem rose.

Read on an empty stomach

I'm sparing you a photo on this one. I just ate lunch and then read this site, and oof - not good. But for a foodie like me, still relatively interesting. It's a website of the world's 6 most un-appetizing foods. From sheep heads to bugs to baby mice wine, I'm not sure what's really the worst. I don't think I ever want to be on Survivor either...

Check it out if you can stomach it: Cracked.com: The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World

Make up your mind, already!

It's tough - this election business. The candidates blur the lines between each other's standpoints, in some cases so much that it's hard to know what the difference really is. Well, I found the shirts to express your frustration (or ambivalence).

Headline Shirts has an Obama shirt with Hillary's face, and a Hillary shirt wtih Obama. Pretty funny if you ask me.

What's up Doc?

Did you go through the Doc Marten's phase? I did. I loved my Docs. I felt so cool when I wore them with my baggy jeans and flannel. Just like they did in Seattle. But I wasn't even a Pearl Jam fan. More a Morrissey/Cure fan myself. But I wore those Docs to every concert I went to in high school, I think.

Now, I didn't draw on my Docs. I liked them nice and black. A little patina to show they'd been around, but no white out anarchy symbols or duct tape or anything. But technology has changed and Doc Martens is able to print all sorts of crazy stuff on their shoes now! And they're having a contest to let you design your own, and possibly win, and have your design chosen to be made. I made my design (see above) and as you can tell, I was a bit inspired by the other day's post about that artist. But I'm super into Navy this season, so I decided the Doc had to go prep and go Navy. But the stripes are there to keep them fun.

So either vote for my design or submit your own, or both!