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You know what's funny? People seem to avoid
getting me anything from this page.
Not sure what to get me for my birthday?
That’s a common problem. I don’t want much, but here are some
things that are special treats for me. Let me repeat
myself: I DON'T WANT MUCH.
I won't check
this site,
and that way it’ll still be a surprise when I get the present.
Seriously. I won’t remember that I put this here. They’re
not in order. And they’re messy.
1. Garment bag good for
air travel
2. Rose, Jacqueline. The Case of Peter Pan
or The
Impossibility of Children’s Fiction. London:
Macmillan Press Ltd., 1984.
3. Dolly Parton’s album
"Little Sparrow"
4. Dolly Parton’s
Greatest Hits
5. Said Chraibi’s album
"Ud" 1997
6. Sets #4 and #3
of Homies figurines
7. 4 Guveche pots
(single serving Bulgarian covered crock pot-type thing)
8. 4 Korean stone bowls for
cooking that bi bim bop-style fried-in-the-stone-bowl dish
9. Help me fund every
public radio station I’ve lived near and never contributed to.
10. Port glasses
11. Hard shell ‘ud case
12. Help me fund refurbishing my
art (reframing, restoration)
13. Negativland’s cd recording
of Dick Vaughn
14. Belle & Sebastian's 1993
album "Dear Catastrophe Waitress"
15. 2 really good jelly roll sheet
pans (steel)
16. Help pay for Dov to visit
17. Take me out to a restaurant I love or will
love (Soul Vegetarian, far Belmont Italian places, Caro Mio, Sai Cafe
when I'm eating fish). I love an adventure!
18. Gourmet food ingredients I
never get for myself (e. g., truffles, seafood market, specialty food
market)
19. Donations in my name to the Albany Park
Theater Project or The Old Town School of Folk
Music.
20. Help me fund a house concert in
my home.
21. The movie "Afterlife" on
DVD.
http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=45717&PID=10088099&Tab=reviews&CID=18
22. www.foundmagazine.com: Get me a
subscription, get me the
book, this is great stuff.
23. A subscription to POETRY
magazine.
24. High end chocolates. Godiva is
overrated, though. I like dark, milk, semi, nuts, caramels.
25. Poetry by Sharon Olds except
for "Blood,
Tin, Straw" I have that.
26. The biggest iPod in the world.
27.
Latest issue
of FOUND
magazine (if I don't have it already)
28. The
Postsecret book
29. DVDs by John Cassavetes: Faces, A
Woman Under the Influence, Husbands
30. The
Exploding Dog book, Thinking of You II
These are wines that I
like. If you can't
match the year, no biggie. These are big treats for me.
-Plan Pégau, Sélectionné par Laurence
Féraud 2004
-Lavradores Quinta da Costa das
aguaneiras 2001 (unusual, very rich
douro d.o.c.)
-Vallado douro
-Falerno Rosso Villa Matilda
(I had it in Orlando when I finished
the second leg of the movie.)
-Dalton Merlot (Israeli
Kosher, complicated light flavor, rich bouquet)
-Domaine du Tariquet, Gros
Manseng 2002 (sweet but not syrupy,
wonderful dessert wine, dryer than Fileo)
-McDowell Mendocino Syrah
(dusty, musky, old books, & leather, had
it at the Madison tasting)
-Aurore Côtes du
Rhône
-Forestville Merlot (smoky, I
serve it with garlic or salty dishes)
-Kenwood Merlot (always
fantastic)
-Saintsbury Garnet Pinot Noir
(sweet, becomes very strong)
-Ciró Librandi rosso
classico 1997
-Cavit Pinot Grigio 1999
(Italian, green apples)
-Frei Weingartner Wachau
Riesling Federspiel (smells mushroomy, mix of
flavors, dry clean finish, changes as I taste it)
-Frankland Estate Riesling
(food friendly, sharp, noticeable, light
finish, floral)
-Schloss Vollrads Riesling
Kabinett Rheingau (Gamey and sweet, almost
smoky, not cloying)
-Amity Vineyards Dry Riesling
(dry, light, tangy, almost effervescent,
long light finish, go well with light flavors or alone)
-Albert Mann Riesling, Cuvee
Albert Alsace (smells dopey, almost
effervescent, bolder, niiice, not much finish)
-Castell del Remei ODA 2001
(rounded and rich, very oaky)
-How about a bunch of good, tawny port, maybe 20 years old, and I'll
continue to age it myself? Yum!