After a long and miserable day yesterday, I came home to find a package. I thought it was a CD of 3 versions of the Maltese Falcon, which I had ordered after a rave review in the Times. (Troubling thought: was it a review or a product placement? Oh who cares.)
Speaking of the Times, I was sorry to see that R. W. Apple had died. His family was sort of a neighbor of mine when I lived in Akron, Ohio (short version: we had a great house, wished it hadn't been located there). Apple was always an engaging, interesting, insightful writer. the Times will be a lot less rich without him.
Anyway, it was a heavy package. "Wine?" I thought. "WINE?" Wine indeed. Two bottles of the mythical Albino Armani foja tonda, which ran its inanimate gauntlet to the U. S. of A. to find its way to my humble abode. The terrorists didn't win this time. I'll open and report later this weekend. Eager to try this "new" variety.
In less important news...
This blog will celebrate its first birthday on Monday.
Don't get too worked up over it or anything...
Dear Terry,
I'm glad to be the first to wish a happy birthday to your blog and I enclose also a "cin cin" with Foja tonda.
alex
Posted by: alex | October 06, 2006 at 04:18 AM
Mi associo.
Enjoy! (the birthday and the wine, I mean...)
;-))
Lizzy
Posted by: Lizzy | October 06, 2006 at 04:50 AM
Grazie a voi, cari amici lontani. Vi brindero' con il foja tonda.
Posted by: Terry Hughes | October 06, 2006 at 06:33 AM
Happy Blog Birthday my friend!
Cin cin from Verona, Italy.
Ciao!
Posted by: Giampiero alias Aristide | October 06, 2006 at 12:00 PM
...and from Genoa too ! Bye Terry !
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