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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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FRITZ! So nice to see those Italy photos.
SUSAN! I missed this, so sorry to hear you are on crutches and vicodin.
SPIDER! I'm in town and will definitely be going to the Kris slide show Tuesday, hope to see you there.
We went to the LA County Fair on Thursday and sampled a half dozen wines from the gold metal winners.
Liked the Davis Bynum Chardonnay from the Russian River Valley
the Burbank Ranch Syrah from Paso Robles
and the Jeff Runquist Barbera from Amador County
Phyl
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Fritz
TFPU! I agree with Wayno. We need a new Italian thread.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Hey fun stuff....thanks for the "get wells"....nothing like them showing up on a drunk thread.!!! Only on ST!
Wow! It looks like everyone is having a fun late summer/early fall! Rock on
Susan
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 6, 2014 - 01:38pm PT
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Holy crap, Phyl - what a lineup! Amador County Barbera is arguably my all time fave.
Thanks for the pics, Fritz!
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Yes, Pete, I only ever did one wine tasting trip to Amador and was impressed with the Italian varietals they made. We stopped at one place to taste (can't remember which one) and picked up one bottle of a recommended Barbera without tasting. After I opened it a year later, it was like crack, I wanted to buy a case, but it was sold out at the vineyard and I could never find it anywhere else.
Phyl
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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My uncle brought this out one night. Tasted just fine.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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That is a really cool bottle there TMJesse. 1947. Just after the end of the "Second War to End All Wars". It is obviously Cyrillic, Thus Soviet Russia, and it is Madeira, a port-like wine made in various places in the European -Atlantic region. As with many of these wines, the labeling is usually specific to whoever is distributing the wine. Little is shown as of who made it or who will drink it. I would think that it was probably a really good wine or the Russians wouldn't have bothered. Madeiras hold up really well if stored right. The best Madeiras have to travel around the world on ships, in barrels, to acquire the nuances of a fine vintage.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Sep 12, 2014 - 10:01pm PT
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Where is everyone?
Susan
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 10:18pm PT
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Just got home from work. I'm priming the pump for Psyche Ledge tomorrow night. Beer. It's food.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Sep 19, 2014 - 01:27pm PT
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This very entertaining song about drugs and beer:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Not drunk yet but tonight will be good.
Doing my first run down Eaton Canyon on Sunday. Hoping to live through that.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 20, 2014 - 12:47am PT
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Have a blast, SS, and take lots of pix and post'em on the web.
http://thoughtcatalog.com/charlie-shaw/2014/02/37-people-share-the-worst-most-embarrassing-text-theyve-sent-while-drunk/
I loved that song so well I wrote a poem about the bitch.
Negra Modelo, Twelve Bottles
Weed love beer more if there was more free beer
Don’t see a target but I guess it’s awful near here.
So get me another beer, dear
And give me a hit a that roach, coach.
Yer Bic’s gone out, Taco. Two posts on a Friday nite? And it's Saturday?
Waiting for the train, the 5.10 to Jumars.
Starring Glee & MFM in a road trip on a bus, mostly.
Happy campers abound.
Nineteen twenty-five, amigos.
Cerveza de la cerveza.
At least TRY to keep it rowdy...
*sigh*
Where's Fritz when ya need him?
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 20, 2014 - 09:23am PT
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POPOV blended Vodka
BLENDED ? With What??((sneaky ruskies))
Limes
That Denny’s chick , Locker , how was the coffee?
The Flames, The Flames …
said Like Tatoo from fantasy Island
You Look MarVOluos too
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mouse! re your question a couple Fried-Dazes back: Where's Fritz when ya need him?
My apologies. It appears I haven't been getting drunk on Friday nights: talking about my consumption, mentioning why I'm stuck at home for the weekend, and bitching about something.
On the other hand----I have had some fun on the last few Friday nights.
Arco---the "we cheated death in the Brenta Dolomites & it's Angie's birthday" party may have been the most fun.
We repeatedly noted a high-altitude effect on our wine. It evaporated quickly from the bottles, while those nearby were apparently intoxicated by the alcohol in the air.
I have been assured that the British conqueror of The Matterhorn, Edward Whymper also noted the same effect, but it was lessened among his guides during bivouacs, when Whymper slept on the remaining Brandy bottles.
Dancing to upbeat Italian birthday songs.
and then we went into a local tavern on the way to our hotel----and the photos ceased.
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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The usual. CO Cool Ade and a little Jim Beam. And some tubes. (I AM in CO!)
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Not happening. No Blue Moon.
Susan
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Pale's Dale Ale.
Many other varieties of beer.
Go Giants!
F*#kin' Dodgers...HAHA!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 3, 2014 - 08:26pm PT
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Greetings from Curry Village! I sooooooo wanted to post last Friday from high on El Cap, but no cell service. Because it was my 600th night on theside of El Cap, not counting base or summit bivis.
Bad to the Bone was my 51st different El Cap route.Eleven nights on the wall, two of storm.
Went free climbing today at Arch Rock. Ouch, I'm not very good. But several beers were involved, and alovely bottle of Aussie Cab from Gross Out.
Anita nother beer.
And Susan, I have defended your Blue Moons and they are ready for you.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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And Susan, I have defended your Blue Moons and they are ready for you.
Thanks. Probably next week.
Congrats on your years on El Cap.
Susan
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Well! That's a deep subject!
I'm enjoying watching college football, with USU (Utah State) giving a good old-fashion Rocky Mountain ass-whipping to 18th ranked Bringemyoung (BYU) on ESPN.
Makes me want to sin by drinking!
sluuuuuurp!
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