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40 years

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My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last night. They got married when they were young and foolish and it was July 3. They have tried to have romantic anniversary celebrations. But the nation’s holiday gets in the way. The entire family is at the cabin, the sun is out, the lake is warm, there is summer time fun to be had, and, this year, their daughter and grandson came to visit.

So they opened a bottle of champagne to have with the sausages we threw on the grill and made jokes about 40 More Years. We should all be so lucky to have 40 years look like this:

Mom and Dad 7.3.08

2008 07 04

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cooked it
sausage

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Size matters

Salmon caught, smoked, vacuumed packed, and shipped to us by my Uncle Denny was our offering at a little celebration last night. Our hosts, in their turn, put out a delic cheese plate and popped open a magnum of Roederer Estate L’Hermitage 1996 sparkling. Your assignment: buy a bottle and a magnum of the exact same champagne (same brand, same year, same everything except size). Taste them side by side. Be floored by the difference and vow to drink only champagne by the magnum from now on.

2008 03 17

champagne
salmon
was served

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