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A lot of good things on Chartres Street. https://www.soniathouse.com/

Money, money, money. https://www.axios.com/college-football-coaches-ncaa-leaving-c386993a-d4e3-49a2-be0b-3405cc6ac6d3.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Let's be real. It's a high stakes business.

2019 Seghesio Zinfandel, Sonoma County. Good flavor, good mouth feel, good value.

In which Hickey catches the big wave. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/07/27/my-brief-doomed-surfing-days/

Hickey was a grad student at the University of Texas when I was an undergrad there. I recall a lengthy piece he wrote in the mid-sixties for The Ranger (the university's now defunct humor magazine and onetime home to the likes of Wonder Wart-Hog) about his adventures in Ireland. These adventures seemed to involve drinking a lot of beer while singing in pubs with fellow drinkers and chanting "Up the IRA" which he treated as the equivalent of stateside students saying "Come the revolution...."

UCLA stomped USC so it seems Chip Kelly has saved his job for another year. Meanwhile, Steve Sarkisian is enduring a terrible year with the Longhorns. Better build back better next year, Steve.

Saw this today in the old Amoeba Music space. It's not the same as viewing the work in a gallery, but it's immersive. Music included Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien." Among the refreshments being sold were "edibles."

Seriously? Staples Center is being rebranded as the Crypto.com Arena. For a mere $700 million. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1056431658/staples-center-lakers-crypto-arena-name?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

I would think mongo would have something to say. OTOH, $52 to $82 seems like a premium price. As for distilling, idk, but I think it has a Tennessee mash.

That's what you drink with your spaghetti?

Bob Dylan collaborated on this? Who knew?

2018 Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards Pinot Noir. If you give this some time to breathe, it's really good. Highly recommended.