I’ve had a few days off work…

Aside from a couple of minor interruptions from my brilliant programmers and lovely ~~drinking partners~~  co-managerial staff, it’s been a work-free five days. First time in quite a while. Mica had the same time off, so we basically hung out together, not doing much at all. Aside from minor car dramas (it wouldn’t start, so we had to cancel our trip down to the Mornington Peninsula for lunch at a little café thing), really shitty weather, and car dramas (after getting it fixed, it wouldn’t start again) and and and… well, okay, it wasn’t exactly a great vacation, but at least I didn’t have to go to the office.

Because there was no car around, and because there was a fantastic foodie festival on, I was able to put my feet up and get some tasty wine (and beer, see previous entry ) past my taste buds. I spent $60 on one bottle of one of the best wines I’ve had in a long time, Peter Althaus’s Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 from Tasmania’s Coal River valley. Yummy. That’s going into the cellar for a while (thanks heaps to Diz, who introduced me to that excellent drop while I was living in Hobart). I also got to taste a pint of Mountain Goat stunning (and award-winning) Surefoot Stout . I’m generally a fan of their beers (their signature Hightail Ale kicks real butt), and Surefoot Stout does not disappoint.

All that alcohol-talk was a preamble to this link to an article in Modern Drunkard Magazine – they’re talking about benders there. Funny article. This holiday wasn’t about drinking a lot – it was about drinking well , and relaxing that silly rule about not having any before noon. Because, as you know gentle reader, it’s always afternoon somewhere.