Fancy Pants, Middle Sister and Drops of Jupiter

- I found myself in the wine aisle of the grocery store last night, looking for a bottle of wine to take as a gift.  This one caught my eye first - my sister Jo and I used the term "Fancy Pants" as code words during a difficult time in our family.  All we had to do was text or voice message Fancy Pants! and one would call the other.  How in the world we came up with that term - I couldn't say, but it worked.  And I love the pretty blue label on this bottle and that tag line, "I wear the pants."

- And the bottle next to it cracked me up.  I texted this photo to my sisters, since I am the sister born in the middle.  I'm sure no one thinks I'm a drama queen.  :)  The tag line "The dentist told me I needed a crown.  I was like I KNOW RIGHT!"  This one is apropos since I am facing getting a crown on a tooth.

- I'm terrible at picking out wine - I just go with interesting labels.  This one made me think of that song by the band Train, "Drops of Jupiter", and lo and behold, when I read the back of the bottle at home, it's their wine.  How about that.  And I just read that proceeds from sales of this wine go to charity.  I like that.  Hope it's good.  :)

Have a wonderful weekend, y'all!

The goat, once in a lifetime and pretty in pink

- When friend Janice and I sipped coffee beside some shelves of wine at a coffee / wine shop last weekend, I was inspired to snap a photo of this South African wine "La Capra", because of its whimsical label, depicting a goat carrying a tower of things on its back:  three wine barrels, a globe, a violin, a farm worker, a fork, and a big wedge of cheese with three musical performers dancing on top.  (Click to enlarge.)  According to their website, all these things are available at the vineyard / farm where the wine is produced (and there's an annual music festival there every year, too.)  Delightful and I'll bet that's a fun place to work.

- Being the first one to be seated for lunch at a cantina near work and while waiting for a client to join me, witnessing two of the restaurant workers taking a moment to dance to The Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" that was playing in the background.

- One of the dancers turns out to be our waiter and we admire her pink necklace, which consists of a miniature framed portrait of Molly Ringwald, circa 1986.