Another day, another night out for dinner. Last night we once again had to head out for a bite to eat with another of our winemakers visiting from Italy. Once again the food at the restaurant had too much salt and the misses entree was too salty to even eat! We’re thinking of opening a restaurant called No Salt! You’d think in this day and age $100 to $500 for a meal would actually get you some good food, but nooooooo, all you get is a plate full of salt! Anyhow it was nice to see Alessandro who is on his way to Atlanta this afternoon. We hadn’t seen him since January 2010 when we were with him in New York and he was also in Colorado at our house. It’s good for him to come visit the market as it really helps in multiple ways, the most obvious being education and sales.
Yesterday I shipped another load of wine, had some conference calls and caught up on emails from work. I also managed to get the kids to the pool for an hour of swimming before Mom arrived home from work. She’s now off until Friday but trying to switch so we can head up to Wyoming. She’s lounging around now on the couch looking pretty cute in a pair of my Calvin Kleins. We both need some exercise today to get all the salt out of our bodies.
Our friend Allen (the saddlemaker) called yesterday to fill me in on the history of what my Mom calls “the old mexican saddle”. Turns out it’s not mexican at all but rather was made in the 1920’s by Mulleur and Company here in Denver. He said it’s so narrow that even if fully restored it’d be hard to find a horse that it’d properly fit. The horn apparently had also been torn off as there’s evidence of roping when you look closely at it. He’s going to clean it all up for us (at no charge!) Â and it’ll be a new piece of western regalia sitting in our front room somewhere. And so the Ralph Lauren western theme makeover continues!
The boys and I did do a bunch of homework out of their workbooks yesterday and the oldest and I need to get started on our Hunter Safety work today. I have a call at 8am and then we’ll get going on this while he’s fresh before the day gets away from us. The house is still pretty clean which is a surprise as with two kids and two dogs, it’s not an easy job.
Well I’m going to grab a bite to eat and then box up some wine, today it goes to Maine, and then shower before my first call. It’ll be another hot one today with temperatures in the mid 90’s, I think I’ll hose down the dogs today to cool them off. Maybe a swim for them in Whistler’s Pond.
Hope everyone’s doing well, stay cool and hydrated and have a great day.