When you're in MN, you need to go 'caching on one of our Minnesota Road Trips with us. Sorry, but my wife wouldn't understand an internet California girl sleep-over. :frown:
Corporal Stevens was released from active duty in the 43rd Engineer Battalion, 931st Engineer Group. Asked about his immediate plans:
"I'm heading straight to the liquor store for a case of wine. I've been living off-base for several months, and promised my roommates a 'party'."
"Hmmm, a case of Boone's Farm should do. The three of us drink two bottles nightly, along with occasional (OK, nightly) herbs, and sometimes (really) chemicals. Yeah, a case is good."
Damn, we had to go get seven more bottles at the 7-11. HEH. The next day I moved to Minnesota.
yeah - it kinda does -you are right 3m. The thing I remember most about gooseberry when I was a kid, was the number of leeches I got on me when wading.
you know -funny thing, out here you rarely if ever see mountain dew as a choice of fountain drinks. when I was back there, it was on every places menu.
I've been talking about the hunt and told her about our website and then she said she had just gotten that link in an email...and then showed it to me...and when I saw who it was from - I told her I know her! She's hunting from CA this year.
Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree.Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they areafraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy pickings. The apples at the top think something is wrong with them. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.
Men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
I'd say it was an bump-and-grind blend of reds.... Smooth and lustrous, with a hint of cherry and a rustic flavors. Kinda a redneck version of sophistication.
I loved it...3 bottles later I really enjoyed it...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It seemed like the perfect gimmick: a celebrity porn star would launch her own wine, with her alluring picture on the label.
Savanna Samson did just that, but when it received a score of 90 to 91 out of 100 by wine guru Robert Parker, the project became serious. It turns out Samson, the star of "The New Devil in Miss Jones," has produced an exceptional wine, becoming the toast of two industries: wine-making and pornography.
"I never wanted to just do gimmick. That would just happen with me being a porn star, me having a photographer shoot the label, how risque could I get on the label -- all those things," Samson, the stage name for 31-year-old Natalie Oliveros, said in an interview.
The seriousness of the idea was lining up a respected wine maker. So she convinced Italy's Robert Cipresso -- also a vintner to the Vatican -- to join the project.
Samson went to Tuscany and tasted dozens of Cipresso's Italian-grown varieties, then she selected a mix of 70 percent Cesanese, 20 percent Sangiovese and 10 percent Montepulciano. She ordered over 400 cases.
"I knew I wanted Roberto to make my wine -- I just love his passion for wine," said Samson.
The result is Sogno Uno, a 2004 vintage of an Italian red wine packaged under the Savanna name with a label of Samson in a see-through gown. It was launched last month.
Parker has been called the most influential wine critic in the world, and a score of 90 to 95 denotes "an outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character."
"Trust me, I didn't add any points for Ms. Samson's personal presentation," Parker wrote in his review.
NAUGHTY AND SPICE
Samson is one of the biggest names in pornography, having won best actress in the Adult Video News Awards (AVN), the pornographic equivalent of the Oscars, and another AVN Award for a scene she shared with Jenna Jameson in last year's "The Masseuse." She has made two dozen porn flicks.
The wine "really represents who I am," said Samson.
"There's spiciness -- the Cesanese has the naughty side of me. And yet it's an elegant wine. I love the opera, and I'm a classically trained ballet dancer. And there is some chocolate undertone, which I just love. There's a little bit of sweetness. Like, 10 percent of the time I'm sweet," she said.
She is working on a white wine -- Sogno Due -- that could be out later this year, and also has ideas of expanding into champagne, ice wine and grappa.
Samson, who was raised Catholic in upstate New York, said it was pure coincidence that Cipresso also sells wines to the Vatican. She met him through her husband, a wine merchant.
"My priest said in Mass once, 'Violence or pleasures of the flesh. What is the greater of two evils?' I think we all know the answer. I felt like he was saying that toward me," she said.
Still, she never had her parent's blessing for her career choice as an adult movie star. "They were so devastated. They were terribly, terribly upset."
But while she will continue her film career, wine-making may offer some redemption. "I wanted to do something that my parents could be proud of," she said.
When you're in MN, you need to go 'caching on one of our Minnesota Road Trips with us. Sorry, but my wife wouldn't understand an internet California girl sleep-over. :frown:
and I'm pretty sure that - no, your wife wouldn't understand.
I'm sure there are lots of girlfriends/wifes of my old guy friends that will be putting the boys on some VERY SHORT leashes..
ha ha ha.
So I am gonna fly home for 2 weeks, rent a car to see everyone and stay at a couple of friends houses.
There will be lots of drinking and merriment.puke. repeat drinking and merriment. puke repeat.
Yahoooooooo!
http://blog.myspace.com/mnsunshine
I was just reading the whole contest. Very Cooler Kitch!
mid-morning, Fort Benning
Corporal Stevens was released from active duty in the 43rd Engineer Battalion, 931st Engineer Group. Asked about his immediate plans:
"I'm heading straight to the liquor store for a case of wine. I've been living off-base for several months, and promised my roommates a 'party'."
"Hmmm, a case of Boone's Farm should do. The three of us drink two bottles nightly, along with occasional (OK, nightly) herbs, and sometimes (really) chemicals. Yeah, a case is good."
Damn, we had to go get seven more bottles at the 7-11. HEH. The next day I moved to Minnesota.
totally bonkers
hmm
mexico - band guy - mas tequilla por favor!
one big one? that thrives on mt. dew eh?
you know -funny thing, out here you rarely if ever see mountain dew as a choice of fountain drinks. when I was back there, it was on every places menu.
once I ordered a soda in minnesota and she brought me out a club soda with lime.
it was good.. but unusual.
I've got a full plate tomorrow and Saturday! (keep your fingers crossed that we clearn $20k!!)
I'll be back when I recover Sunday Night for some awesome noodles.
~Vinobabe
PS Como - Como - Como
next year?
:smile:
Take a look at the travel bugs on the Minnesota page. It's an unapproved cache, but check out the name of it.
Anyone need a login to see it, egram me.
http://www.geocaching.com/local/default.aspx?state_id=24&submit2=GO
you going?
drinking beer with Mucluck?
Small, small world. :wink:
so I know someone who knows someone who knows someone I know :wink:
heh.
Men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
2002
AWESOME!!!!
I'd say it was an bump-and-grind blend of reds.... Smooth and lustrous, with a hint of cherry and a rustic flavors. Kinda a redneck version of sophistication.
I loved it...3 bottles later I really enjoyed it...
Tonight I am pouring Estancia Stonewall Vineyards Pinot Noir ($15) and some Simi Reserve Sauvignon Blanc ($22) :smile:
Savanna Samson did just that, but when it received a score of 90 to 91 out of 100 by wine guru Robert Parker, the project became serious. It turns out Samson, the star of "The New Devil in Miss Jones," has produced an exceptional wine, becoming the toast of two industries: wine-making and pornography.
"I never wanted to just do gimmick. That would just happen with me being a porn star, me having a photographer shoot the label, how risque could I get on the label -- all those things," Samson, the stage name for 31-year-old Natalie Oliveros, said in an interview.
The seriousness of the idea was lining up a respected wine maker. So she convinced Italy's Robert Cipresso -- also a vintner to the Vatican -- to join the project.
Samson went to Tuscany and tasted dozens of Cipresso's Italian-grown varieties, then she selected a mix of 70 percent Cesanese, 20 percent Sangiovese and 10 percent Montepulciano. She ordered over 400 cases.
"I knew I wanted Roberto to make my wine -- I just love his passion for wine," said Samson.
The result is Sogno Uno, a 2004 vintage of an Italian red wine packaged under the Savanna name with a label of Samson in a see-through gown. It was launched last month.
Parker has been called the most influential wine critic in the world, and a score of 90 to 95 denotes "an outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character."
"Trust me, I didn't add any points for Ms. Samson's personal presentation," Parker wrote in his review.
NAUGHTY AND SPICE
Samson is one of the biggest names in pornography, having won best actress in the Adult Video News Awards (AVN), the pornographic equivalent of the Oscars, and another AVN Award for a scene she shared with Jenna Jameson in last year's "The Masseuse." She has made two dozen porn flicks.
The wine "really represents who I am," said Samson.
"There's spiciness -- the Cesanese has the naughty side of me. And yet it's an elegant wine. I love the opera, and I'm a classically trained ballet dancer. And there is some chocolate undertone, which I just love. There's a little bit of sweetness. Like, 10 percent of the time I'm sweet," she said.
She is working on a white wine -- Sogno Due -- that could be out later this year, and also has ideas of expanding into champagne, ice wine and grappa.
Samson, who was raised Catholic in upstate New York, said it was pure coincidence that Cipresso also sells wines to the Vatican. She met him through her husband, a wine merchant.
"My priest said in Mass once, 'Violence or pleasures of the flesh. What is the greater of two evils?' I think we all know the answer. I felt like he was saying that toward me," she said.
Still, she never had her parent's blessing for her career choice as an adult movie star. "They were so devastated. They were terribly, terribly upset."
But while she will continue her film career, wine-making may offer some redemption. "I wanted to do something that my parents could be proud of," she said.
Wonder how to get a bottle ... scared to hear the 'secret' ingredience :sheepish:
I wouldnt be upset that my daughter was a porn star--... Id be jealous as hell!
but her boobies arnt real
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-SAVANNA-SAMSON-4x6-UNBELIEVABLY-HOT-PHOTOS-211_W0QQitemZ7007996331QQcategoryZ14280QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
http://www.universityofsavanna.com/ss/htm/site/splash.jsp