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Todd Abrams

Todd Abrams
Detroit is a big, nasty, carbon slushie presently and I'm a chaperone for a group of fifth graders field tripping to the Institute of Arts tomorrow. Therefore, Beaujolais tonight.

D. Coquelet Vieilles Vignes Chiroubles 2009 is tart and juicy up front then turns all round fruit before slowly tapering into a streak of chewy minerals. Ripe, ripe aromas, mashed berries, a dusting of five spice. It gets a little too ripe the longer you keep your nostrils in the glass. Like strawberries on the verge of rot. Nevertheless, it's enjoyable, though I prefer gamay a good touch leaner.

I opened this bottle right before my wife left to teach Love & Logic to a group of neighborhood moms. She took a couple sniffs and then filled a sippy cup full so that she could pour it into a glass instead of the notoriously shitty wine that's brought to her classes. That's why I love her.
 
Nice.

I thought Damien let the fruit hang a bit too long in '09, but I like '11s and '12s quite well.
 
originally posted by Todd Abrams:
I opened this bottle right before my wife left to teach Love & Logic to a group of neighborhood moms. She took a couple sniffs and then filled a sippy cup full so that she could pour it into a glass instead of the notoriously shitty wine that's brought to her classes.
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I've never heard of Love & Logic but the sippy cup technique is impressive.
 
originally posted by Zachary Ross:
Please admire the Whistler, Dewings, and the rest of the tonalist collection. I mean, after the Rivera murals. Just for me.
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In many ways Detroit is mostly memories and sadness but we do have a kickass art museum. Trust me, I admire on a regular basis. My strategy is to focus on only two galleries in a visit just because you can easily be visually overwhelmed. Kind of like a tasting where half the bottles are wine of the night.
 
It's chunky but really quite tasty, this wine. That big ripeness is only evident when you're face is in the glass for time. I'm buying more.

I'm also celebrating the delivery of my very own two-piece human skull replica.

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Alas!
 
Mine is the "budget skull" from Anatomy Warehouse. A simple model.

Damien Hirst's art is a construct of capitalist envy and sensationalist journalism, i.e., a sign of the times.

If I had his money I would build a ranch style house on the costa del sol out of empty Burgundy bottles and cob.
 
originally posted by Mark Davis:
Best things about Michigan are:

1. Zingerman's in Ann Arbor
2. U-Michigan sports
3. The drivers

-mark
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Sorry, Mark, but the #1 best thing about Michigan is the land itself and its beauty. For those of us in flyover country, the arboreal splendor and lovely lakeshore of Michigan aren't things to be overlooked. And Michigan's trout population would be #2 for me, not that I've got anything against Zingerman's. Your other two choices are... debatable, to say the least.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Mark Davis:
Best things about Michigan are:

1. Zingerman's in Ann Arbor
2. U-Michigan sports
3. The drivers

-mark
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Sorry, Mark, but the #1 best thing about Michigan is the land itself and its beauty. For those of us in flyover country, the arboreal splendor and lovely lakeshore of Michigan aren't things to be overlooked. And Michigan's trout population would be #2 for me, not that I've got anything against Zingerman's. Your other two choices are... debatable, to say the least.

Mark Lipton
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Mark:

It's all relative.

I spent about 26 years in SE Michigan. To me, Oregon is worlds more beautiful in both arboreal splendor and lake, strike that, ocean-shore...I did travel to the UP several times as well and it was OK.

I do really miss Zingerman's though - world class Deli IMHO. I miss the sports and agree that it is debatable.

People know how to drive there as well.

-mark
 
originally posted by Todd Abrams:
originally posted by Zachary Ross:
Please admire the Whistler, Dewings, and the rest of the tonalist collection. I mean, after the Rivera murals. Just for me.
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In many ways Detroit is mostly memories and sadness but we do have a kickass art museum ...
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When I was a teenager, I thought the Sunday morning breakfast concerts were the very apex of cultured life.

originally posted by Rahsaan:

I've never heard of Love & Logic but the sippy cup technique is impressive.
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As long as the cup stays out of the wrong hands.

originally posted by Todd Abrams:
Mine is the "budget skull" from Anatomy Warehouse. A simple model.

Damien Hirst's art is a construct of capitalist envy and sensationalist journalism, i.e., a sign of the times ...
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Who funded the acquisition of all those diamonds? The theme of temporal wealth's ultimate futility pre-dates Adam Smith: this almost looks like something you'd dig up in the crypt of a medieval German monastery, except for the platinum.
 
Not a side of 2009 B I ever enjoyed.
But it seemed like an honest effort, and I can see how it could be good in other vintages.
 
Sorry, Mark, but the #1 best thing about Michigan is the land itself and its beauty. For those of us in flyover country, the arboreal splendor and lovely lakeshore of Michigan aren't things to be overlooked. And Michigan's trout population would be #2 for me, not that I've got anything against Zingerman's. Your other two choices are... debatable, to say the least.

Mark Lipton
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I didn't know you were an angler, Mark. Where do you go? I used to fly-fish up around Boyne City but let the habit lapse a decade ago. With a sabbatical coming up in a few months, my highest priority is finally writing that fucking book finding a good stream to stand in.
 
originally posted by fillay:

I didn't know you were an angler, Mark. Where do you go? I used to fly-fish up around Boyne City but let the habit lapse a decade ago. With a sabbatical coming up in a few months, my highest priority is finally writing that fucking book finding a good stream to stand in.
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Living as far as I do from Trout Central, and having a job that precludes making the Hex hatch, I go for some of the lesser-known trout streams. The Little Manistee has been berry, berry good to me, though I have also dipped my line into the Pere Marquette off season. I never made it as far as Boyne City, staying most of the time around Grayling and Gaylord. Typically, we combined fly fishing and camping in the National Forest campgrounds that abound in those parts.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Mark Davis:

Mark:

It's all relative.

I spent about 26 years in SE Michigan. To me, Oregon is worlds more beautiful in both arboreal splendor and lake, strike that, ocean-shore...I did travel to the UP several times as well and it was OK.

I do really miss Zingerman's though - world class Deli IMHO. I miss the sports and agree that it is debatable.

People know how to drive there as well.
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It is indeed all relative, Mark, but I see it from the mirror image perspective, having grown up on the West Coast and spent copious amounts of time in Northern California and Oregon. I'm not disputing your comparison, but saying rather that -- for this part of the country -- what Michigan offers is hard to find elsewhere. The Smokies are beautiful in their own right, but they are deciduous hardwood forest. For an evergreen forest, Michigan is the best option, the SE region notwithstanding. YMMV, as it must.

Michigan drivers, OTOH, get no props from me. I can always tell when a Michigan driver is behind me because they tailgate no matter what the speed, whatever the circumstances. Michigan drivers are marginally less aggressive than Illinois drivers (who are almost uniformly complete assholes on the road) and less clueless than Ohio and Indiana drivers, though that's a pretty low bar. Of course, what trumps even location is vehicle: pickups are the most aggressive, followed closely by SUVs. I attribute those characteristics to an artificial feeling of invulnerability instilled by the size of the vehicle. Or it could just be testosterone poisoning at work.

Mark Lipton
 
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