They say kids are sponges, and it's true, for better or worse. They'll adopt your quirks and catchphrases. They'll quote stretches of film dialogue, will know the words to nearly every current pop song - and have surprised me with more than a few 80's flashbacks. One time a while ago my five year old remarked: This cake is Fucking delicious!, completely unaware of meaning or vulgarity - only repeated with the exact joyful emphasis her "Auntie" Julia proclaimed the evening before. Having spent a lot of time at her grandma's the past few months, and gleaning bits from my mom's preferred home improvement programming, my daughter casually mentioned that one corner of our living room was "too busy". She cocked her head: Too many plants, just too much green for that zone she said, with a dismissive waive. 

She's been super into lanyards and DIY bracelets these days, bringing home her new creations from summer day camp. Yesterday she decided on a whim to try and sell them out in the neighborhood. With little planning and no marketing budget, she just held up a sign on our corner that read BRACELETS. With few cars or pedestrians passing for over an hour, it looked like more of a performance piece - or some strange exercise, in both senses of the word. 

She came in at dusk, demoralized. But later that night she had some hope again. The talk was all about plans and what-ifs and maybes. And it really ended up just being about people. Maybe if we made lemonade - or or or maybe cookies! - maybe more people would come... She was animated again: Maybe there are old people - like you, Dad, no offense - with kids around. Maybe there are other kids I don't even know, all around here!...
 

TONIGHT: Thursday Night Flights...
White and red Flights from the Rhone River Valley
Stop in and enjoy some new arrivals and staff favorites, with all kinds of wonderful folks from the neighborhood you may not (yet) know. And speaking of wonderful neighbors, TACOS OSCAR is OPEN tonight and all weekend too (tacos always welcome with wine flights or glasses)!
2024 Château la Canorgue Viognier
2023 Yves Cuilleron Marsanne
2021 Domaine des Louis Crozes Hermitage Blanc R&M
2022 Domaine des Entrefaux Les Champs Fourné Crozes-Hermitage
2023 Matthieu Barret Petit Ours Côtes-du-Rhône
2023 Yves Cuilleron Syrah Collines Rhodaniennes
Flights $15 from 5-9 and wines by the glass until 9

SATURDAY 7/19: Eastern European Flights
Come try four fantastic new finds! Each unique, dynamic, and ultimately delicious... 
2024 Črnko Jareninčan White - Slovenia
2021 Apátsági Pince Hárslevelű Somlói - Hungary
2023 Edgar Brutler Sefu Red - Romania
2021 Zlatan Bilo Idro Plavac - Croatia
Flights $18 from 2-6 and wines by the glass until close!

Cheers, 
Daniel