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Resolution Relapse

Not even 12 hours into my resolution posting do I break one!  I guess it’s my own fault for walking into the bookstore but as I mentioned in my previous post, my “don’t buy it”  will power  is futile when it comes to wine books. As, some of you may also know I am an avid comic book fan….

So, when I found a wine book that comes in comic book form, for a split-second my body went into a sort of comatose state.  This was quickly followed by the  “don’t buy it, walk away” angel on one shoulder being smashed with a sledge hammer by the “BUY IT NOW” little devil on the other shoulder.  At such speed did this happen that I had my money out and was paying for the books before I’d even grabbed them off the shelf.

The Drops of God - Tadashi Agi & Shu Okimoto

The Drops of God - Tadashi Agi & Shu Okimoto

I’ve only heard of The Drops of God, it’s a manga comic (Japanese) and from what I remember, about a sommelier of some sorts, think he might be a detective.  Regardless, I now have them in my possession and will be reviewing them shortly…stay tuned.

Suffice to say Chaucer’s Book Store on upper State St has come up trumps once again, they are an amazing local book shop and if you don’t know them and live in Santa Barbara, what is wrong with you!?…adding to that, I won’t be walking in there any time soon…that is to say, until I get through my list.

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New Year’s Wine Resolutions

A bit late in posting this…but now it’s here, it’s golden!!!

1. Read more books– Goal: 3 books a month.
This is my most important resolution.  I have a sort of impulsive buy reaction when I see interesting books.  This reflex goes in to hyper-drive when said books are about wine and food (I won’t even go into my comic book buying impulses).  The result is a collection of 100+ tomes that have traveled with me across three countries and a countless number of dwellings, sadly some have never been read…in 2012 I plan to read through all my wine books.

my wine bookshelf

my wine bookshelf

To help me along I will list all the books on a new tab “Read more wine books” and will be writing a review of each one. (FYI – I am currently reading Feiring’s naked wine and Goode & Harrop’s Authentic Wine).  Also, as a caveat to this, I plan not to buy any wine books for a while

2. Write more blog entries – Goal: 2 a week
Pretty self-explanatory – and yes I am counting this list as an entry.

3. Write more for other people – Goal: 2 features a month
I am very lucky to have my forte-nightly app column in the Santa Barbara News-Press (every other Thursday in Food section – next one Feb 2nd).  Besides that I need to be racking my brains for more in print or other people blog stories…hey pitch me if you think you’ve got something news-worthy enough — especially if it’s Santa Barbara or Central Coast related.

4. Do more random winery tastings– Goal: 3 tasting rooms a month
I have a plan here…and I am busting it out in 2012

5. Change my Twitter avatar – Goal: with something representing my life in wine
Below is the picture I am choosing.

6. Tidy up my tasting note taking
Please tell me everyone has this problem?  I am a messy lefty writer, I’m not in to the whole typing notes thing…just need to clean it up a bit.

Maybe I should take a calligraphy class?

7. Post more stuff to my tumblr and google+ accounts
I’ve had my tumblr thing for ages….now I’m going to do something with it. Ditto with google+

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