musedir
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“Thank you, God!” I said as the bottle went ass up and the last drops of my 2009 Rasa Creative Impulse dripped slowly over the clear rim of my beautiful Eisch crystal glass. I’d uncorked the wine three hours earlier so that it had a chance to breathe and soften and deliver that red wine goodness that I oh-so love. This Rasa is great stuff! Thank you too, Billi!
Three days ago, my wife flew across the country to set up my youngest son in his first apartment as a senior in college. (TYG!) It is comforting and reassuring that his roommate is one of his roommates from his freshman year, when he was 2,000 miles away from home and family. We’ve met his family there and it’s comforting to know that even though you live on separate coasts, have raised your children thousands of miles apart in different regions, we still share good, common values...family, friends, industry, character, etc. (TYG!)
Then last night, my lovely wife left my third-born to take a short flight to spend the weekend with my second born, my daughter, who lives in Chicago. (TYG that we can afford these flights!) She’s been out of college two plus years now and is with a great guy who may one day end up as my son-in-law, which I would love! (TYG!) My daughter is one of my three most important women in the world and I have been blessed that we have such a special relationship, as I know some dads haven’t had such good fortune. (TYG!)
However, during these same last few days, it has been sad that the first most important woman in my life has had to be in the hospital trying to find out what’s wrong. Fortunately, just today, we found out why. It was an easy one…dehydration! (TYG!) For those in this community with elderly parents, you may not be surprised at this, but if you are, tell your parents to drink a glass of water. It’s simple, but so damn important! And the poor thing has had to go through it alone as the most important man in hers and my life left us just a short while ago, back in February! RIP papa! (TYG for having him with us for 88 years!) My mom’s a trouper, but it’s been tough! For me, I’m just so thankful that I was blessed with him as my dad for so many years! (TYG!)
Those beautiful, sad, last drops of Rasa were just enough to give me a couple of ounces with which to wash down my flippin’ kick$ss, medium-rare, T-bone steak paired with a loaded spud…butter, sour cream, cheese and bacon plus a spinach salad w/champagne salad dressing. (TYG!)
Knowing that my lovely and youngest son would be gone this weekend and I’d be on my own, I had the foresight to stop by our local butcher Thursday. This guy’s been around for fifty years and is the Real Deal. In SoCal, anything 50 years old is like the Coliseum is to Rome! Totally old school, cash only with filets, rib eyes, bacon, ribs, ham mocks, burgers, ribs, and all kinds of other carnivorous deliciousness and free spuds! When there, I said in that in honor of my Mom & Dad, I wanted one of their dry-aged T-bones from the back cooler. (TYG!) Growing up, I have great memories of the family tribe coming together no matter what, for Sunday night family meals that ALWAYS involved some type of grilled steaks and loaded spuds. T-bones when I was younger, that later changed to filets when my dad was doing better. (TYG!)
Their dry-aged ones are taken out of a walk-in dry cooler and cut by hand. When they throw it on the table, they size it by the width of their bad-ass knife/blade. Their question as to “Prime” or ”Choice” was a no-brainer…PRIME!!! Although buying for one, with the wife out of town I had the budget for two! $36 bucks later, I walked out the door with a dry-aged 16 oz. T-bone with rub on it and a fist-sized spud in my hands. (TYG!)
So tonight, I set the oven to 400 degrees for the spud for 50 minutes and started making a delish salad with what was left in the fridge…spinach, goat cheese, white onion, red pepper, tomatoes and some bacon bits that I heated in the microwave to mimic fresh-cooked bacon. (TYG!)
Dusk was just beginning as I went outside to fire up my gas grill, which again I murmured a quick TYG as I have a nice small backyard that was redone almost 10 years ago my wife and I still enjoy it so much and are thankful for. (TYG!)
When the spud was about 10 minutes from being ready, I went back outside with some of my Rasa to get that beautiful T-bone cooking. The grill temp said 450, which I know was enough, ‘cause I have a sear plate to cook that aged hunk of beef over. (As I write this, the sun is struggling to turn off its last rays and the honking of 50 geese has just blared through the open slide doors as they’re heading to the wetlands before darkness.) (TYG!)
While it was on the grill, I was chillin’, sipping on my Rasa and looking around and noticed that a neighbor two houses down had just put up a 40-foot high pole to hoist an American flag up. (TYG!) With my buzz going nicely, I thought that was such a cool statement, especially with the Charlottesville and Spanish upsets of the last few days. In the end, I hope that each of us in the blessed country remember that we have it so much better here than everywhere else! Pick your metric, as any of them are better here! (TYG!)
With all of these things on my mind over the last few days and with a quiet house due to the significant things going on with people I love AND at the end of eating a restaurant quality meal and thinking about so many things that I feel blessed about and am thankful for, I was a bit surprised when I heard myself verbalize a quiet Thank you, God” as those last drops of Rasa fell. But you know, it’s okay as you can’t help from where you’re from, nor should you.
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed reading this thread and have wondered if I’d ever feel motivated to post. For me, tonight is the night! After hearing myself say those TYG words, I knew it was time!
With that, I’m gonna close by giving a a quick shout-out to Old Doug as I have so enjoyed his posts here and in other threads over the years! Keep up the posting!
Good night, God Bless! (Off to the 2nd whole bottle consumed alone…!) 
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With that, I’m gonna close by giving a a quick shout-out to Old Doug as I have so enjoyed his posts here and in other threads over the years! Keep up the posting!
Many of us have given an out loud or a quiet shout-out to OD in the midst of 1WBCA... excellent post BTW.
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 
Here's hoping your wife gets better fast, and good fortune to you in the writing.
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