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Labor Day of Love

Written By: Romany Reagan on Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Tipping Axis Where Summer Passes the Baton to Fall...

Ever since the days of last minute back-to-school shopping and sudden thoughts returning to that boy in chemistry -- Labor Day Weekend has marked the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Fall just happens to be my favorite season, those school-age feelings of anticipation when the air changes still haven't left me, so the change is mostly...read more

 

Chinese Wine?

Written By: Romany Reagan on Friday, August 15, 2008

The Beijing 2008 Olympics Shows Us a China That is Poised and Ready to Join the World Wine Market. Let the Games begin...

As we sit languidly on our couches watching people perform shocking physical feats in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it can seem from our horizontal positions that we have more in common with a house cat than these superhuman-humans. But interestingly enough, there is a major wine sponsor, COFCO Wines & Spirits (China Great Wall Wine Co., LTD),...read more

 

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The Perfect Birthday

Written By: Romany Reagan on Friday, August 1, 2008

Brought To You By Someone Else

My friend Blythe had a birthday last week, and so did I, but hers was so much more planned out... so hers is the one we'll discuss. This was mostly due to one of her friends so graciously planning it for her. This once again illustrates for me the wondrous powers of DELEGATING. Having recently produced a play I wrote in Tribeca with little...read more

 

Ice Ice Baby - Chilled Summer Reds

Written By: Romany Reagan on Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Are those ice-cubes clinking in your cab? Why it's ok (gasp!) to put your reds on ice this summer.

My apartment doesn't have air conditioning. This tragedy is born from a combination of long work hours, lack of car and a questionable financial position. Thus, for this article I find myself focused on temperature again. When the heat makes all your thoughts fall right out of your head, you reach for the classic summer beverage: an cool...read more

 

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Keeping Your Wine Safe When Temperatures Are Dangerous

Written By: Romany Reagan on Friday, July 11, 2008

How to avoid common temperature problems with wine, and storing your wine in the best condition possible.

When my friends who had been storing their wine in their cool coastal garage opened one treasured bottle one evening to find it gone off, they panicked. It had been a particularly hot day in San Diego, and even their darkened, cool, oceanfront garage started cookin.' Worried about all of their wines, they examined them one by one and found...read more

 

Wine's Health Benefits

Written By: Romany Reagan on Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Is the Fountain of Youth Made of Wine?

Alcohol has gotten a bad rap, and deservedly so given liver failure, heart disease and the social dysfunction it can cause, however wine is in the paradoxical category of actually improving health. There has been a lot of talk lately about the components of wine and how they affect our physical wellbeing. Is it the antioxidant resveratrol? ...read more

 

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Wedding Blitz 2008

Written By: Romany Reagan on Friday, June 13, 2008

Pack your Cliff bars and do an extra set of crunches -- it's Wedding Season!

It's wedding season, and rather like hunting season, there are rules and gear involved. First there is the emotional excitement and/or turmoil that friends' weddings cause, then there's the logistical turmoil of travel to said wedding, presents for said wedding, who to bring to said wedding and what to WEAR to said wedding. The pressure is...read more

 

Bubbly & the Beach

Written By: Romany Reagan on Monday, June 9, 2008

Prioritizing this summer so you can have it all!

Summer is upon us! The weather has been so schizophrenic here in New York that it has thrown me into a sort of state of denial about the advancing months (yes, I'll blame the weather) -- until suddenly here I sit, eyeing last year's tiny summer wardrobe with dread. As my slightly larger body curses winter's debauchery my mind plots my escape...read more

 

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A Toast to Graduates (Pop the Champagne)

Written By: Romany Reagan on Wednesday, May 28, 2008

A look back for those who have graduated, and a look ahead for those who are about to.

Ahh... June. Summer time. Birds are chirping, mowers are humming, skirts are shrinking and everywhere college kids are graduating. Yeah, June is good. On sunny, lazy days like these I get all nostalgic thinking about my own graduation day. My mom and I had a champagne brunch in the morning of her signature Eggs Golden Rod (see my Easter...read more

 

Wine and Watch at the Speakeasy Cinema

Written By: Romany Reagan on Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Why hit the winebar after the movie, when you could bring the winebar to the movie

One thing I love about NYC is the BYOB. There are BYOB restaurants everywhere, but there is a little known other BYOB once a month, and that is BYOB Cinema. My friend and colleague Matt Kohn puts on Speakeasy Cinema one Monday a month at The Tank theatre on Church St. in Tribeca. (Incidentally the same theatre where, in July, yours truly...read more

 

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