Yes, I know, art can be written. I love the written word and once wanted to be a writer. I don’t write as well as I used to, but occasionally am still able to turn a phrase or two.

My current written works can be seen here (when I can be bothered to actually do something) and at our company’s website. I periodically write posts about beverages (of the adult kind), food, the business of food and beverage, and the like. It’s fun and I enjoy it, but I often get so caught up in my day to day dealings with work that I miss out on getting to write. Hopefully soon it will even out and I can get a few things out there.

This rag here is giving me fits at the moment. An age (or three) ago I coded the CSS for my site using my actual unicorn artwork I love so much, but somehow broke the coding and never went back in to fix it. I started using free templates which I have enjoyed to a lesser extent, but they’re still nice. However, I can’t seem to get everything working. Social media links, upgrades and the like are suddenly eluding my attempts to include them in my online slice of life.

Art is oftentimes our reaction to angst. Ooooo, idea…

A – Angst

R – Relief

T – Therapy

Truly disgusting. I can’t get a good schedule going for my own blog. I go hot and heavy for a month or so then it’s as if there’s a total freeze. Ugh.

I received an email from NaBloPoMo for September’s theme which is ART. Great subject for me. I think I’ll play. Again. But I’m not making any promises that I’ll keep up with it or past the month. So don’t bet on me.

If you come to read, thanks. And I apologize for not keeping you entertained. Hell, I haven’t hardly been on Facebook or Twitter lately either. Ugh (again).

So, ART. Yep. I’ve always been a creative soul. My art of choice as a young person was music. Primarily flute. I received my bachelor’s in flute performance. But I don’t do it any more. If I can find a way to digitize the tapes I have of my performances, I’ll happily share. Give me time, though.

Further musical art took me to bagpipes and Irish flute and penny whistle. Lots of fun, but again I didn’t keep up with it. More musical art took me to Boston to transcribe music into sheet music form. This took me to Orlando and to a job that fell through in the sheet music department of a huge entertainment company in that city.

Art took a backseat for a while after that. Bills were more important and a family came along. I always dabbled, though.

Now I work for a marketing company and my art has become designing themed menus for restaurants, bars, concessions, etc. I work with graphic designers to create aesthetically pleasing menus and other POS to entice you to eat and drink. And I love it.

More talk of art later… Hell I have 29 more days to share.

Speaking of sharing, let me know what kind of art you are into. (Nothing crude, please. All you underwear comment spammers, thanks but no thanks.)

One of my most favorite songs…

We have wine tastings at work occasionally. It’s great doing what I do. This week we tried some Luigi Bosca wines. They were excellent. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to take pictures that day. I have been so busy lately I’m amazed I remember to breathe at times.

The second tasting we had was with St. Supery. Again, excellent wines. This wine tasting we tried something a little different from all other tastings… we voted for our personal favorites from the large selection we tried.

The overall winner of the group was Virtu.

It was very good. Luckily, I was able to get a bottle to bring home. After I finish the open bottles I have (which I am happy to talk about as well) I will thoroughly enjoy this wine again.

And how cool are those labels? I was able to take an empty bottle of the Elu for my label collection as well.

If you have a chance to try the Virtu one evening out, jump at it. The wine is well worth your time and your tastebuds will be VERY happy with you.

For some reason this song always makes me cry.

I haven’t been able to get my Fridays going yet. And I’m a couple of days late here this week. But I am still going to include this.

Friday evening I was craving Mexican food and a margarita after a VERY long week at work… but Sailor Hubby wasn’t interested in going out after he got home. I was able to convince him to go for lunch on Saturday, though.

We ended up at PURE in Woodstock. It was a little more expensive than I really wanted to spend, but we got more than enough food. We were both able to finish about half of what we got.

We started with mango margaritas – frozen for me, on the rocks for SH, and a shot each of pineapple infused tequila. Mmmmm.

Then our appetizer, Queso Fundido with Chorizo. So delish!

And last, but certainly not least, the entrees. SH got the pork gorditas while I had the chicken taquitos.

So happy, and finally relaxed. At least for the rest of the afternoon.

You may have seen this image over there in my Flickr stream already, but this is, hands down, one of my favorite pictures.

Both Munchkin and I were off today for Presidents Day. I let him invite a friend and we met Marine Da at the movie theatre to watch Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. I thought it was quite good and the boys seemed to enjoy it. Even Da stayed awake through the whole thing (though he was unable to keep his mouth shut… gah, I hate it when people talk in the movies.) Anyway, in remembrance of a certain scene (mostly because the song was unexpected if apropos), here is Lady GaGa’s “Pokerface”.

My new Monday postings… Music Mondays.

This once was my Monday song. I would listen to it every Monday. Since then I have fallen in love with other songs by the Boomtown Rats. I will be sure to share some of them over the upcoming Mondays. In the meantime, enjoy Sir Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats singing “I Don’t Like Mondays”.