Added a new bottle to the bar

Last night I picked up a bottle of Glenmorangie Lasanta (at some point they started giving the special wood finish bottles “fancy” names). Lasanta is the sherry cask finish. I’ve had it on my list since CapClave in October, where the hotel bar stocked it (and had really reasonable prices). I’ve already got a bottle of The Quinta Ruben, which is the port wine finish–referred to at home as “The Good Stuff.”

For those who don’t know, my drink of choice is scotch (single malt), and my favorite scotchs are the peaty ones, especially Glenmorangie. The special finish ones–those are for those special occasions, or when I’ve just had a heck of a day.

Of course, once I was in the liquor store, I spotted the third option: Nectar d’Or, which is finished in a sauterne cask. Sounds yummy. I’ve got it on my wish list.

We stock blended scotch, too. I used it for cooking.

Mirrored from Until Midnight and Occasionally Later.

A Community Event

Tonight we went out to the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library (where just last weekend I did a book signing) to attend a special community event.

While I am used to thinking of December 7th as Pearl Harbor Day, I learned that, in these parts, December 7th is celebrated as “Delaware Day.” On 7 December 1787, the 30 representatives sent by Delaware to the Continental Congress ratified the Federal Constitution, making Delaware the first state in the Union. Who knew?

The Corbit-Calloway Library has a marvelous collection of historical documents pertaining specifically to Delaware. It’s located right here in Odessa, where I now make my home. Odessa was also home to former Delaware state Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt, who passed away in August.

Some of the people who worked with Governor Tribbitt have spent the last several months commissioning a portrait of him for the library. Tonight we went to the dedication ceremony. It was beautifully put together, and extremely well-attended. Odessa is so small that they don’t bother to deliver the mail–they just give everyone in town a free post office box and the secret code to open the door lock so you can get to your box 24/7. And afterwards there was cake. The ceremony included brief remarks from several folks that knew the Governor, including a featured address from a former state senator who worked with him, and the singing of our state song (“Our Delaware”) by a local judge. In attendance were several state senators and representatives, as well as a number of former government officials, and the governor’s family (including the former first lady of Delaware).

This is a really nifty town we’ve moved into.

Mirrored from Until Midnight and Occasionally Later.