Merlot

Okay, sometimes I do stupid things. I don’t intend to, it just happens.

Take last night for example.

I was in New York and decided to visit with Ty. I’ve known Ty for 30 years now, so it is always fun to see him and we can spend many hours catching up. He lives in Brooklyn, so we decided to go and eat at a new restaurant called lunetta.

It was rather empty when we got there, which was worrisome, but we did get the table right next to the window. In short time the place filled up with people.

The service was a little slow, but that was fine since we had a lot to talk about. When we finally got around to ordering wine, Ty asked what kind we should get. I said I was up for anything, but I wasn’t going to drink any f*cking Merlot.

Now, I like Merlot, but that happens to be the funniest line from the movie Sideways spoken by the character Miles played by Paul Giamatti.

After we left the restaurant, Ty pointed out that I happened to be sitting right next to Paul at the restaurant. Seriously, he was like 8 inches away. He’s a Brooklyn resident and just happens to be the “celebrity under-foot” – Ty has run into him before. I just vaguely remember a bearded man who arrived alone, but was later joined by a woman and a small child which I can only assume was his wife and son.

I’m back in NYC in a week. Gotta keep my eyes open a little better.