wine * food * photos

my usual dreamworks breakfast as of late:
cinnamon raisin toast w/ cream cheese & strawberries.

so, sadtimes because this past friday was the last friday night wine tasting at barnsdall art park, at least until next summer. but not to fret, they are having a beer garden this coming saturday followed by a screening of swingers. should be good fun. dan, nigel, kurt, mattJ and i headed downtown afterwards for some wurstkuche goodness. i had my usual kwak, mango&jalepeno and rattlesnake&rabbit. ah, i do adore going there.

dan and i took our bikes into cynergy on saturday to get a tune-up as well as pick up some new accessories (a specialized wedgie pack and knog gecko lights). then, to celebrate his promotion to leadTD, we made a special dinner of baked lamb shanks (with herb butter, rosemary, sage, hearty veg and white wine - which i made last thanksgiving) and roasted asparagus (with lemon, olive oil and parmesan). we went through a bottle of kung fu girl riesling while making dinner, and a bottle of 1998 chateau beausejour with dinner. such an amazing meal (if i do say so myelf).

sunday was pretty chill. went for a run in the morning, made breakfast at home and watched inglourious basterds - which was pretty mindblowing. on a more exciting note however, sunday night was my first photoshoot! not a big deal for anything, but i recently befriended one of the pourers from silverlake wine and he happens to be in a band that was in need of some pictures. luckily, rob let me borrow his off-camera flash and i got to play photog for the night and meet some pretty cool and talented people. i'll post a link to the pictures once i've filtered and touched them up a bit.