9/23/2004

Austria:wine as yummy:poop

We went to the Austrian Embassy for a wine tasting tonight. "Just don't," you say. "Run away quickly," you say. "Just grab a bucket and scoop some semi-wet sludge from the Potomac," you say.

I say: You are correct sir. Austrian wine is pure ass.

Seriously, it's bad. Thank you Jane and Sarah for turning us into total California wine snobs. You and your fancy "tasting" parties. :-( We really miss y'all.

Anyway, back to the smelly crack vinyards. We tasted all four wines they had on offer (two red, two white), and instead of waiting for the movie that was planned, we bailed to Guapo's on Wisconsin in Tenleytown and got yummy take-out burritos. Damn were they good! All the dirty Austrians gave us to eat was bad cheese and pumpkin oil (don't ask). The Austrian Embassy itself was okay, but the UAE Embassy next door was totally cool! The architecture was modern-meets-Alhambra, and we're sure that the Egyptians next door were really jealous, since they basically have a concrete box for an Embassy.

Slovakia was also having some sort of event, which we were tempted to crash, but we were afraid they would think we were Austrian invaders (since we were coming out of the Austrian Embassy....get it....oh, forget it. It's too late and I'm too full to be funny). Jenny got totally chomped by a massive mosquito and now has a giant West Nile infected blazingly red welt on her arm. Gross.

That's it for now, we have to get one more Angel episode in before we crash out for the night. As Ozzy says, we love you all!

1 comment:

Jane said...

Aww man. I actually like Austrian whites, and one of the highlights of my trips there is this old-school Vienna restaurant where they do amazing things with pumpkin seeds. Truly, I have no idea what their fixation with it is, but it works there. Bummer, man. I will hoist a gruner veltliner and think of you. Not at our next wine party, though. It's petit sirah and you suck for not being there.