Random thoughts during a sleepless night
Oct. 17th, 2006 01:51 amThe inflight movie was the same as it was two weeks ago. I didn't watch it this time, either.
This is the only hotel I've ever been in that actually has a 13th floor. (I'm on the 11th; pity.)
I gave the waiter a mildly hard time for offering a house "California Shiraz". I informed him, as a snooty Californian familiar with the wine country, that Shiraz comes from Australia and New Zealand. In the US, we call the same grapePetite Syrah. (He checked the label, and it was actually Aussie.)
This is the only hotel I've ever been in that actually has a 13th floor. (I'm on the 11th; pity.)
I gave the waiter a mildly hard time for offering a house "California Shiraz". I informed him, as a snooty Californian familiar with the wine country, that Shiraz comes from Australia and New Zealand. In the US, we call the same grape