Denomination: nondenominational Address: Dave & Buster's, 2931 Camino Del Rio North, Mission Valley Founded locally: January 2004 Senior pastor: Chad Furlong Congregation size: 140 Staff size: two, plus two volunteers Sunday school enrollment: TK Annual …
"It's important to be able to name your dirt something."
Denomination: Wesleyan Address: 11330 Campo Road, Highway 94 at Jamacha Road, La Mesa Founded locally: 1954 Senior pastor: Dr. Jim Garlow Congregation size: about 2800 Staff size: 14 pastors Sunday school enrollment: about 1800, including …
Denomination: Episcopalian, affiliated with the Anglican Communion Network Address: 2083 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, Ocean Beach, 619-222-0635 Founded locally: 1921 Senior pastor: Lawrence Bausch Congregation size: 200 Staff size: 3 Sunday school enrollment: 25 Annual budget: …
“I loved the no-frills aspect of it. I felt it was a shop for everybody.”
“There is a limit; it’s a function of the scale. You can get only so much in.”
“No one noticed that not a single paper or speech specified what Perignon had really done.”
“Champagne was said to prevent depression and typhoid.”
“Irrigation comes from the river that runs down from the mountains, bringing minerals to the soil.”
“Stalin loved one of the Georgian varietals. He had to have it with dinner.”
“Wine is the antidote for barbarism.”
“Love and pleasure have always made the world go ’round. At least they should.”
“It tasted like it was dead. And it was two years younger than ours.”
“I told them, ‘I want to do the worst jobs imaginable — nothing glamorous.’”
“We had two or three strollers lined up against a wall with infants sleeping in them.”
“He called around, did a background check. Then he called me and offered a deal.”
“I’ve gotten as far in three years as I might have in ten years without them.”
“People forget sometimes that it’s a liquid in a bottle.”
My first day in school was really my second day — Jangchup Phelygal The Radiators That Ticked Heat into the Room — Laura Rhoton McNeal Rear Rank Rudy — Jim Morris Forget-me-nots — Rosa Colwin …
“The wet laboratory of your mouth is not always the same.”
First day of kindergarten, newly arrived in Boston, newly separated from my best friend (and neighbor) Andy, doing the standard weeping thing, even though I had attended preschool back in upstate New York and loved …
“My background is on the front lines. I’ve had no formal training, but I’ve done a lot of tasting.”
Before puberty, before a scalding flood of hormones seared my synapses and boiled my cerebellum, I was a smart kid. My parents blame the eventual change on a month spent in the mountains of Wyoming …
“The things that inspire me? There are some truly crazy, crazy people out there.”
“He’s afraid of stuck fermentation, but he’s also afraid of volatile acidity.”
“Electricity, stainless steel, yeasts — we didn’t even know yeasts were involved until 1857.”
“What we have in California is a tremendous amount of sun during the ripening season.”
“Once people understand it, they feel cool. They’re in with the clique.”
“The older clones had a lot of leaf-roll and other issues that led them to not produce as much sugar.”
“There are no ways of knowing that kids aren’t doing these things. This is a preemptive strike.”
“I would have to force it down people’s throats. Then it became cool to drink it again.”
“They threw me in the kitchen as a dishwasher. Pretty soon, I was doing chef’s work.”
"Careful, Ma; don't spill your soup," I warned. "First time you spill, that's it — you're going to the home.” Mom's reply was immediate. "I know. I've picked out what I want to take with me."
“I prefer the average size of a dinner to be 30 to 50. For that one, we had 99.”
"Careful, Ma; don't spill your soup," I warned. "First time you spill, that's it — you're going to the home. I'll know you can't take care of yourself." Mom's reply was immediate. "I know. I've …
“It was a bit of a train wreck the first couple of times, but it’s evolved nicely.”
“They have this intense seven-day bacchanal that is the biggest fundraiser in Atlanta.”
“I was too stupid to know it was time to stop. All of a sudden, one day, I said, ‘There’s fruit on those vines!’”
“The berries were really tight and really small, and the seeds were completely brown.”
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“I took a big swig and thought, ‘This is nasty. I’m never drinking wine again.’”
“It’s a very young industry here, and there are a lot of inconsistencies.”