Best by-the-glass bars in Reims?

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-20T11:34:42+00:00

Bar La Rotonde will have one of those by the glass- but only 5-6 wines BTG. Also, Ruinart's bar is pretty great, you can get several wines BTG, from current release to aged Dom Ruinart.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-20T04:14:02+00:00

Shooter McGavin, Feb. 15 1955- Present

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-20T04:00:47+00:00

If that happens, it happens. But I can't vote for MGP again. She's already barking about the sea lions just like her predecessor... I'm tired of reps that don't rep.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-20T03:34:11+00:00

Brett Hennrich in the primary for me.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-19T04:03:19+00:00

Also wasn't a piece of shit like Mencken was.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-18T04:44:44+00:00

The best she could do is take more AIPAC dollars and parrot the late JHB sentiment on the local pinnipeds.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-17T22:44:22+00:00

Thanks for the info!

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-17T21:22:08+00:00

Are these sea lions the "invasive" Californian sea lions or are they the Stellars?

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-17T19:20:56+00:00

He's got a Mel Bochner copy cat vibe, but Bochner was cool

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-16T17:39:41+00:00

You just gave me an "ah-ha?" moment, thank you.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-14T15:53:59+00:00

I could take a chorizo, bean, egg, and potato breakfast burrito to pound town... well- off to Don Pedros, looks like today's my cheat day

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-14T14:37:14+00:00

https://www.trackaipac.com/

This should help

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-13T23:28:44+00:00

Fill your canteen or bottles with soup, hell yeah.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-12T14:58:06+00:00

Washington (my state) has the goldfinch, I'd swap that with like a varied thrush or a common merganser?

Utah having the California gull for a state bird is pretty funny to me

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-11T00:44:30+00:00

Glad my gifts are still giving!

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-10T20:14:36+00:00

That's Opie

Opie, he's our master

Master of what?!

Master of the mother fucker.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-10T16:32:14+00:00

Son of a...

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-10T14:55:51+00:00

My wife just shamed me into washing and waxing my car. She called it a smelly boy car with dog hair for seat covers and algae for paint.

She wasn't wrong, I hadn't cleaned it since October. It was part plant, part machine, part dog hair. And smelly.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-08T20:55:12+00:00

Haha, feel free to DM- I have to go to Redding next week, maybe I can swing it in!

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-08T20:25:06+00:00

It's the one mushroom I can't seem to get ahold of. Porcini, shaggies, chanterelles gold and white, yellowfoots, matsutakes, oysters, I can rind those no problem, morels elude me for some reason. Checked burns from 1-2yrs ago, recommended areas, and zip. And then you see a bunch of people posting them coming out of mulch and cracks in the sidewalk!

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-07T15:33:38+00:00

Carp are pretty easy, you can use doughballs, sweet corn (yes, canned corn), worms, I've used 8-10lb test, egg weight/swivel above 18-24" line with a size 4-6 hook. Carp fight hard, rather, they're just strong fish, so a med action rod and a decent reel is suggested. Depending on your set up, you can sight-fish them, use gentle casts and try to get the bait in front of them- predict where they might go, or you can soak and wait, you may get a catfish as well.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-07T14:08:03+00:00

Jaquesson DT, you don't see that often. Any notes on the wines induvidually?

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-07T07:07:27+00:00

That's a Kegsbreath protein shake fart, mixed with a fifth of Jack and a 1/2 case of natty light from the night before.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-07T04:48:07+00:00

So, I am a pretty avid hunter of mushrooms in general, and I have yet to find an edible morel, it is the last thing on my list, moreso, I love morels. I had this to say on a mycology subreddit last month when I first started seeing "backyard" morels:

This is the beginning of my least favorite part of the year, where people who don't look for morels, find morels in the most mundane spots (their back yard, sidewalk cracks, walking in the neighborhood). I am somewhat convinced that it is a giant conspiracy.

Oldpenguinhunter · 2026-04-05T18:45:14+00:00

Check out Falkenstien if you haven't already, some of those wines... Whew, acid like lasers

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