June 27, 1971: Korcula, Yugoslavia: Up at 8 this morning and off to the beach. Went spearfishing and saw a huge fish out of range. We stayed on the beach until two and then headed back to our pension. Mom twisted her ankle on the way and somehow broke my watch. Not a good dayContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : June 27/28, 1971: Korcula: Laying Low with Ankle Problems: No Luck Octopus Fishing; Gypsies and Caught with Her Pants Down! Fritz on the Radar!”
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RKS WINES: Canadian Wine Quarantine: Social Distancing and The Berlin Wall!
If I was to say to my Ontario readers Mayhem Wines in British Columbia’s Okanagan produces some jaw dropping quality wines that in my opinion rank it amongst the top wineries in the world 99.9% would say I was infected with some Omicrap virus and hallucinating. Why is this? The Liquor Control Board of OntarioContinue reading “RKS WINES: Canadian Wine Quarantine: Social Distancing and The Berlin Wall!”
“Travels to a Different Time” : June 24, 1971: Korcula, Yugoslavia: Fantastic Meal for Two for $2.60 and A Cigarette Tantrum
Up at 8 a.m. for a shower and caught a bus to the town of Lumbarda which was supposed to have a fantastic beach. Bought rolls, ham and cheese for breakfast to have on the beach. The bus was jam packed with no tourists in sight! Up in the hills the roads are so narrowContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : June 24, 1971: Korcula, Yugoslavia: Fantastic Meal for Two for $2.60 and A Cigarette Tantrum”
RKS Poetry: “Misinformation”
Misinformation The Spanish Inquisition had hereticsThe Salem Witch trials had witchesMao had capitalist roadersMcCarthy had communismTrump had election stealersCNN had TrumpThe Canadian politico-medico ruling class has “misinformation”about you know whatThe enemy within all shown (apart from the Donald) in time to be overdone and hysterically convenient to crush oppositiondon’t engage and have the mediaContinue reading “RKS Poetry: “Misinformation””
RKS Film: “City of Vultures 2”
Yes a sequel to 2016’s “City of Vultures” itself perhaps a classic film of the “urban crime genre”. The plot is simple. Richard Steele known as “G” (Marcus Carothers) is a nasty Chicago gangster who starts a war by staging a heist on another gang scoring drugs and $300,000. Several members of the rival gangContinue reading “RKS Film: “City of Vultures 2””
“Travels to a Different Time” : June 22, 1971: A New Russian Speargun and the Man Who Sounded Like a Bee
Up early and to the store to buy some of that Fructal juice, bread and ham. They are big eaters of ham in Dubrovnik and it sure beats mackerel and sardines! I tried out my new fins at the beach and they were perfect. We met an English couple at the beach today and theContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : June 22, 1971: A New Russian Speargun and the Man Who Sounded Like a Bee”
“Travels to a Different Time” : June 20, 1971, Dubrovnik; Educational Instruction Regarding Prostitutes and My Pants Are on Fire!
Up at 7:30 on our Russian cruise ship and after breakfast hung around on the upper deck and relaxed until our lunch of Pepper Steak. My appetite has retuned as after that nasty sunstroke I am back to normal so I appreciated those extra two Pepper Steaks. We breezed through customs and grabbed a taxiContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : June 20, 1971, Dubrovnik; Educational Instruction Regarding Prostitutes and My Pants Are on Fire!”
RKS Wine: Don’t Overlook Spain for Quality Low Priced Wines: Frustrated Wine Writer Saved by Rioja!
Spain is the third largest wine producer in the world and with all that wine there can be quality in the lower price levels. The past is the past but I recall discovering a superb low-priced rosé from Spain a few years ago and it was selling for $7. It never reappeared. We pare downContinue reading “RKS Wine: Don’t Overlook Spain for Quality Low Priced Wines: Frustrated Wine Writer Saved by Rioja!”
RKS Wines: Marynissen Estates: Can’t Get Cabernet Franc Right in Ontario? Time to Pack it Up!
Ontario does Cabernet Franc so well. I can’t say I have had a bum bottle yet. But Ontario wineries who can’t get it right may consider just packing up and calling its quits. A poor Cabernet Franc runs against the tide of “it’s hard to botch”. So should Marynissen pack it up? We try theirContinue reading “RKS Wines: Marynissen Estates: Can’t Get Cabernet Franc Right in Ontario? Time to Pack it Up!”
RKS Poetry: “Welcome to the New Cold War”
Welcome to the New Cold War When I was a younger man the threat to democracywas not the North American political autocracybut the RedsChurchill wanted them after the war to be deadBut cooler heads prevailedto create the communist threat McCarthy in the US House Committee on Un American activitieswent on a commie clean up andContinue reading “RKS Poetry: “Welcome to the New Cold War””
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