Prince Edward County lies approximately two hundred kilometers east of Toronto. Home to somewhere near forty active wineries particularly popular with Quebecers. Not all of the wines are from grapes grown in The County as many are trucked in from Niagara. Pinot Noir from The County tends to be lean. We try a Lighthall 2023Continue reading “RKS Ontario Wine: Lighthall 2023 Pinot Noir From “The County””
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RKS AMERICAN Literature: Ben Not Enjoying His Overnighter at the Buckley’s (Ring Lardner)
Well their guest room was terribly cold: it took hours to fill the bathtub; there was no reading lamp by the bed; three reporters called to interview Ben, two of them kittenish young girls; the breakfasts were just fruit and cereal and toast; coffee was not served at luncheon; the faucets in the wash-basin wereContinue reading “RKS AMERICAN Literature: Ben Not Enjoying His Overnighter at the Buckley’s (Ring Lardner)”
RKS AMERICAN Literature: A Law Against Invitations That Go Beyond Dinner and Bridge! (Ring Lardner)
He absolutely abhors visiting and thinks there ought to be a law against invitations that go beyond dinner and bridge. He doesn’t mind hotels where there is decent light for reading in bed and one for shaving, and where you can order meals, with coffee, anytime you want them. But I really believe he wouldContinue reading “RKS AMERICAN Literature: A Law Against Invitations That Go Beyond Dinner and Bridge! (Ring Lardner)”
RKS French Wines: Is There an Affordable High-Quality Pinot Noir in Burgundy?
Sure, there are affordable high-quality Pinot Noirs in Burgundy. You just require some effort to find those which are imported into your jurisdiction. And don’t expect to pay $16.95. More like in the high twenties close to the low thirties (CDN). We have here Bourgogne Pinot Noir Nuiton-Beaunoy (2024) Aroma: Gentle smoke, ripe raspberry andContinue reading “RKS French Wines: Is There an Affordable High-Quality Pinot Noir in Burgundy?”
RKS Short Films: Shorts Not Pants Film Festival: “Ferris Wheels” (Les Grandes Roues): Ferris Wheels Always Come Back to the Same Place
Shorts Not Pants Film Festival returns after a one-year hiatus, promising an unforgettable cinematic experience. This year’s festival boasts a carefully curated selection of outstanding short films from 17 countries: 23 narrative, 11 animated, and 9 documentary short films; 19 of those films are Canadian. The festival will take place in Toronto from Friday, NovemberContinue reading “RKS Short Films: Shorts Not Pants Film Festival: “Ferris Wheels” (Les Grandes Roues): Ferris Wheels Always Come Back to the Same Place”
RKS Short Films: Shorts Not Pants Film Festival: “Bidet”: This Cleansing Experience Will Scare You Shitless
Shorts Not Pants Film Festival returns after a one-year hiatus, promising an unforgettable cinematic experience. This year’s festival boasts a carefully curated selection of outstanding short films from 17 countries: 23 narrative, 11 animated, and 9 documentary short films; 19 of those films are Canadian. The festival will take place in Toronto from Friday, NovemberContinue reading “RKS Short Films: Shorts Not Pants Film Festival: “Bidet”: This Cleansing Experience Will Scare You Shitless”
RKS American Literature: Disconnection of a U.S. Marine Returning Home to Oklahoma: Not Wanting to Come Home
Now he would have liked a girl if she had come to him and not wanted to talk. But here at home it was all too complicated. He knew he could never go through it all again. It was not worth the trouble. That was the thing about French and German girls. There was notContinue reading “RKS American Literature: Disconnection of a U.S. Marine Returning Home to Oklahoma: Not Wanting to Come Home”
RKS Travel (Travels in Greece): Exhausting Living in a New Country
The first month in a new country is an exhausting one; every object, every face, every incident comes at you the size of faces on a giant screen. You are exhausted from paying attention, and even sleep is sleepless because the magnified days, the fifty foot words, the towering new conventions insist their way intoContinue reading “RKS Travel (Travels in Greece): Exhausting Living in a New Country”
RKS American Literature: Disconnection of a U.S. Marine Returning Home to Oklahoma: Home Too Late in the Summer of 1919
By the time Krebs returned to his home town in Oklahoma the greeting of heroes was over. He came home much too late. The men from the town who had been drafted had been welcomed elaborately on their return. There had been a great deal of hysteria. Now the reaction had set in. People seemedContinue reading “RKS American Literature: Disconnection of a U.S. Marine Returning Home to Oklahoma: Home Too Late in the Summer of 1919”
RKS American Literature: An Elusive Love Lost Forever (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
“The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him. In a sort of panic he pushed the palms of his hands into his eyes and tried to bring up a picture of the waters lapping on Sherry Island and the moonlit veranda, and gingham on the golf-links and the dry sun and the goldContinue reading “RKS American Literature: An Elusive Love Lost Forever (F. Scott Fitzgerald)”
