07-22-2006, 10:58 AM
One day I'm hoping that the number of times I've thrown myself under the bus in the spirit of good nature will equate to a sufficient number good deeds to get me into heaven. [angel] 72 REDHEADS please. Don't have to be virgins. Experience is fine.
Anyways,
you're 100% correct moki. There is an art to tasting and the whole pomp and circumstance that surrounds such fine items as premium cigars, wines, foods, automobiles, literature, sculpture, and just about everything. It would be both foolish and incredibly myopic in the scope of the subject to deny this. Marv Shanken has built an empire based around reviews in the vein of your casa fuente. Zagat's with restaurants and so on down the subject matter. These resources offer a baseline for the protocol of enjoying fine living in the classically accepted manner. No one denies this.
Just as it is one's perogative to enjoy wines, cheeses, art, and of course cigars in this nature it is also quite enjoyable to just watch a film without analyzing the acript, chug a whiskey or just read the book for the book's sake. It all depends on the individual and what they both value and hope to get out of the experience. Simply put it's quite acceptable to wear cowboy boots and dockers in New York, IF you enjoy it; however it may seem as alien to others as watching people maturbating their glasses of wines does to others.
Both sides are correct as each seeks to enjoy the moment within the dictates and boundaries of their own personalities. Both equal of value. Just different. Neither voidable nor valueless. Just different. The link between the two becomes some good natured humor directed at the other.
Anyways,
you're 100% correct moki. There is an art to tasting and the whole pomp and circumstance that surrounds such fine items as premium cigars, wines, foods, automobiles, literature, sculpture, and just about everything. It would be both foolish and incredibly myopic in the scope of the subject to deny this. Marv Shanken has built an empire based around reviews in the vein of your casa fuente. Zagat's with restaurants and so on down the subject matter. These resources offer a baseline for the protocol of enjoying fine living in the classically accepted manner. No one denies this.
Just as it is one's perogative to enjoy wines, cheeses, art, and of course cigars in this nature it is also quite enjoyable to just watch a film without analyzing the acript, chug a whiskey or just read the book for the book's sake. It all depends on the individual and what they both value and hope to get out of the experience. Simply put it's quite acceptable to wear cowboy boots and dockers in New York, IF you enjoy it; however it may seem as alien to others as watching people maturbating their glasses of wines does to others.
Both sides are correct as each seeks to enjoy the moment within the dictates and boundaries of their own personalities. Both equal of value. Just different. Neither voidable nor valueless. Just different. The link between the two becomes some good natured humor directed at the other.