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amyleland.bsky.social
Traveler, writer, film and TV junkie, TV editor, vegetarian foodie, oenophile, and subject to two cats
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This is so beautiful! Love it!

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes you want to open a new, unknown bottle and explore it fully. And sometimes you want to sit back with a familiar favorite. 😊 The Goisot Aligoté is one of my consistent favorites. I highly recommend it. It’s a great “relax on the sofa” wine. 😊 #winesky #aligote #bourgogne

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Château Yvonne 2022 Saumur Blanc - light bodied to the eyes but FAR more complex on the nose and palate. Lemon, apple, pear, and a touch of honey, dry and acidic. Makes me want to clap my hands like Maggie Smith in “Gosford Park” and say “Yummy yummy yummy!” #winesky #loirecheninblanc #kogodwineclub

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Opened a bottle for a lovely spontaneous visit with a neighbor. Vincent Pinard Florés Sancerre 2022. Much lighter in intensity and body than expected. Consistent on the nose and palate - apple, pear, lemon, and wet stones, plus lemongrass on the palate. Kogod Wine Club selection. #winesky #whitewine

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

He said it repeatedly. She warned us about what he was saying. Maybe it’s time for the American voters to FUCKING LISTEN during campaigns.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s a thought… Someday instead of looking back and saying, “Oh, the woman who lost the election was right on all of her warnings about her opponent,” maybe we should…I don’t know…elect the woman? 🤷🏻‍♀️

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Opened a REALLY interesting bottle tonight. Cesarese del Piglio, which was a new wine for me. Aged in amphora. Roscioli Wine Club bought the whole amphora to create a private 1500 bottle collection. Unfiltered, so it has sediment. But it is otherwise a fresh, crisp wine. Easy and drinkable! #winesky

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

People were renditioned to Venezuela simply because they have tattoos. Not gang tattoos. Just…tattoos. In totally unrelated news, our current Triple Sec Def has white supremacy tattoos. So… 🤨

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Not funny at all, while also absolutely hilarious. 😆

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

“What’s worse: Republicans or what Republicans mutated into?” I feel like this isn’t the flex he thinks it is… 🙄

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

I wanted a hearty pasta marinara with vegetarian meatballs for dinner, but didn’t feel like opening a bottle of red. This chewy, hefty rosé was a great alternative. Torre Dei Beati Cerasuolo D’Abruzzo 2022. Juicy and sweet on the nose, notes of strawberry, cherry, cranberry, and a touch of honey.

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

After countless years of conservative men declaring themselves alphas and crowing about liberal cucks, they sure are all folding like origami anytime Trump pouts and makes threats. Fragile masculinity is going to be the death of us all.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

I recently found this podcast and love it. It is light and fun, but also informative. Perfect listening in these stressful times. And when I replied to one of their eps with, “Don’t at me, bro!” they gave me a fun shout out on a later episode. 😆 This ep was perfect for my upcoming trip to Naples. 😊

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

This right here is exactly it. I have been a loyal Democrat my entire life. The current "leadership" of the party is not representing me, this country, or our democracy in an effective way. It is time to stop worrying about decorum and start worrying about the survival of the country.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

My latest essay, which is more of a book review, is up on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/amylelan...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Okay. I know there are far more important things to be outraged by. But…seriously, how trashy can this guy be??? 🤬

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

I needed this today. Especially because I so love trash pandas. ❤️🦝

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

If you are looking for good wines, I recommend the wines (and olive oil) of Cesani. Their Serisé is a Ciliegiolo that is so yummy! And of their Vernaccias, the Clamys is my favorite because the grapes are grown in a section of land rich with fossils. LOTS of minerality! #winesky www.cesani.it/en/

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." 💣🧨💣🧨💣🧨

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Am I the only one disoriented by seeing Mitch McConnell as the only Republican refusing to back Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.? I mean...it's too little too late, since he's one of the main reasons we are in this mess. But it's still weird.

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

And now I’m stuck with the image of “Buddy” coming up with “Red, White, and Blueland”, looking in the mirror, and giving himself the double gun point because he is SUCH A CLEVER BOY! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ There is not enough migraine medicine in the world for this bullshit. (Yes. This is real.)

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

In a former life I was a database administrator. The fact that we have a guy currently GUTTING the government's databases who clearly doesn't understand what SQL even IS (and probably pronounces it ess-cue-ell) gives me a migraine. (It is at least less offensive than his use of the r-word. 🙄)

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment