Wine Time

I promise my interests do go beyond wine.  If you were to cite my blog and apartment, I could understand why you may think I'm lying, but really, they do. 

I'll wait after this has been posted and at least a week has gone by before I try to defend myself again, though.

My Adfab Writings on Viognier:

Try something new this summer with this fruity, full-bodied wine.


A CROWD PLEASER. When entertaining a crowd of people this summer, you
probably will serve a chilled white wine. If you’re worried that your
choice will leave all the red wine drinkers in your group thirsty,
pick out a good Viognier. Like most reds are, this white variety is
dry and has a very full body. The difference: The dryness doesn’t come
from tannins, and the fruit notes are pear and melon rather than
cherry and strawberry jam.

AGED FOR FLAVOR. How a wine is aged affects its overall flavor and its
bouquet notes, which are any aromas that don’t come from the grapes.
Even if the wines you’re looking at are the same variety, the barrels
in which they were aged will cause taste differences. Wine aged in
stainless-steel barrels will have the familiar bright, clean, acidic
taste. Viognier aged in oak barrels will have a creamier flavor, such
as vanilla or butter.

Thanks for reading.  I'll post again soon.  In the meanwhile, I'm going shopping for decorations that are NOT wine related.

KT
katherkildsen@gmail.com

Get UNleashed!

As happy as I was to graduate early, it was still very bittersweet.  I had to leave my friends, coworkers, and professors behind, and I could no longer be an active member of the SIU Magazine Project: UNleashed.

During the summer of 2009, a close group of Salukis got together with ambitions of starting a magazine.  SIU is already well known for its newspaper, the Daily Egyptian, but we wanted to create something that wouldn't revolve around hard facts.  We wanted to make something fun that was our own.  After a lot of debating and name shouting, we decided to dubbed that creation UNleashed. 

I was lucky enough to be named the editor of the magazine's "Body, Mind, Spirit" category, and I was excited to see the project to the end.  Unfortunately, as we all know, Rome wasn't built in a day.  While a lot of progress had been made, we weren't exactly close to print ready by December of 2009.

So a bid a sad farewell to all my MCMA friends and mentors and traded in the magazine for a degree.  Not a bad bargain, but if I would have loved to have my cake and eat it too.  (Side note: I think that cliche should be conditional for each person.  For instance, it would make more sense for my taste if I said, "I want to have my salt and vinegar chips and eat them too," but it's not really acceptable.  Just something to think about.)

Now, five months later, it has arrived.  I feel for all those who designed, wrote, and edited in between marathon library sessions for 407, but it was all worth it!  Congratulations to the UNleashed team!  The magazine looks great, and I could not be more proud to be a founder.

And now all you readers, please enjoy the premier issue of UNleashed magazine.

Thanks!
KT