Bobservations

When we were in Asheville a few weeks ago, after relaxing in the hotel for a hot minute, we ventured out to find a place for dinner. I’d forgotten it was the last Friday night before Christmas so I didn’t think about crowded spots. But we found a couple, and they sounded good, but, you know, the grass is always greener, so we kept walking.

And then we found Cúrate, a tapas restaurant. We love tapas, going back to one of our first dates twenty years ago, so we went in. Cúrate occupied two older buildings on a slight hill, so half the restaurant was up three steps from the other, with a bar running down the center of both buildings. The lower bar was just for cocktails and appetizers, while the upper bar was basically the kitchen bar where you could order the full menu; we took that option.

And, as things happen in bars, and especially tapas bars, you end up chatting with the people around you about the tapas, which is Spanish for appetizer or small bite; like sushi, you share the tapas and order several dishes.

Now, as I like to say, even though it’s not entirely true, I don’t generally like people; really, that means I don’t chat up strangers, even though sometimes I do. Carlos, on the other hand, will talk to anyone about anything, anywhere, anytime, ever.

We took a seat and  I ordered an Albariño, a Spanish wine from the northwest, and Carlos chose Red Sangria. My wine, as I knew, was wonderful, but Carlos’ was amazing; fermented fruit with brandy and juices and red wine. I died.

Right then a couple sat to Carlos’ left and began studying the menu. The women told her date she didn’t know much about Spanish wine and didn’t know what to get; it was then that Carlos turned to her, he does love to talk, and said:

“If you like, try the Red Sangria, it’s delicious.”

The women turned a side-eye to Carlos and said:

“Uh.”

And turned away. Carlos looked at me like a hurt puppy and I wanted to smack that bitch, but my Fabada had just arrived so, you know.

A moment later, after the two spaces next to me emptied, a couple sat on my right. No sooner had their butts hit the seats did the woman look at me and ask what I was drinking, what we’d eaten and how everything as. We sat and chatted food and wine, and watching the guys cook right in front of us, and it was lovely.

Then Carlos said:

“Oh, Mister I-Hate-People made a new friend and this bitch keeps inching away from me.”

I said:

“Can I help it if people like me?”

Luckily our Chistorra & Chips, and the Buñuelos de Bacalao arrived so all chit-chat stopped.

But, if you’re ever in Asheville, try Cúrate; the food is amazing, and the people, well, most people, are nice,

Remember the big kerfuffle about the Buttigieg dinner in the Napa “wine cave”? Remember Elizabeth Warren slamming Pete in that last debate? So do the owners of the wine cave and the hosts of that dinner and they’re here to set Liz straight.

Craig Hall, owner of the cave along with his wife, Kathryn, say they don’t have $900 bottles of wine as Warren  alleged and, in fact, they didn’t even serve their most expensive bottle, which comes in at $350. Oh, and wine caves are actually pretty common in the Napa Valley because they store wine at cool temperatures.

I know because I’ve been in wine caves and eaten lunch in a wine cave.

I don’t mind the squabbling among the candidates, but get your facts straight, Liz, before you take them to the debate stage.

In April 2018 “evangelist” and youth pastor Acton Bowen was arrested and charged with second-degree sodomy, enticing a child to enter a vehicle or house for immoral purposes, and second-degree sex abuse of a male minor under the age of 16.

This week Acton Bowen was sentenced to 1,008 years in prison after pleading guilty to all counts; he was also ordered to pay $840,000 in fines.

Good.

Is it possible that _____ could be impeached by the House again?

Perhaps; House Counsel Douglas Letter said in a filing in federal court that a second impeachment could be necessary if the House uncovers new [more] evidence that _____ attempted to obstruct investigations of his conduct.

Well, he might actually like that because then he could brag that he was impeached twice, more than any other president in History.

Nobody gets impeached like _____.

Oh how I love me some karma.

Recently WWE wrestler Lars Sullivan was fined $100,000 over comments he made on a bodybuilding forum, some of which were called homophobic. They included comments about the NFL quarterback Philip Rivers:

“Philip Rivers = Crybaby b*tch and is extremely gay. Most of California, especially sothern cal, is gay. Fits well. Hell ‘Philip’ is a gay name in itself!@”

This week Sullivan deleted his Twitter account after it was discovered that he had once done gay adult films under the name Mitch Bennett.

Yup. The homophobe did gay porn. Karma. Bitch.

Again, karma.

New York GOP Assemblyman Brian Kolb was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated following a crash on New Year’s Eve. Kolb ran his car into a ditch in front of his home; no one was injured and no other vehicles were involved.

This is the same week that Kolb penned a column on the evils and the dangers of drunk driving.

Seriously, you cannot make this shiz up.

We just started watching The Crown—Carlos is a huge royal watcher after receiving a response to a letter he wrote Queen Elizabeth when he was a wee queerling—and it’s really very good. Best of all, at least so far, is Matt Smith as Prince Philip. He is rugged, in that pretty boy way; he looks good in uniform, and better still, he looks better out of uniform.

Just sayin’. That is one royal booty.