Gerald, Bill, Monica, and the $500 Vibrator

You do a few wine dinners and you think you have seen everything, and then you find out you really haven't... wait, I really shouldn't skip the exposition:

Last night we had our annual Twisted Presidential Library Dinner at the winery. Several dozen members of the Twisted Few and their guests convened to enjoy a meal where each course was paired not only with a Twisted Oak library selection - but also with a former President.

(Standing: Agent C, Polk, Clinton, Ford (as played by Chevy Chase), Taft, Agent H; Kneeling: Ms Lewinsky...)

For example, the first course was a pair of appetizers featuring Tennessee ham and shrimp, which were favorites of President James Knox Polk - we paired these with our 2003 Verdelho (which is holding up very well.) Similarly, the soup course was Mock Turtle Soup, which was often served in William Howard Taft's White House - we paired this with our 2002 Grenache (which was one of the big hits of the night.)

Dinner was catered by Altitude Catering ((209) 753-6259) of Bear Valley, way up Highway 4 from Vallecito and Murphys. They did a bang up job (I mean that in a good way!) and we'll be seeing them again at Twisted Oak before too long!

 

So - the dessert. This dessert was paired with President Clinton and, um, a certain Ms. Lewinsky. A crunchy cookie tube was filled with chocolate mousse to create a sort of, um, cigar - and this was served in a pool of vanilla, um, cream - with a garnish of two big, um, blackberries.... in the photo above, that's the dessert on the left... quite yummy! Our female guests seemed to really enjoy this course...

 

Oh, and the vibrator? During the dinner conversation we met two couples that were involved with running a metal fabrication company. The company makes all sorts of mundane little metal parts like battery clips, springs, machined parts, and so forth.

 

 

 

 

Then they started talking about making vibrator parts... to our initial disbelief until they whipped out (so to speak) a sales sample of this limited edition, high end (pun not intended) vibrator: machined steel, 24k gold plated, and thankfully underutilized for its intended purpose. Still, you can probably imagine the hilarity that ensued as the, um, sample was passed around the room... I know that El Jefe has never seen a $500 vibrator, nor has he ever had one (almost) shoved in his ear...! (If you are so inclined, you can buy this little hummer at jimmyjane.com)

The evening ended with a thank you to the catering staff, a thank you to Twisted Oak's hard working staff that put on the event, and several trips by Murphys Cab Company...

(photos by El Jefe and Agent H.)

Comments

[ryan]

Do you guys have any time for winemaking? Seems like every post is a holiday party post! Not only are you growing Iberian varietals, but your also exercising the Iberian holiday-a-day philosophy!

keep it up I say!

[el jefe]

Any time for winemaking? That time would be "day time"! Seriously (seriously!) all of the 2006 is barreled down for the winter, and the remaining 2005s are still to be bottled. So what better time to party? Not to mention that a certain amount of Iberian philosophy does go along with being born and raised in "New Spain".

In any case, we will certainly do as we are told and "keep it up" - so to speak...:)

[Megan]

How come no one busts out gold plated vibes at my dinner parties? I'm clearly inviting the wrong people. Looks like a blast!

[el jefe]

You probably need to expand your potential guest pool. Just remember the risks!

[Arpi Armenakian Shively]

You look like a fun crowd! I don't think enough studies have been done on the correlation between good food, good wine and sex - guess it's tough getting volunteer voluptuaries in the land of the born-again Christian. Keep up the bacchanals, you are giving the States its good name back!

Suerte, y hasta luego,
Arpi

[el jefe]

hi Arpi - thanks for the shout! And thanks for the new word ;-) The curious thing is that there is no shortage of voluptuaries when the rubber chickens come out... Rest assured we will be continuing our studies until we're sure of our results. (Work work work...) And by all means please continue your Andalucidity!

[vibrators]

Hmmm just how much time do you spend making wine? - between all the fun?

I don't think you are winemakers... I think you are - Alcofrolics!

[el jefe]

This post is a new word collector. I gladly accept the title of alcofrolic!