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Trader Joe’s in Plano Will Open on September 7

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 31st, 2012 9:35am | filed under 'Burbalicious, cheap wine, cookies, frozen treats, Gluten free, Groceries, Hippie revolutions, I Went to College for This?, ice cream, Merguez Sausage Hunt, restaurant business news, Second coming | 11 Comments »

Thursday, August 30 at 2PM.

The culinarily curious only have to wait until September 7, just one week from today. That’s the date set for the grand opening on Trader Joe’s in Plano. If you want to do more than shop at Trader Joe’s, you can click here and apply for a job.(They offer full benefits and 10% off store items.) Address is 2400 Preston Road  Plano, TX 75093. (northwest corner of shopping center at W. Park & Preston Rd)
If you could only purchase three items at Trader Joe’s, what would they be? (They’re listening!)

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Eppa Sangria is Making a Splash Around Dallas

posted by Carol Shih | May 3rd, 2012 12:04pm | filed under cheap wine, Drinking | 5 Comments »

I know Teresa Gubbins has written about this sangria already, but I can’t help sharing anyway.

Fort Worth native Britt West, Co-Founder of Eppa Wine Company, dropped by the office yesterday to give us a little tasting of his product. What he poured into our wine glasses was a surprisingly refreshing sangria blended from pomegranate, blood orange, blueberry and acai juices that goes well with ice. Continue reading "Eppa Sangria is Making a Splash Around Dallas"

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Confession: I am Guilty of a Heinous Wine Crime

posted by Nancy Nichols | November 3rd, 2011 10:46am | filed under Best Gay Hangout Restaurant Evah!, cheap wine, Food Crime, How About This Weather?, I Hate it When That Happens, Mistakes I made, Nostalgia, Not-so-skinny bitches, Nutjobs, Overprivileged chimps, questionable judgment, Somebody Help, that's just wrong., youthful spontaneous restaurants | 22 Comments »

Good wines gone bad.

Forgive me Master Sommeliers and wine collectors around the world, I have sinned. I am here to confess my deepest darkest wine secret: I improperly stored four bottles of fabulous wine. For nearly 35 years.

Look at the photos and weep with (for?) me. I recently uncovered these bottles in a box buried beneath a pile of old Christmas decorations in my garage. Yes, my garage, where it sat for close to 35 summers, winters, springs, and falls. I am a human species of Phylloxera.

I could have pulled another Billionaire’s Vinegar and called Sotheby’s and claimed the wine was given to me by Richard Nixon and I’ve kept it hidden in a bricked-up Paris cellar. Instead I’m posting pictures of my crime. Perhaps there are others who have committed the same dirty deed.

Full confession below. Continue reading "Confession: I am Guilty of a Heinous Wine Crime"

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History of Dallas Food: Prohibition in Dallas, Part 1

posted by Nancy Nichols | October 4th, 2011 1:25pm | filed under AgriBusiness, Bad critters, cheap wine, Drinking, Food Crime, History of Dallas Food | 6 Comments »

Inspired by the first two episodes of Ken Burn’s Prohibition on KERA, Amy Severson and I did a little digging into some of the details of what was going on in Dallas before, during, and after prohibition. The third, and final, episode is tonight at 9PM. It’s been a fascinating documentary. Today, we scratch the surface of prohibition in Dallas.

Dripping Dry Dallas. That was the name earned by our city after the repeal of prohibition in 1933.

If you’ve watched the first two episodes of Ken Burn’s historical presentation, Prohibition, our country’s brief love affair with forced sobriety, you already know the national temperance movement came about as a reaction to the despair brought on families affected by alcoholism.

Jump.

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Update on Trader Joe’s in Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 29th, 2011 10:10am | filed under Best Gay Hangout Restaurant Evah!, Breaking News, Bureaucratic red tape, cheap wine, ChirpyChirpy, Cult Cuisine, Groceries, Health Food, Hippie revolutions, Junk Food, Merguez Sausage Hunt, restaurant business news, sassy pants, Skinny bitches, Vegetarian/Vegan, Yum is Dumb | 20 Comments »

Grass does not grow beneath Teresa Gubbins' shoes.

Leave it to Teresa “Gumshoe” Gubbins to find a snitch in Trader Joe’s camp. Since the grocery chain announced they were planning locations in Dallas last May, they have been quite secretive about their locations. According to TG, you can rule out the former location on Greenville Ave. Her Deep Throat coughs up three possible locations: Walnut Hill and Central, Knox Ave., and Fort Worth. All of the details are here.

There was a time when Trader Joe’s was cool and funky and carried stuff you couldn’t find elsewhere, but I think the company is now running on a tired image. In the 70s,  Two Buck Chuck played a significant role in nursing wine drinkers off the Spanada bottle but the last TBC I sampled burned the enamel off my teeth. So, Trader Joe’s? Yes or no? Why?

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Wino News: Big Wine Sale at Sigel’s in Addsion

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 18th, 2011 10:31am | filed under cheap wine, hostess gifts | 1 Comment »

The Brad was first in line.

It’s a bummer to learn many restaurants can’t afford to pick up the wine they’ve ordered after it arrives at Sigel’s in Addison. In many cases (HAH!) a restaurant may not pick up the order because they’ve  changed their list or their wine-by-the glass selections. No matter the reason, Sigel’s has a huge inventory they need to clear before the next order of wine which will potentially not get picked up is on the way. It’s time for winos to rejoice. Starting today over 300 wines marked down. Complete list below. Go to 15003 Inwood Rd. No phone sales.

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