Thursday night BWE Zoom tastings, 7-9pm (or 8-10pm)? Eastern US time?
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:38 am
So sometimes I drink on other nights, but Thursday night is usually my big "drinking" night, unless I'm in NYC, or in a trial the next day, or it's a holiday, etc., etc. I usually try to keep my weekends alcohol free, which is probably not the norm. For a while I was doing Thursday night Zoom dinners with Jacques/Jill and Bill/Jan, but schedules, vacations, and other interferences of life have limited that. Those crazy retirees are always off on trips across various time zones, making it tough to schedule time for dinner. I'm reluctant to try to schedule anything on a regular basis because my schedule is as insane as ever, with 157 pending felony cases, 5 murder cases, and a criminal defense system in constitutional free fall that I'm in the epicenter of trying to save.
Nonetheless.... I have a Zoom account. So here's my vision, my ideal:
1. We do a Zoom dinner/tasting every Thursday night for 2 hours, starting at 7pm, 7:30pm, or 8pm, eastern US time. When I say "every" Thursday night, I'm guessing it'll end up being more like 20 Thursday nights during the course of the year, with all the scheduling conflicts, holidays, summer slow-downs, etc., etc.
2. BWEers can come and go with no pressure to participate. Maybe sometimes members will just pop in to say hi, sometimes they'll stay for the whole two hours. The spirit of this thing would be that members stay longer and drink wine, however, rather than just pop in to say hi, as that would more likely contribute to the success of the event, but certainly we would rather see you from time to time rather than not see you.
3. I would definitely need 2-3 co-hosts, as there will undoubtedly be nights where my participation would be limited, especially during jury trials.
4. We could do some themes, but the general overriding rule would be that a) it has to be Bordeaux, and b) BWEers can drink any other Bordeaux, regardless of the theme.
Anyway... I'm just thinking out loud, not committing to anything.
BD
Nonetheless.... I have a Zoom account. So here's my vision, my ideal:
1. We do a Zoom dinner/tasting every Thursday night for 2 hours, starting at 7pm, 7:30pm, or 8pm, eastern US time. When I say "every" Thursday night, I'm guessing it'll end up being more like 20 Thursday nights during the course of the year, with all the scheduling conflicts, holidays, summer slow-downs, etc., etc.
2. BWEers can come and go with no pressure to participate. Maybe sometimes members will just pop in to say hi, sometimes they'll stay for the whole two hours. The spirit of this thing would be that members stay longer and drink wine, however, rather than just pop in to say hi, as that would more likely contribute to the success of the event, but certainly we would rather see you from time to time rather than not see you.
3. I would definitely need 2-3 co-hosts, as there will undoubtedly be nights where my participation would be limited, especially during jury trials.
4. We could do some themes, but the general overriding rule would be that a) it has to be Bordeaux, and b) BWEers can drink any other Bordeaux, regardless of the theme.
Anyway... I'm just thinking out loud, not committing to anything.
BD