A couple of exciting things have happened over the last few weeks: I was accepted into the Les Dames d’Escoffier. I along with esteemed colleagues are among the Bright and Shining New Members selected by Nominations Chair Joanne Hayes and the membership committee and heartily approved by the Board of Directors. I’m thrilled to be part of this group and look forward to promoting its mission.

In other news, an article I wrote was published in the Financial Times as part of an insert on Bordeaux on July 11, 2015 and I have a new Facebook page. My new website will be up shortly. It’s been a busy month but better happy to have all of this going on. Obviously to weather all this change, I have been imbibing lots of lovely liquid. Tomorrow I will be back to posting about wine but today, I’m still celebrating that birthday….