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Thursday was a very busy night. Besides hosting the Mookie Brando Concert at Treehugger Dan’s, Bottlehugger Ben and I had received VIP ticket’s to a wine tasting at Doblo Wine Merchants (on the corner of Dob u. and Hollo u.). Somehow I managed to attend both.Read more »

My friend Josey and I have been cooking American Thanksgiving for 30-40 people each year for the past 10+ years, so it was nice finally being cooked for at my first Canadian Thanksgiving this Sunday.  They had basted the bird in maple syrup and palinka, yumm!  Along with the turkey we had spinach salad, Arabian squash casserole, gravy, dressing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and chocolate chip cookies. It was an excellent and relaxing evening.Read more »

Breakfast is available at the Kovirag from 8:30, but one should note that the Kovirag is only open on weekends. If you are not staying there, knock on the door of the kitchen from the road outside and they will open the gate for you. A good coffee, fresh bread, homemade plum jam, honey and what was probably homemade butter, plus 2 mushroom omelets only set us back 1000 huf each. 
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Bottlehugger had recommended a good pastry shop in Csopak, so we headed there first for some coffee and to lighten the load. But it was only open at 10, so we were forced against our best intentions to visit the first winery. As we cycled up the hill in gorgeous autumn weather, I started recognizing  a number of landmarks and realized that I had been in the area before several years ago. You could SMELL the must in the air.Read more »

Having completed the Balaton Swim this year, I started looking for a new goal. With autumn approaching, wanting to do something sporty, and considering my increasing involvement in wine, I thought to get a group of good friends together to cycle around the north side of Lake Balaton for my birthday and sample some of the wines there.  Several family-men had to cancel, and in the end it came down to Jon Gifford and me.Read more »

The summer months are quiet at THD's because it is high season for bike rentals, and the 50+ bikes are a bitch to move every Thursday. But Autumn 2009 is upon us, and we had our season opening event last night, featuring a concert by The Jazz Apples. This is now the second time they have played at THD's, and they have obviously been putting some practice time in.Read more »

Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), starring Glenn Ford and Marlon Brando is a pretty forgettable film except for the fact that Brando is trying to play an Okinawan.Read more »

Heading down again to Szalonna this weekend, my friends Jeroen and Lennard were thrilled to hear I was on antibiotics still and could not drink alcohol.Read more »

On the purchase of my flat last year, after renting 20 places in 18 years (including 6.5 years in one place), an ex-girlfriend gave me Jay McInerney's book, A Hedonist in the Cellar. She was overjoyed to find a book this bookman had not read, and one so appropriate to my newest passion in life, wine.Read more »