So a while back I received a small bonus for wrapping up my previous year’s contract competently. I was wondering (on this blog) what to do with it so I guess I should report on what I did. I used a small part of it to buy some books and blu-rays that I was hankering for, but most of it ended up going towards a small wine cellar.
Summers here get brutal, with temperatures inside our house reaching as high as 40 degrees (104 F) and 80 percent humidity. Until now I’ve stored our wine under our house, but I was still a little worried about some of the nicer bottles in our collection. So I got a super-powered cold box that will keep the wines at a constant temperature all year round. It holds 26 bottles, so it is just the right size for us. The real test will be in a few months when temperatures start to sky-rocket. Hopefully it can handle the heat.
Kuniko’s got a half day off today, so with any luck I’ll have a dinner ready for me when I get home. I’m looking forward to seeing what it could be… Last night I whipped together some simple okonomiyakis for dinner, but I couldn’t resist adding a little garlic. Just a dash of garlic seems to really bring out the flavor.
