Huh, I sat down to write a different post and realized that this is my 200th post on The Vino File. I'm not sure what it means to me, but I can't let the moment pass without a bit of reflection. What started as a whim, a desire to understand wine and develop a creative outlet along the way, has turned into a part of my life that I really cherish. This little insignificant blog has had a profound impact on how I spend my freetime and as Danny will attest, my money. It has brought me to some beautiful locations, and some sweaty drunken disastrous events. It has introduced me to people who have become true friends, and ran me by some people that I probably don't want to have anything to do with. It has served as a diary of my days, and a sounding board for my thoughts. Along the way it has made strangers mad, received traffic from some places that I didn't even know they sold wine, and hopefully made some family members laugh. I've been told I write well, and I've been told I have no idea what I'm talking about. I've posted daily, and I've gone two weeks without a peep.
(2 candles representing 100 posts each, peace)
Realistically it is hard for me to say how the decision to start the damn thing has changed my life, as many of the pathways along the way seem inevitable in retrospect. I haven't changed careers, I haven't made much money, I still care too much what other people think, and yet its affect has been profound.
As for where it goes in the future I also don't know. I have slowed down the posting considerably, although not because I am less interested in wine writing, or the overall exploration of wine. Rather I don't feel the compulsion to get posts out or to maintain a certain level of traffic. And yet this relaxation into the process has made it even more enjoyable, and more something I am certain to continue.
I have a small time white Burgundy that I was going to write about tonight, and it will be forthcoming, but today I am just going to celebrate what this blog has always been about, a little self indulgent adventure that is hopefully entertaining along the way.
Props to 200, bro. I've cut WAY back on my posting, well-past 500 posts. Life changes: new job, grad school pressures, occupy Wall Street marches (just kidding, but I'm there in spirit)... I don't read your blog as much as I mean to, but I always enjoy it when I do. I'm drinking a lot more Scotch than wine these days, too, so shoutout to Danny. But reading here feels almost like keeping in touch. Kisses.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pete, and grad school can wait, get out to those marches. I work one block from the protest in SF, and while it looks a bit like a drum circle during the afternoon hours I can certainly understand the overall sentiment. Whiskey is for alchies, BTW. Miss you too.
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