Lettie Teague does a wine tour of Cleveland which delights me to no end.
First of all...I love Cleveland. I love Cleveland with all the enthusiasm of a teenage girl who falls for a guy with bad grades, worse hygiene and a future that depends on the garage band he and his friends are talking about starting. Some day. When they get that van.
Second, I love the idea of a wine tour of Cleveland. It's clever and unexpected and...and here's where I tempt the fates (2)...it actually makes me wonder if the book idea that's been floating in the back of my head might have some legs (3).
It's also nice to be seeing an original idea that doesn't necessitate my thinking any more about The Kindly Ones (4).
1. When I was in high school, my junior year English teacher called my parents in for a teacher conference where she told them, "He rolls his eyes at me." My father's response? "He rolls his eyes at us too. We're glad not to be singled out."
2. They say that the book you talk about is the one you never write. Well, I'm not really talking about it. And I'm hoping the fates are all busy convincing people to open roller discos. Oh. Wait. Those are Muses. Damn.
3. The book idea does not involve Cleveland. Yet.
4. But I probably will.