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Skriven 2011-04-07 16:19:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: trip 174
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Time to toddle. Alex met us in the lobby, and we made our
way by long degrees (gosh, the Phoenix metro is huge) to
Peoria, where we sas Seattle carry a two-run lead into the
9th, when the Rangers came alive with a four-run inning:
TEX 5 SEA 4 in Peoria. Joining us watching this debacle
were my friend Jan and her husband Dave, who had trekked
the two miles from Glendale. And so back to their place for
Bourbon and steaks - my kind of life.

We brought a tribute of one of my best-buy and perhaps even
first-choice Bourbons - Bulleit; turns out Dave already had
some, so we worked on that.

He brought out his treasured Redbreast 12 (very peaty,
malty, vanillary, excellently rich and smooth, traces of
almond) and Henry McKenna single barrel (spicy and peppery,
with fruit and nuts and a touch of green) as well, and some
novelties he'd been given over the years, about which the
less said the better.

Grilled steaks were the order of the day, and Ch. Lanessan
(Haut Medoc) 03, a well regarded minor Bordeaux property,
proved to be appropriately cedar-boxy, minty, with muted
black berry fruits. Softish tannins, good acid, quite fine
with the char of the meat, though by itself it had been a
little wimpy. Big baked potatoes with all the fixings: I
had half of one with a chunk of butter the size of my fist,
and I almost needed more butter. My steak was medium. Alex
leaned over to me and said that he dies a little inside
when he sees a steak done more than rare. I agreed.

For afters, Bourbon ad lib and homegrown navel oranges,
which were deliciously sweet right off the tree.

Also present were Dave's daughter and grandson; Jan's
daughter Sharon showed up later on.

Our next stop was the Marriott Suites Old Town Scottsdale, a
modern and well-kept property the only cavil with which is
that the inviting-looking dispenser in the lobby holds water
that is flavored with cucumber. Waagh.

The suite was really quite nice - master bedroom, living
room with folding sofabed, Murphy bed in the vestibule,
wet bar, small balcony, and bathroom with separate tub
and shower. I gave Bill the master bedroom and slept in
the Murphy bed - a mistake perhaps, as I could hear the
elevator and ice machine, whereas Bill is rather deaf.

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