January 2011 wrap up

Caroline picked The Rabbit Hole As Likely Explanation by Ann Beattie. A great pick from the rook. We tried some Irish Whiskey with an "e" and had a grand old time.

January 2011 Meeting

Hope you are all excited for our first meeting of 2011. Josh and Mere are hosting. Caroline is picking out the story, and Grace is bringing the Scotch..... Updates to come.

2010- Year in Review

2010 was a big year for Scotch and Short Stories. Not just for the gallons of Scotch we drank, tons of snacks we shared, or pages and pages of stories we read. We had five members get engaged (2 to each other), one get married, several international trips for both work and pleasure, a Macallan scotch tasting, and our original group of 8 ended the year at 12. Not bad.

Year in Review:
January 2010- The Velt by Ray Bradbury
February 2010- Recitatif by Toni Morrison
March 2010- The Life and Adventures of Shed Number XII by Victor Pelevin
April 2010- The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
May 2010- The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
June 2010- The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
July 2010- (off)
August 2010- But by Anne Donovan
September 2010- A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
October 2010- A White Horse by Thom Jones
November 2010- The Swimmer by John Cheever
December 2010-  The Briefcase by Rebecca Makkai


New Year's Resolution-- keep track of the Scotch better!

Contest- The Glenrothes

Check out The Glenrothes Single Speyside Malt contest. You can win a chance to make whisky in Scotland for a week starting 8 May 2011 (we'll schedule our meeting around your trip if you win). I am still struggling with the 50 word response needed to explain why I would be their ideal candidate for this opportunity, but I think it's worth entering because they are giving away bottles like the Limited Edition John Ramsay -- yes, that is $1,000/ bottle-- The Glenrothes 1988 --the last work of distiller John Ramsay, retiring after 43 years--, Select Reserve, and more.

1st Annual Scotch and Short Stories- November 2010

It is hard to believe that almost a year has passed since our first Scotch and Short Stories meeting in November 2009. By next month, we will have read 11 stories, tried at least 11 different bottles of Scotch, gained 3 new members, and eaten about 100 pounds of snacks. The 1st Annual meeting will be awesome.

Mere & Josh will host, but Mike is back-up hosting. Josh is picking the story, and Steve P. is bringing the Scotch. The date is set for Thursday, November 18th. 7:30 is our new time.

There will be a game. Get ready.

On the White Horse

Geoff picked a story called White Horse by Thom Jones. Everyone liked it.... the interpretations were varied. Is White Horse heroin? Or definitely heroin... Of all the needy living beings in Bombay, why did Ad Magic fixate on the horse? General consensus was that we could all use some of  Powell's Headache Tablets and a roll of hundred dollar bills. Joy got a recommendation for the Scotch from Barmy Wine & Liquor, a blended 15 year called the Dimple Pinch. It is the forth largest blended deluxe Scotch whiskey in the world (since 1893). Pretty delicious... a bit sweeter than some of the others we have tried. Everyone liked it.

Don't tell your grandma about our October meeting

October Meeting confirmed for the 20th. Married Joy will finally grace us with her scotch selection, and Geoff is going to pick out a story for us. See you all then!