Wine bottles litter the floor and a working bathtub is in the middle of the kitchen in the fifth-floor walkup on Elizabeth Street, where Alice Filing has lived since 1988. A day in her neighborhood in NoLIta, Where wine therapyHer favorite natural wine shop is just down the street. the only exception? Every week she drives to Bayside, Queens, where her mother, Ethel Filing, lives.
Ethel shares Feiring’s new memoir,To Fall in Love, Drink ThisAlong with wine recommendations and sketches of vintners and varietals, there are vivid portraits of stubborn Ethel, Ms. Filing’s freewheeling father, Philip, and her beloved brother, Andrew. A serial killer and various past and present boyfriends also appear.
move it If I’m not traveling, my time really gets crushed on Sundays. Because that’s all I believe.i do it or i like it morris danceI might go to the backyard and do some jigs.
morning ritual If you don’t have enough bagels in your freezer, move the block down and back seed bagel and get some. I’ll pick up the Sunday Times on my doorstep.My boyfriend, Peter, put water in and probably had yesterday’s Scottish smoked salmon. Russ & Daughters out. Then start your morning ritual of coffee, lox, bagels, cream cheese, capers, and tomatoes, which are very good if in season.
Old Forkys Peter and I are going to play music for a while. He’s a Gibson acoustic, I’m a fiddle or a button his accordion. He’s a much better musician than I am. we are the old folkhe does Travis style picking, jumped ship for the other instruments as we did before. Play old jug bands, jazz, Irish music riffs, and make things. However, weSt. Louis Tickle,” Holy Modal Rounders songs likeGriselda“David Bromberg’s”midnight on the water” Several Taro O’Carolan song.
wine compatible i try to do 2 hours in the morning my newsletterThen maybe I Tompkins Square Greenmarket Then scour around for what you need to get for Ethel. Sometimes she stays at her mother’s house. If so, I make sure I have enough wine to get me through the night. If you need it, it’s there.
Business with Ethel The important thing is to take her to a kosher supermarket in Great Neck.it is called shopping delightI will get her ready for the week. It should be a lot of cooked food. If I stay, it’s enough to cook dinner. Otherwise, Peter and I play with her some more. Then take Peter across the bridge to his house in Hudson Heights. Then I go home.
friend If you’re working on an essay or something, there’s a writing group on Thursday nights that meet on Sundays as well. The week is so short that I usually use Sunday nights to catch up with friends I’ve been ignoring.We usually have dinner at Viley da Dhaba, a lesser-publicized Indian restaurant. Best paneer makhani (cottage cheese cubes dipped in spicy tomato sauce) is the best.
Fieldwork I usually catch up on wine bars.I go to places like comfort ten bellsSunday night will never be a Brooklyn day. Because she is traveling with her mother. So it should be within walking distance. Head over to Wine Therapy, a great shop nearby, to see what’s new. Since the pandemic, it has become more important.Now tastings are starting again, but since I’m out of the tasting game, I rely more on what’s in store. Discovery Wines to see what they have.
let’s start me together before the nightcap Levain, it is usually rye-based. Another Covid bakery, sorry. I usually make the dough on Monday morning and bake it on Wednesday.
SIP and read I usually drink some scotch and go to bed. I am a nightcap believer. Recently, I like Port Askaig 8 Years Old. Smokey. And catch up on reading. I’m tired of reading only wine books. I am reading “ice storm” By Rick Moody. i love movies It spoke to me a lot. Put the WASP family into an Orthodox Jewish family and you can have my life. Almost Russian. I wasn’t ready for that. It may be the rare case that you like movies better than books.
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