In Los Angeles I am one of the founding members of the official Pinot Grigio Club. We meet once a week to discuss important matters over a divine lunch in the best places and taste the supreme Pinot Grigio grapes. We have sworn to secrecy and only very rarely do we invite new faces to our circle.
Since the two founding members, Miss T & I are both in Copenhagen this week we had our weekly meeting at the Copenhagen hot spot Victor. Victor is a place that has been around forever. My father used to hang here when he was dating my mother. So I guess you could label Victor as a true ‘classic’. Tine was the ‘New Face’ today and without having discussed it with Miss T I’m pretty sure we agree to make Tine our Copenhagen ambassador.
So a day of pretty intense hangovers after the Fashion Award Show last night was spent wisely sharing the latest news and having a giggle or two about … aaah well… you know… girl stuff….
Once a week I’m meeting up with my girl ‘T’ to discuss life and such. We have established our legendary Pinot Grigio Club where we eat the best lunches and taste the best grapes. The last couple of weeks we have met in the garden at the Charteau.
”I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.” – Noah (The Notebook 2004).
I know it’s just a movie and I know these are just words. But to act this out is a huge achievement. Think about it! how many men (or women for that matter) can truly say that they dared to do this? Loved with all their heart and soul like there is no tomorrow? Not many. Most people are scared to get hurt. They take precautions, make prenuptial agreements and get extremely practical about their love. Like it is a deal that needs a handshake, a signature and tons of rules written down on paper.
My true heroes are those who really dare to follow their heart.
Today I had lunch with my sweet girl ‘T’ at The Chateau Marmont.We have a ‘Pinot Grigio Club’ where topics of the utmost importance (at least to us) are discussed and evaluated over the best food and Pinot Grigio on ice. Today, as we sat down at our table in the garden at The Chateau I realized that it was Noah AKA. the actor Ryan Gosling, the man who uttered the words above, who sat at the table next to us. I’m not high on the whole movie star thing. But The Notebook just does something to me…every time. So it was hard for me to focus on my shrimps. Big sigh….
I don’t know….. I just thought I’d share this little moment with you and tell you that if you have not watched The Notebook yet do it right now. And if you have. Watch it again! It’s the best recent love story I’ve seen in years.
