Pinky Goes To The Rodeo!
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| Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo |
Well he went to the
rodeo this year, which may not seem like much, except he didn’t go last year.
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| Talya, Gale & Gwen |
You see, four years ago Pinky, Gwen, Gale and I decided to
start going to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. We stay at the Stockyard Hotel,
which is great fun for people watching, we eat at Joe Ts and drink mass quantities
of wine! What makes the trip great is all our kids living in Texas join us at
the rodeo along with several friends. In fact this year we were joined by our
good friend Talya, who’ll hopefully go with us for years to come.
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| Michael & Ryan! |
Now mind you, last year’s rodeo was great, especially since
our son Michael and grandson Ryan came down from DC to join the festivities!! But still there was something missing.
Pinky didn’t come…he
had heart bypass surgery instead. And the rodeo wasn’t the same.
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| Joe "Pinky" Koch |
Every family needs a Pinky! Ours is a little ruff and crude
at times. He’ll drink beer during the day and pinky at night!!! He’s also one
of the nicest people you’ll meet and if you need anything he’s there! When we’re
together its dueling brother-in-laws which is great fun. And without him the atmosphere
changes. But most important…he's one of my best friends! And the rodeo wasn’t the
same without him! And you never know how much someone adds to an event or your
life until they’re not there!!
But with Pinky back
in all his spender, all was well in the world and the rodeo also seemed to be
just a little bit better!!!
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| Talya & Gale drink beer |
Now when it comes to wine, the Fort Worth rodeo isn't Napa
Valley. In fact wine is a little hard to find...even pinky. Talya said “I guess
if you’re at the Rodeo they expect you to drink beer!” And she may be right. In
the main pavilion there are only two places that sell wine. Both pour Sutter Home
out of those small bottles at $5.00, which beats most airlines for price. A few
other places around the grounds also sell the small bottles of red, white and
pinky!
Now in the coliseum where the Rodeo is held, there seems to
be only one place that sells wine. And like most events they sell Texas’ Saint
Genevieve out of big bottles for an inflated $7.50. And with only one place selling wine, it’s a
little hard to find. And if you’re on the wrong side of the coliseum it can be
a hike!
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| That's wine in my glass!! |
And why is wine
always served in small plastic glasses at crowded events?
The glass is filled to the top so you can’t walk without spilling
on you and everyone else in the crowd! So my advice, have your wine put in a
beer cup!! You’ll get to drink more of your wine and save everyone being
sloshed on!
Now the Fort Worth Rodeo
does have some cool wine merchandise even if there’s not much wine.
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| Wine slush!! |
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| Cowhide wine cooler!! |
One of the best is the Frappe’ Vino wine mix by d’marie. This
mix allows you to make great wine slushes out of red and white wines as well as
fruit wines and liquors. They were giving out free samples which were not only
fun but also convincing sellers!! There were also wine glasses, stoppers, lazy Susans
out of wine barrels and even a cowhide wine cooler!! So if you were shopping for wine stuff it was
there…just not much wine!
But most of all this year’s
rodeo had Pinky…which made it just a little bit better!!!
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| Pinky says Cheers!!! |
Cheers!!
Harold
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I enjoyed bonding with Pinky.
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