From the department of “too much time on my hands and too little to do”…

Back when I got my first job in commercial publishing in New York, I used to work with this Russian dude named Slava. Every time I would show up at the office in a good mood, with a smile on my face, he would say the same thing: “Jeremy, suck a lime!” When I would ask him why, he would tell me: “the minute you start smiling, something is bound to go wrong.”

The Parzen family carries on that spirit in the form of our own personal apotropaism (how’s that for a 75-cent word!): poo, poo, poo! It’s our familial way of saying we have too many blessings to count.

I’ve had a great month at home with the family but now it’s time to roll up my sleeves and hit the road again (soon).

Here are all my current save-the-dates. I feel so blessed to have work that I find rewarding. Tracie’s work is picking up, too. Poo poo poo!

I hope you can join me for any and all of the below. Happy Labor Day, everyone! Enjoy the long weekend. Thanks for the support and solidarity.

Wednesday, September 18 – Los Angeles

Presenting a Puglia wine dinner at Rossoblu. Registration link coming soon.

Sunday, September 22 – Houston

Playing a set of Pat Benatar covers with Katie White at Vinsanto (planning to do lots more music this fall and there will probably be a blow-out/everyone-is-welcome music party at our house… maybe…).

Wednesday, October 2 – Boston

Presenting an Abruzzo seminar (not sure where yet).

Tuesday, October 8 – Dallas

Presenting I don’t even know how many seminars at Taste of Italy.

Thursday, October 10 – El Paso

The show moves to El Paso. Great trade fair btw.

Tuesday, October 15 – Los Angeles

Presenting an Abruzzo dinner for trade at Rossoblu.

Wednesday, October 16 – Los Angeles

Presenting an Abruzzo dinner for wine and food lovers at Rossoblu.

Friday-Sunday, October 18-20 – Boulder

Boulder Burgundy Festival. I’m not presenting this year but will be there blogging about the event. Awesome event btw.

November 18 – Tulsa

TBD but I’ll be presenting a seminar on vermouth. I’m super geeked to get back to Tulsa. Love that city.