Firefighter Zazu Wins Again
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:48 pm
It's Food & Wine Festival time again, and this year there's a new event called City Tastes. It's sort of "Party for the Senses Lite". World Showplace, five or six stations with food (and a goodly amount of it), ten or twenty stations with wine, with over 100 varieties at some events. Because the crowd is much smaller than PftS, things are a bit more elegant, with real plates and silver and candles on the tables. 
Friday night, SWMBO and I were sharing a table at CT with a few friends, with each of us making occasional sorties to fetch back more victuals.
We had only just begun to stuff our faces and raise our BAC when she commented that one of the chefs was burning something, and the distinct smell of charcoal was indeed wafting through the air.
After a quick look about, I identified the source of the flames. The were *not* coming from a cooking station, and I promptly poured my glass (of inferior Brunello) onto the conflagration, dousing the fire and leaving a somewhat fruity aroma in its place.
The source of the blaze? My very own SWMBO, who had set a stack of paper napkins down ... right on top of the candles! :shaker:
This time, because there was no moving vehicle to fall off, I suffered no injury in extinguishing the fire. At least, none so long as she never reads this post!
Friday night, SWMBO and I were sharing a table at CT with a few friends, with each of us making occasional sorties to fetch back more victuals.
We had only just begun to stuff our faces and raise our BAC when she commented that one of the chefs was burning something, and the distinct smell of charcoal was indeed wafting through the air.
After a quick look about, I identified the source of the flames. The were *not* coming from a cooking station, and I promptly poured my glass (of inferior Brunello) onto the conflagration, dousing the fire and leaving a somewhat fruity aroma in its place.
The source of the blaze? My very own SWMBO, who had set a stack of paper napkins down ... right on top of the candles! :shaker:
This time, because there was no moving vehicle to fall off, I suffered no injury in extinguishing the fire. At least, none so long as she never reads this post!
