Whine About Town

Morgan Hill had a big event today. Called the Morgan Hill Wine About Town. My mom said I was only going so I could whine about the town of Morgan Hill. It got me thinking how great it would be to sit at a booth in the middle of town and have people come up to me so I could explain to them all of the things that are wrong or weird about Morgan Hill.

But instead we paid $50 to walk into so-so shops to drink some so-so wines from local wineries. For the most part, it was a completely bizarre day. Bizarre for people from normal towns. Exceptional for people from Morgan Hill.

At one point we were standing outside a restaurant trying to figure out the next so-so shop that had so-so wine for us to try. An older woman walked by us and we immediately noticed that her wine about town had a patterned coaster attached to the bottom. She was more than happy to show it to us and explain how she makes them and we can by them at the so-so shop down the street.

Everyone ooohed and aaahed and boosted the old lady's ego. I asked, "But what's the point?"

"Jennifer!" My friend whispered, "I can't believe you asked that. That sounds like something Norm would say. Something that you would get MAD at him for saying."

"Exactly!" Norm said with a fist pump toward my friend Janelle for her incredible insight.

"Oh, I guess that wasn't nice," I said but then realized that the older woman was so busy explaining all about her fabric coasters she didn't even hear me.

The group got a good laugh from my "What's the point?" for a while. I tried to be a good sport while they made fun of my comment. But truth be told, I still wished the old lady had answered my question. Maybe I will get a chance to ask her next year when I sit at my booth and whine about the town.