Say My Name, Say My Name
April 24, 2009
name⋅sake [neym-seyk] noun
1. a person named after another.
2. a person having the same name as another.
I recently attended a work event where they served a number of California reds from a winery called Angeline. I have a good friend named Angeline and so I became giddy at the idea of hosting a party where I’d pair my guests with their namesake wine – or show up at the next party with a semi-original hostess gift.
Do you have a namesake wine? I do – and of course in typical “Dana” fashion, cheap, it’s not – Dean and Deluca tout it for $295 a bottle…not exactly economy friendly…eek! But perhaps, someday, it will be “I just gave birth – bring me that bottle or else” or “The Simon & Schuster book deal just came through with an embarrassingly large advance” friendly.
And no, where I’m from, Fat Bastard and Bitch are not considered namesakes – my momma raised me better than that. Here are a few that are acceptable…
Postscript – I think my friend Cherith is out of luck.
April 24th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
What about your friend Ayanna? LOL. Although, I haven’t commented I do read Danapop quite religiously. Keep up the good work!
April 24th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Now the whole world knows about my lifelong struggle with this crippling name…i remember on summer vacations, all my brothers and sisters would get license plate key tags with their names on them, but there was never one for me….parents, don’t do this to your children if you want them to have a namesake wine…
April 25th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Love the DA label.
NA
April 30th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Don’t drink a $295 bottle of wine after giving birth!!!! Wait until you get the first full night of sleep~then you can really enjoy it.
LOVE YOU
ps.
have you seen the Mad Housewife wine label?
May 1st, 2009 at 6:26 am
Thanks for the tip – and Mad Housewife, such a great label! Love it!