Sarasota Forks and Corks

OK ... I can already hear Emily laughing from her little hut in Senegal.

Yes, I'm all dorkily excited about another food festival.

This time it's the Forks and Corks food and wine festival right here in Sarasota. A group of local restaurateurs started doing it two years ago at the gorgeous Ringling Art Museum.

I can think of few better ways to spend a Sunday afternoon than sipping wine, eating food from some the area's best restaurants and strolling around the grounds of the museum.

And I expect this to be the best festival yet. The first year they had the festival in June, a terribly humid and miserable time of year for eating and drinking in Florida. Last year they moved it up to May, but it didn't make much of a difference.

Finally, they got the picture and we're on for January.

Some of the girls and I got special wine humor t-shirts (think sayings like "Drinks Well with Others"). We've got our tickets.

Now, less than two weeks and counting ... I'll have a drink for you Emily, you smart ass : )