He’s wrong about the Brut Rose, though. Both it and the regular Brut are seasonal favorites in our house, and my wife is a big fan of sparkling wine. They’re both a steal at ~$10.

Fun fact: I did Japanese martial arts for a long time, and my sensei’s main sword and aikido teacher in LA was Toshishiro Obata, who played Tatsu in both the TMNT movies and was a long-time stuntman in Japan and elsewhere. He was also on Walker: Texas Ranger and in a bunch of other movies. I only trained with him a…

The actress also plays Frankie, one of the most horrible daughters I’ve ever seen, on Better Things.

I took driver’s ed in the mountains of NC in 88-89. My instructor was named Leroy, he chewed tobacco. He would have a cup of coffee and a spit cup on his desk in class - one would empty as the other filled, both with brown liquid.