Author Archives: Wendy

About Wendy

Brand builder Wendy Dubit, aka Wendy Do-It, lives and loves to learn, teach, create and contribute. She has spent much of her life making and sharing music, film, television, poetry, wine and food. Last year, when her myasthenia gravis turned life threatening and precipitated a move from her soul city, Manhattan, to her home state, Maryland, she unleashed UnderWoman -- a character remarkably like herself, but lighter weight, more leeway and licenseable! For more about Wendy and UnderWoman, please visit www.vergant.com and www.underwoman.net.

The Wine Workout:Tastings to Train Senses & Brain

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Wendy

It’s a great time to be drinking wine! Never has the quality been higher, the selection greater, the prices more reasonable. And it’s good for us, too. Among wine’s ever-growing attributes, studies show that moderate consumption can prevent heart attacks … Continue reading →

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Lights Out for Earth Hour

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Wendy

Friends, Because I was powered down earlier for Earth Hour, and so as to conserve resources and share a truly great experience again, I am repurposing from last year’s post: I seriously need reading glasses. Somehow, I misread the time … Continue reading →

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Spring Is….

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Wendy

“Spring is in the cock’s crow, in the smell of freshly turned earth. It is no longer wise for the nature lover to procrastinate.” So says a favorite, unattributed quote that I found in the early days of FarmHands-CityHands. And … Continue reading →

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Taste of Terroir

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Wendy

Among the many things I LOVE about wine? How much complexity and magnificence it can contain. Each finely crafted wine tells the story of a time and a place, a region and its soil, vines and their age, grape varietals … Continue reading →

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Sense of Proportion

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Wendy

When I can, so as to keep the senses fresh, I shop with love and alacrity. I practice fridge, pantry and plate fengh shui — arranging foods I enjoy in ways and places that please me. I eat in color, … Continue reading →

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All That You Want to Be…

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Wendy

Friends, These days, many things are reminding me of a children’s book I’m planning to write: “All That You Want to Be You Already Are!” “All That You Want to Be” began with the realization that my most heartfelt dreams … Continue reading →

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What to Wear for Candelmas

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Wendy

Happy Groundhog Day! Don’t forget to CELEBRATE Winter. HOPE for Spring. ENJOY all of the Seasons. REMEMBER to PLAY!

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2009, Etched in Snow

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Wendy

Friends, May 2009 usher in a happy, healthy, hopeful and wine-filled time. And may it find us sharing many a fine glass together. Warmly and looking forward, Wendy

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Great Minds Drink Alike?

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Wendy

For some, it’s has been a year of ups and downs…. But whether these holidays find you with your glass half empty, half full or both, we hope you have something in it that you love. And we hope that … Continue reading →

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WineSmelling 101

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Wendy

The 2009 Complete Wine Course is out. And in it is a chapter that Kevin Zraly and I co-authored on the incredible sense of SMELL, and how key smell is to our enjoyment of wine…and all else in life. How … Continue reading →

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