In a matter of hours I’m [off to Sydney](http://www.itn.net/cgi/flstat?stamp=N EWCOOKY%2Aitn%2Ford%3DNEWREC%2Citn%2Fair%2Funited&carrier=UA&mon_abbr=Dec&date =27&flight_no=815&jsDate=12%2F27%2F2001). I sure know how (and when) to pick ‘em. Both the Blue Mountains and the Hunter Valley are in my itinerary. Wild.