Virtual Wine and Cheese
I’m not sure what I think about this, but Hallmark Channel is hosting a virtual wine and cheese party on Saturday, March 6, from 5 to 6 p.m.
The invitation says, “Grab a corkscrew, fire up your laptop…” —well, you can read it all here:
It’s all just a promo for its new movie, Uncorked, about a woman who discovers love or something during a trip to California wine country. The movie will premiere at 9 p.m. that night.
The Facebook party will be an online chat about wine, movies, food, etc.
I guess what I don’t get is if I invite my friends and crack open a bottle of wine, do we really need an online chat? I mean, we’d have a good old-fashioned live chat, nothing virtual about it, right?
And if I didn’t invite any friends, but cracked open that bottle and went on Facebook, aren’t I then just drinking alone?
Or if a thousand other people are doing the same thing, am I not drinking alone? Is it a party if we’re all in different places?
Is this the new, virtual order? Party like crazy and never have to talk to anyone face to face?
