Review: Amazon Tap

Sunday morning, lying in bed after a wine-soaked Saturday in Monterey, I rolled over and did what I do most mornings (no, not that): I asked Alexa the weather. Normally, my Amazon Echo chirps to life at the sound of its name and provides a quick forecast, but this, nothing. Which was weird, because the Echo always hears me. Then the wine fog cleared and I remembered oh, right, this is the Amazon Tap. I reached over and pressed the button on the side of the cylindrical black speaker on my nightstand, and five lights blinked blue.