Wine Tasting!

Ever since I watched Haley Mills in the orginal Parent Trap I have loved California for the wineries. And although I moved here over a year and half ago, I only seem to get to the Southern California wineries for Bridal Showers. I guess that's OK with me :)

For my friend Teresa's Bridal Shower, we started at the house of another friend and had Tea for T! Super cute. At 3pm we headed in two large SUVs (they're good for something I guess) to a super close winery off the 15, one which some of you may get to see when you come to visit for it will quickly become my favorite place to take visitors. It's called Chateau Dragoo. Interesting, but the castle and wine tasting rooms made the place quaint. Meanwhile, the grapevine-covered portico was to die for! After hitting up a lesson--led by Sniffles McGee from the winery--and then tasting some more, we bought two bottles and headed out to the portico to soak it all in. What a great way to catch up with old Vistage friends I haven't seen in forever! Melissa, Bree, and Kristi are pictured below. We were the red wine drinkers, and all previous/current employees of Vistage. Love these girls!
And it just so happens that in the October issue of SprayFoam magazine I wrote a story about a winery in Northern California where they sprayed SPF on the outside of the wine tanks. It allows the owners to keep the tanks at a controlled temperature. Oh the crazy things you can do with spray foam! My text is due this Friday so I've been spending most of my time during the day trying to come up with a finished issue. Hopefully I'll meet my deadline so that you good people can have yet another fabulous magazine to read when it drops October 1, 2008. Look for it in your mailboxes (if you've asked me to put you on the circulation list, that is). Otherwise, ask me about it. My B'more girls (and RayRay) can attest to my growing SPF knowledge. Hootie hoo!

On the home front (many have been asking about it, and I thank you for your interest), we haven't gotten any word yet about either Pepper or Estelle. Justin's real estate agent (and good friend from grade school) gave us an update yesterday that we should hear back in yet another 14 days. We're trying not to get our hopes up, but a yes OR no would be great sometime SOON! Please, real estate gods, please let us know!

So, if you're planning a visit sometime soon, you can picture a new house and a visit to a newly discovered winery. And if those two don't pan out, then you can picture a new bottle of wine in a newly decorated guest room. :) And if THAT doesn't pan out (which would mean I'm broke and homeless), then you can picture me, a bottle of wine, and a paper bag. Let's hope it doesn't get to that! Have a fabulous Hump Day!