Cinematic Moment: Winery timery (doesn't rhyme until you go.)
My mom, bestie and her GF have been in town for the last 2 weeks and after doing all the requisite touristy shenanigans (amidst furious wedding planning) I decided to get extra fancy and bring them to a winery for a tour and tasting.
We learned a lot. I'm pretty sure there was some talk about fermentation and champagne bottles exploding in the cellar. I also remember them saying the casks above are actually empty and that this particular winery produced the only New York wine on the White House wine list (a Riesling.)
It's after we did a tasting that consisted of about 7 different varietals, a cream sherry and port--that things get a bit blurry. From what I'm told, most official wine tasters don't actually drink the wine, but that feels a bit counterproductive doesn't it? So we savored it all and then ended up leaving with enough bottles of our own to warrant the check out woman asking "Did you leave any wine for our other guests?"
Other notables of the week:
Finding out that the sketchy bar down the street is not actually a strip club at all.
Goat cheese and carmelized pizza at Jane.
One logged fires and nachos made of old hard taco shells instead of s'mores.
Having my blackberry back in my hand, in my bed and in my heart.
Benson failing miserably at getting it on and landing himself straight in the doggie friend zone.
Sobbing like a kid with a stolen easter basket while watching the MJ funeral for 2 hours with the girls.
Using the term "sexting" in enough sentences to fill 4 hours of PSA's about the dangers of it.
Realizing the only thing worse than trying to lose weight is watching shows about people trying to lose weight.
My mom noting that the creepy men in the restaurant were staring at her as if she had "two eyes."
Invite design, flowers, earrings, comic con. CHECK.
4 comments:
lol...sounds like a fun week. rofl. Your mom is hilarious. When I was pregnant my ex husband came hom eone day to find me bawling like a mad woman and when he asked why I burst out with "what if the baby is born with two eyes??!!"
lol...I had, of course, meant to say three eyes...i was tryiing to communicate my fear of a sick baby, but of course in my pregnant delerium I ended up sounding like a nerd. lol
as for Mj, I didnt cry until his daughter spoke. SO SAD.
as for weight loss shows...which one did you watch?
-me
I actually didn't get to watch the Mj funerol, I can't believe the King of Pop is dead...it should not be allowed! :(
Chonny, I will gladly fill you in my diet secrets rather than video tape... it's called Special K. haha!! I feel so obsessed with dieting at the moment, but that's because I just had my son 11 weeks ago. It's summertime and the pool is calling me with a tasteful turtleneck one piece.
One little bit of advice though, I'm sure you'll look gorgeous in your dress and don't sweat the small stuff. Once you're finally married, that's where the real fun begins :)
Don't let those Winery people tell you not to "actually drink" the wine. They are the type of people that talk to the grapes and think they are alive. Granted there is nothing wrong with that, but let's just say they take their profession a little tooooo seriously!
I was scolded at a Winery in Clermont, FL when I gulped down their Merlot. Who tells a 21 year old bartender to "savor the flavor?"
And the devastation of MJ's passing was indeed tragic. As a fan club member and die-hard fan, it was a rough thing to see. And you're right Dee, his daughter was heartbreaking.
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