Weekend "Wine-d" Down

I love weekends filled with a crisp fall air. The smell of earthy fallen leaves and the crunch they make under your feet. Weekends filled with catching up with old and current friends over drinks in a bustling restaurant or going to an event and sharing in something you both love is just perfect. I did both of these things this weekend and it was the set of adventures I needed.

The vineyard was small but it smelt pungently like fermenting grapes, everything fall, and countryside. Rows and rows of grape vines wilting in the late season spread themselves across the late golden light and it felt so peaceful. I can’t tell you how long I stood just look across the fields but for a moment it felt like forever.  For a split second I thought I could hear each individual leaf crinkle in the breeze.  Crazy… but I swear it was magical!

I paired lots of wines with lots of delicious cheeses and learned how to find the different notes of flavor in each of the wines we sampled. It was relaxing and just what I needed to catch up with one of my best friends. Since we are some serious cheese mongers we definitely enjoyed each delicious bite.

At night we met up with friends visiting from out of town. We laughed, ate delicious foods and had lots of delicious drinks at one of our favorite restaurants. It was nice to share a small little piece of the city with them and to hear stories of their own adventures. Our friend is a really good chef and it was super fun to hear about his job and travels.

Fall really has come alive around here and I am loving every minute of it. 

Life Lately...Why Hello!

For someone who has stacks upon stacks (my poor mother’s basement) of journals from childhood to adulthood filled to the brim with pages of detailed bare emotion and descriptions of my life I find it almost ironic, even hilarious, that a simple blog on the internet clams me up.  I look at the screen and my mind just goes blank (much like the page I am trying to fill). So there is that. I know, I am laughing too.

My goal for the end of the year is to fix this and to get better. I want to have a creative outlet to express and share myself with all you lovelies. Let’s give it the old college try, eh? (What does that actually frigging mean?)

To re-cap and to say it lightly this year has filled me to the gills with so many amazing things.  I am trying to end all of the positive things on, well, a positive note because I want no bad juju over here!  Bad juju is just not welcome. Let’s go on a picture journey of all the awesome things I loved this year (queue up some magical music)!

1. Lazy-butt cats 2. Hiking Mt. Rainier 3. House BOUGHT! (whaaaat?) 4. Thrift shopping ugly items 5. LOTS of backyard fires 6. John 7. Birthday dog is the best dog 8. Fall (favorite season) 9. Lots of beer tastings 10. Summer chill-axing 11. Sea anemones in Carkeet Park 12. MORE lazy-butt cats 13. Beachy-times 14. Hiking in WA state 15. Sunday night dart matches 16. Yummy foods!

I will not be a stranger around here anymore. I am going to put on my big girl pants and do this crazy blog thing and who knows. See you all on Monday, I have an exciting weekend ahead of myself and I hope you do too!