On Saturday, David and Laura were blessed with absolutely perfect weather for their wedding! We arrived at the mansion early in the morning to start getting ready – here are the photos of us before the actual ceremony and celebration: Me and Ken during family photos: My parents with me and Ken: Me, David and […]
On Sunday, John, Erika and I drove back to San Francisco together. John spent the day with us because he had a red eye back to Chicago and I stayed with Erika an extra night before heading back to the east coast. When we got back to the city, we went to Bi Rite, a […]
After a full day of wine tasting all over Napa, we settled in to dinner at Bouchon, a Thomas Keller restaurant that I love. There’s a Bouchon Bakery in New York that Ken and I go to all of the time, but their menu is limited compared to what this Bouchon offers. We started off […]
Our last two stops on our wine tour: Silver Oak and Hill Family Estate. Silver Oak focuses on cabernet sauvignon (my favorite type of wine!) and Angie set up a private tour for us. Since we had a private tour, they did some of the tour in their private room that features all of their […]
After two wineries, we took a break and drove to St. Helena for lunch at French Blue: The restaurant is known for their architecture and has won some awards for their design: We started with some shared morning buns: Delicious salad with bibb lettuce and fresh vegetables: And a beautiful, rustic halibut prepared with potatoes, […]