October 24, 2010 In California, Photos, Videos

i have a crush

As promised, here is my video of the crush some friends and I happened to walk into:

The guys that were managing the crush walked over and gave us some of the grapes to eat. Once you’re fortunate enough to nosh on some of these incredible little fruits fresh off the vine, you’ll never be satisfied with another grape again! This action was all happening last night at Merryvale in St. Helena, California. I snapped a photo of one of the many bins of grapes too. The photo didn’t come out great, but I wanted to give everyone an idea of what goes into those delish bottles of wine we all love:

Cabernet Sauvignon at Merryvale Winery 10.23.10

I felt like jumping in!

While I type this I am sipping on some 2006 Petite Sirah from Swanson Vineyards. Yum. After my stay in the Napa Valley during harvest season, I will forever have a higher appreciation for wines I drink. I take a bow to the brilliant winemakers of the world. The devotion and patience it takes for them to make their magic is beyond impressive. What a fantastic experience it has been for me to be here during harvest season 2010!

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October 23, 2010 In Uncategorized

crush video

My postings have been sparse lately as I have been spending so much time sending resumes, connecting about potential jobs, researching, walking dogs, and actually work-working too. (I got a gig at a most fabulous winery for these last 2 weeks before I head east.) I promise I will be coming back and posting full-force, especially once I get on the road and start blazing across the country, you know there’s plenty of story that always comes with that!

On quick thing I wanted to share:
Last night after work I met up with a couple friends to grab a drink then dinner. When we were walking from the bar to the restaurant we walked straight into a crush!!! Yes! That means buckets and barrels of cabernet sauvignon being put through machines to de-vine them and get them on their way to becoming delicious vino! I took some video I am super excited to share. Uploading seems to be taking forever this morning, so I’ll have to post the video after work today as I’m running out the door it was the coolest thing to see!

Come back later for the video. Happy weekend!

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October 21, 2010 In Uncategorized

random thoughts and things

1.) Today I had the most fabulous day working at a winery. The owners, staff, wine, chocolate (yes! I said chocolate!), guests, actual work and place was all around just fantastic. A good day of work makes me so so very happy. Am I a geek or what?

2.) One reason why I didn’t sign up for Facebook until very recently; People are weird and can stalk you and I don’t trust anyone. For instance, some creepy guy just friended me and wrote this long note telling me I am “pretty.” He then went on babbling about his foot fetish and how he’d like to see my “soles.” EW. Dude, really?- Go find someone else to be creepy with. I won’t get into the things I carry with me on a daily basis such as mace and a knife. Care to find out if I’m kidding?

3.) I was gifted an absurdly expensive bar of chocolate and I just ate half of it. I will never again feel bad about spending bunches of money on chocolate if it tastes that good.

4.) I’m not sure I will ever want pets or kids. I mean they are lovely and cute and all, but I sincerely have zero desire to have any of my own. Talk to me in 15 years. Then again, that’s what I said 15 years ago, I’m thinking my mind isn’t going to change.

5.) I love wearing heels.

6.) I’m watching a rerun of Project Runway right now as I catch up on emails and such. Every time I see NYC on TV or a movie I fall in love.

7.) I think it’s a bummer that most the time, the vibe, people, job, weather, family, friends, landscape are never in one place. Hmmm…so what’s best to chose when?

8.) I love that every day is a crap-shoot. This means life really is like a box of chocolates; You never know what you’re gonna get. Sometimes that’s really annoying, mostly it’s really exciting. Nothing ever makes sense but I’m not sure it’s supposed to.

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October 20, 2010 In California, De-lish, Photos

everybody’s girl friday

I did some office work for a lawyer in Saulsalito last week. It was interesting and different thing to throw in the mix of my recent professions during my stay in California. I’ve been a baby sitter, a house sitter, a dog sitter, a bartender, a lawyers assistant, financial organizer, home organizer and a will be spending the rest of my days until I head east working at a couple different wineries. All very sporadic, but welcomed and help me to scrape by until I land something full time elsewhere.

When I was working in the gorgeous little city of Saulsalito, I had lunch one day at a joint of a spot with yummy Asian food. I had to take a photo of my plate because this was the most odd looking friend egg that topped my meal I had ever seen:

Asian lunch and odd fried egg in Saulsalito

I also went to a place for coffee called Taste of Rome. Oh my fantastic. Tried and true cappuccinos here. I didn’t nosh on anything, but this little sidewalk, open air cafe’ would be the first place I’d hit up if I was in the mood for Italian eats and treats. One of the most fabulous things about California is the fresh food that you can get, around every corner. Restaurants, grocery stores, roadside farm stands, ahhh….you know I love that. Even with the odd looking eggs!

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