California

Last month, Philip had a meeting out in San Fran, so I tagged along and we made a weekend of it, along with a couple of friends!  It was the longest amount of time that we'd both been away, together, from the kids (thank you again, Oma & Opa).  We had fabulous sushi one night, did the wine scene in Napa for a day, and then saw all that San Francisco had to offer, as well.  Here are a few pics from the trip.....

Our favorite stop on our trip around Napa - Aonair.  It was a recommendation that we had received from some friends.  I had made an appointment to visit with the winemaker himself, as he does not do public tours or tastings.  It was the four of us and the winemaker's father (he was busy doing winemaking stuff, I'm sure), just sitting out on their patio, tasting some fantastic wine.  Seriously, the best wine I'd ever had.  It was like Christmas morning when the FedEx man pulled up last week with the wine that we had ordered!

The Sea Lions at Pier 39 were fun to watch.  Hundreds of them hang out here, barking all day long!

Here's Alcatraz.  Phil wanted to go on the evening tour one night.  Who knew that they sold out months in advance?!  That would have been a little too creepy for my liking.

Domaine Carneros - another stop on our wine trip.  It was a great way to end our day in Napa, enjoying plenty of sparkling wine!