Wine Blog

My California Favorite wine list:

The following from winery visits:

Windward, Pinot Noir 05, Paso

Kynsi Winery, Merrah & Syrah 04, Edna Valley

Brian Benson, Syrah 05 , Paso

Firestone, Syrah 04 & Merlot 04, Santa Ynez Valley

Pasos, Viognier 05, Lodi

Eagle Castle, Zinfandel 04, Paso

Castoro, Cabernet Franc, Paso

Silverhorse, The Big Easy, San Miguel

Zenaida Cellars, Syrah 05, Paso

Dark Star Cellars, Ricordati 05, Paso

Baileyana, Sangiovese, San Luis Obsipo

Watts Winery, 2003 Dos Amores, Lodi

Our all time Favorite Winery; 

Macchia from Lodi for all their wines are wonderful, our favorites: 

2006 ZINFANDEL ''MISCHIEVOUS''

2006 BARBERA ''INFAMOUS''

2005 ZINFANDEL ''ADVENTUROUS''

The following are favorites from the store:

Gnarly Head old Vine Zin 06

Francis Coppola Rosso Classic 05

Pepperwood Grove Zin & Cab

Trader Joes organic Growers Reserve Paso Robles Zinfandel 07

More to come, keep posted.

earthquake

5.8 30 miles east. Wow in my work building it was the biggest earthquake we have gone through. The walls were creaking. Our building is on rollers so we felt like we are on boat. Now even 5 minutes after we feel motion sickness.

Tara's Top Summer 2008 songs

1.Mercy/Duffy
2.Funky Bahia/Sergio Mendes, will.i.am
3.Untouched/The Veronicas
4.No Air/Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
5.Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis
6.Pumpkin Soup/Kate Nash
7.Close To Me/The Cure
8.Starry Eyed Surprise/Oakenfold
9.Forever/Chris Brown
10.When I grow up/PCD
11.Shawty Get Loose/Lil Mama
12.Walking on air/Kerli
13.Madly/Tristan Prettyman
14.Apologize/OneRepublic & Timbaland
15.Wharever U Like/Nicole Scherzinger

GLOW

Glow Santa Monica, the first showing. the show July 19, 2007 began at 7pm and ended at 7am Chad and I went at about 2am and returned home at 4 am. We can't believe we were up so late, we couldn't even remember the last time we were up that late. We also couldn't believe the large number of people out on the beach and the Santa Monica Pier at 3am. There must have been a million people out there.

Here are some photos of the Glow event.

I think since then my sleep pattern has really be off. Last night I stayed up to finish reading my Jane Green book Second Chance. I stayed up until 5am, I didn't even know what time it was until I got up to use the bathroom. Then I can't believe I actually made it through work fairly decently. Oh the nap after work helped, but now I'm up late again blogging ;)

Wedding Highlights

Our wedding was very nice. Even with the rain and the last minute changes. We had a wonderful time and are so happy that everyone traveled to Morro Bay to celebrate our marriage October 27,2007. 

Jimmy Kimmel Show

This show was really fun to watch. I was skeptical at first but you know what I got the chills. PCD are really great entertainers.

Summer Fun

So far this summer Chad and I have been busy traveling. We went to Cabo San Lucas at the beginning of May for a week. We really loved our hotel, but the locals drove us crazy trying to sell us anything from gum to Timeshares, even in the airport. Well I guess that's Mexico. We hung out mostly at the hotel. We did swim with dolphins and went Zip lining. We mostly hung out by the pool played some board games, ping pong, pool and we meet some really great people from NY, Canada and California. I am proud to say that we did not get sick from the water or food, but next time I will bring travelers checks because every time I used by card the bank charged a transaction fee, ughh!

We have also gone to a Jimmy Kimmel show, Tom Petty, visited my friend and family in NoCal. We've been up to Santa Barbara, Paso, Cambria and SLO a few times this summer. Have had a few BBQ's at friends and family in SoCal.

Tara has been very busy at work with the transition to a new computer system and learning the ropes has been crazy, since no one really truly knows what’s happening it's really hard to learn when the information you get is updated very other week and you have to re-learn things all over again. We also have to work on two computer systems, so we have twice the work. Then there is the frustrated staff and students which really helps to set the mood around the office. Chad started working at a new school, so he has been busy getting settled down with a new system and new co-workers. He drives his motorcycle to work to save on gas and parking fees since the drive to downtown LA is a little farther than the drive to UCLA.

We have tried to get out of our apartment as much as possible. Going to the beach to take walks or ride our bikes. We like to walk down the street to downtown Culver City this little city is growing so much it's so swanky now with all the bars and restaurants. We also went to the Getty, one our favorite places in West LA. We recently went to Downtown Disney to visit with friends and the Dodgers game. Our patio is filled with plants and a few herbs, oh and a tomato plant. I've found it's much more difficult to grow plants like herbs and vegetables in pots. We've only seen three tomato's on the vine so far :(

What's next; we have three weddings to attend this year. So that's something to look forward to. One is in Napa and we will take some extra days off to take a road trip all the way up to Mendocino and back to LA. The other is in Temecula another wine country, yeah!! The last one will be in December and it's the wedding I'm planning so I'm really excited about that.

We are also going on yet another trip to Mexico, Puerto Vallarta this time, in November. This trip is with Chad's work, but it's also partly Chad's birthday and partly our one year anniversary gift.