Only a 14 hour drive for movie night hmmm got to think about that one

You would like it :)

Ok, here ya go....

It was the "harvest party" at a small winery about midway between Napa and Sonoma. The party was limited to "subscribing members" only (people who pay a monthly membership fee and receive a selection of wines on a monthly basis). Fortunately for me, my brother's wife had a function of her own to go to so I got to be his "guest of the subscriber" The winery is a mom-and-pop place. Their total yearly production is measured in hundreds of cases. The entire party consisted of about 30 people and was inside/outside. The food was pot-luck inside the "shed" (where all the wine barrels are stored) along with a few tables. There was live jazz music and more tables outside with a fantastic view of the entire plantation. So all-in-all, the whole thing was very cozy and informal. The wines available for tasting were pretty much all the newer bottom shelf and mid-shelf wines produced by the winery. But it wasn't difficult to sweet-talk the winemaker into breaking out a few of the older and/or top-shelf wines. (e.g. a '77 Merlot that was to die for!) And of course, yours truly was feeling no pain by the time sunset came around.

:) Sounds nice, Cozy and informal family, friends good wine and some Jazz. Nice, have you always lived in California?

Yes, it was one of the highlights of the summer for me. My favorite "picture" of the day: Looking toward the west, seeing the sun just starting to touch the tops of the hills across a couple miles of rolling vineyards. And just as the saxophone player starts into the opening bars of "Summertime", a large flock of geese, coming out of the sun and flying low in a perfect "V" formation, wings directly over top of the party. Couldn't have been scripted into a movie any better.

I grew up here (in S.F and L.A. areas) but spent the last 25 years in Florida. Just moved back here last June. A breakaup followed a couple months later by a layoff got me re-evaluating my priorities and I'm happy to say that family won out. So I'm currently penniless, jobless, partnerless, sleeping on the couch of a relative, and living out of a suitcase while job-hunting. But I'm happier than I've been in years.

Yowsa! Didn't mean to go off on such a self-centered rant...but you asked.

LOL good to know we are all friends here. Do you know Melbourne FL I use to live there my father is buried there.
Yes I asked smiles

I know where it is but I've never been there. I lived on the other side (Tampa Bay) and only got to the eastern coast once to visit my sister who was then living in Pompano Beach. Other than that, the farthest east I ever got was Orlando and the amusement parks (Disney/Epcot/Universal/etc).

I just found Stafford on Google Maps and realized that about 5 years ago I once stayed for about a month with someone who lived less than 10 miles from there.

So how long did you live in Melbourne and how did you end up in Texas?

you got mail :)

Secret conversations

not so screte I posted it LOL

Yea i only have a 6 hr flight not to mention the 2 hrs of waiting at the airport before takeoff.

It's just that Carol is a lady and doesn't go off blabing TMI to the world like some other poster who shall remain anonymous but whose initials are SH5.

LOL I like that heading rolling smiley funny

Carold is quite the lady.
Always a bright spot on the web.

Ahhh you so sweet.

Many would debate that remark.

Good morning where are all the early birds ?

No early birds, just an old sage.

Good Morning looks like I posted on the wrong one lol