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#Wine country #cabin and a cappuccino. #sundaymorning

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Mi Casa es Su Casa

This past weekend, J and I discovered one of our new favorite wineries - Casa Nuestra. What a hidden gem. We stumbled upon it because we were looking for a low key vineyard where we could bring a picnic lunch, buy a bottle of delicious vino, and sit outside to enjoy the 75 degree temps.

Casa Nuestra came up in a list of “The Best Wine Country Picnics” in Napa Valley by SF Gate. They nailed it, calling the winery “hippie-dippy”. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect spot. The family-owned, appointment-only funky farmhouse was established in historic St. Helena in 1979. The name Casa Nuestra means “our house” and was named by the vineyards predecessor, after his spanish-mexican heritage. I’m already in love with it for its name and history, but wait there’s more…

Their wines are produced entirely by their organic vineyards (and let me tell you they are tasty) and all three buildings on the property are solar-powered. Like most wineries in Napa, if you buy a bottle of wine the tasting fee will be waived. Welp, we certainly didn’t hesitate - we purchased a bottle of their most popular Tinto to have with lunch, and a bottle with the cutest label I’ve ever seen, Two Goats Red, to take home with us.

We sat outside in chairs made of wine barrels, listening to the birds chirp as we devoured our lunch and half the bottle of Tinto. This was our happy place.

And you want to know one more reason we fell in love with this quaint little spot? A goat named Elvis (named after the one and only Elvis Presley who filmed a movie on the property)!

A must visit, I know we’ll be back, but let’s keep this our little secret, eh?

Tinto

Picnicking

Elvis

Tasting room

J instagram-ing Elvis

Best wine label

My happy place

A few other photos worth sharing via the internet :)

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A Wine Country Cottage

Headed up to wine country with girl friends for the long weekend. We rented the cutest darn cottage from AirBnB and are planning to hike, wine taste, grill, explore the surrounding little towns, and relax on that deck in the 70 degree weather. Tough life, I know.

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This image just spoke to me for some reason this morning. And I must find wine glasses with short stems (think they’re called snifters), something about it just seems sexy and retro. Maybe I need my morning coffee? Or maybe I better look into purchasing something like this or this?

Apartment Therapy has a great guide to stemware, here.

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Root-Vegetable Minestrone Recipe

Contributed by Grace Parisi

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Tequila Sangria, Yes Please

This is my kind of sangria, yummy yum yum. Will be making this at my parents beach house next weekend (in Rhode Island!! So excited) and will report back on the tastiness.

Ingredients

2 to 3 pineapple slices
2 to 3 orange slices
2 to 3 blackberries
2 to 3 lime wedges
2 ounce or 1/4 cup tequila
1 ounce or 2 tablespoons elderflower-flavored liqueur*
2 ounces or 1/4 cup pineapple juice
Splash orange juice
Ice, as needed
Red wine, as needed (recommended: rioja)

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SF's Best Places to Throw a Birthday Party

Love this from DailyCandy.

I also just went to a birthday happy hour last night at Press Club and highly recommend it - great big sitting areas, wine, beer and nibbles, it’s a nice fancy pants rustic lounge worth checking out.

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Wine-Opening Trick: All You Need is Your Shoe?

Holy moly this actually works! I watched Jordan’s video below and found a bunch of others. AH-mazing.

ramshackleglam:

What is this madness?

No…but seriously…

this isn’t possible, is it?

Wizardry! From the French!

(If you know any ways to remove wine bottle corks sans openers, please leave them in the comments for the edification of all.)

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28 Years Young in San Francisco

A much overdue birthday post…

Last year’s birthday post has inspired me to keep up the tradition of tracking the birthday activities, venues, and eats.The past five were spent in NYC and how fun it was to look back on how things changed over the years - so this marked my first west coast birthday! The b-day fell on a Wednesday night this year so the night before my good friend Kate threw me a little girlie get together at her apt with apps and wine (we tried ReWinery, yay!), and then Wednesday night Jeremy and I dined at Nopa (which was delicious and took a month to get a reservation!) The weekend following, in typical northern California style, we rallied together Sarah and Danielle, who you remember from my recent travels and their BFs, and our good friends Jared and Carmen who you remember from many fun SF & Maine adventures and we headed up to Jeremy’s parents condo in Napa (thanks Franks!) for some eating, drinking, and living room dance-partying.

Thanks to everyone for such a great birthday! Some of the fun details and snaps below.

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Twenty-Eight

Venues: Kate’s Apt, Nopa, Weekend in Napa Valley (including Guilliams Winery, and Mumms)

Good Eats & Drinks: ReWinery, Strawberry Short-Cake & Strawberry Confetti Cake
(I’m on some weird strawberry kick this year I guess), Pinata (?!) + Flabongo, and lots of delicious wine and bubbles

Double the birthday, double the fun! Gar’s (Sarah’s bf) birthday was a week after mine so we thought it was the perfect excuse for us to combine forces and head away for the weekend to celebrate.

Group shot at Guilliams Winery in Spring Mountain district - highly reco this family run spot, you’ll need resi, but it’s totally worth the gorgeous drive up the mountain.

Pedro the Pinata

Pot de Crème a la Nopa

Apps via Lauren and Kate :)

Strawberry Short Cake

ReWinery success! How adorbs are those labels? We had to keep the bottles. The “Mission” Pinot Noir was our fav (far right).

What was in this box you ask? A tennis racket and 3 hour long tennis lessons at the CA Tennis Club!

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Wine Delivery in SF? Um, Yes Please.

Have you SF’ers heard of this amazing service?

Basically the next time you are desperately in need of a glass of vino and are too lazy or just can’t make it to the store - Rewinery will bring you a trio of delicious high-quality wines to your home, office, or even your picnic blanket in Dolores Park - for a flat free of $40!

You can order wine daily until 2 AM within SF by phone or via their iPhone app. I mean, this sounds like a dream if ya ask me. Reminds me of the delivery ice-cream club I joined in NYC which was amazing. I will give it a try and let you know how it goes.

Thanks to Tasting Table for the note.

Cheers!

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Throwback: Lil’ Frankies - Wine by Consumption

Vintage Edition.

About a year ago a bunch of us went to Lil Frankies in NYC’s east village for a nice hearty Sunday dinner. Lauren, (my current roommate!) happened to be in town visiting and we wanted to show her our idea of the perfect cozy NYC spot for wine and pizza as a way to wind down the weekend.

One thing that is AMAZING about this gem besides the food of course, is that they offer Wine by Consumption. What does this mean you ask?

As far as we know, we are the only restaurant that offers a program like this. We are willing to open any of the bottles on this list and pour you a glass. Or a half a glass. Or open the bottle and leave you alone with it until you have reached your limit, or the bottom. You let us know when you are finished and we will measure the bottle and charge you accordingly.

How great is that? This was the only restaurant I knew that offered such an amazing service until I moved out to SF and discovered Frances - another gem.

*Picture above: Sunday family dinner = Two pizzas, two pastas, two salads, two bottles of vino. Thanks Frankie. Saying we left full is an understatement.

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Love. What a way to dress up your bubbles!

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Love these pretty little festive ladies. Will definitley be sipping some sparking Rose tonight! Stay tuned for the heart shaped pasta dish (oh, yes I am!) I am whipping up tonight with Jeremy, my friend/co-worker Kate, and her roommate. Should be a good one!

xo

J

(Source: fuckyeahweddingideas)

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Went to Frances last Thursday night with J and um, wow. What a spot! I hear it’s the kind of place you need to make a reservation well in advance, but if you are very lucky (like we were) you can walk-in and pull up one or two of the 8 ball stools. Jeremy dropped me off to park the car, and sure enough we got a spot. It was a tight squeeze but well worth it.

While Jeremy was looking for parking the kind waiter asked me if I wanted a drink while I waited - well of course! I ordered their delicious mulled wine. Once Jeremy arrived we served rosemary almonds and asked about the very cool “pay for what you drink option” that comes with their house wine. We went for it. The only other place I know of that has this option is Lil’ Frankies in the east village of NYC. Love it. Next up, we couldn’t resist the market shots of the day - fresh squeezed juice mixed with god knows what - it was delicious.

Now for the food. The bacon donuts we could’ve done without. Good in theory, but ended up not being anything special. The salad was delightful and we both drooled through our entrees - both incredible. Barely had room for dessert, but had to make it happen - and we are glad we did!

Highly recommended this spot. The staff was funny and friendly and the whole experience was fantastic, not to mention the food was some of the best I’ve had here.

What we ate and drank from left to right:

Market Shots (whatever juice they find at the market that day, gets juiced, spiced, and spiked)

Frances Red (pay for what you drink; $1 per once. How rare and amazing is that!)

Old Tarny (house red wine, nuts and spices, served warm)

Wheat Flour Crepe Crespelles - robiola nostrana, braised winter greens, and mushrooms

Five Dot Ranch Bavette Steak - creamed spinach, butterball potatoes, black truffle jus

Applewood Smoked Bacon Beignets - maple chive creme fraiche

Fuyu persimmon salad - treviso raddicchio, escarole, percorino, walnut vinaigrette

Chocolate Almond Clafoutis - caramelized banana, burnt caramel, salted caramel ice-cream

Trust me, try it.

3870 17th Street, at Pond.

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I am right there with you.

meganislove:

MY LIFE.

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Napa Style - New Picks

Ah, how I love this website. I received a gift card to Napa Style (which is one of my fav fav home stores - you might remember these champagne flutes and this wish list from a while back) for Christmas this year - and with Lauren’s help we’ve just narrowed down the purchases! It wasn’t easy, since I want nearly everything on this website, but I tried to pick items we needed or items I knew I would have forever. Here is what’s on it’s way…

Sunflower Floor Mat

I needed this desperately. The floor mat we keep under the sink in the kitchen has faded from light blue to gray and is just not cute. This goes so well with our country-style kitchen. Love.

Sunrise Citrus Pitcher and Glasses

Couldn’t resist these for the price tag. Love the color and will display the pitcher atop our cabinets when not in use - decorative and useful. Love.

Herb Wall Hang

This just spoke to me. We have a hook above our stove where we currently hang this holiday-ish peace sign. It needs to be replaced and this whimsical, colorful, sign does the trick. Love.

Bicycle Wine Rack

This one I have yet to purchase, but it’s high on my list and I had to share! I mean, seriously, how cute is that???

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