A LITTLE TRIP INTO PORTUGAL...
Are you dreaming of an island? Or at least cliffs, mountains, a coastal strip? Yea, we’ve been binging on Game of Thrones, and now I’m slightly dreaming of sipping some chilled white wine overlooking the ocean on the cliffs in King’s Landing, braided hair and my silk chiffon dress dancing in the breeze
NO WHINING IN THE NO-WEST!
HOLLA! What’s this west coast girl doing in New York City? Well, that is a story for another day – but if there is one thing I love, it is wine from the west coast, and especially the Northwest region.
HELLO, LODI! NO WHINING HERE!
Lodi, CA. MY friends look baffled when I tell them where I’m going. My kids ask if they have a Target in Lodi. “Can you get us presents?” Really, they don’t care – they just want something shiny! And pretty much everyone else only thinks of Napa when they hear ‘California wine country.’
DRINKS WELL WITH OTHERS...
What’s a mom to do…and where has this mom been?
On the eve of my ‘big test,’ the odds seemed stacked against me. Child one broke out in hives. Just for fun? I don’t know. Still no idea why. Child 2 developed a 103 fever, later diagnosed with strep throat, and child 3 injured his hand, as in, OUCH. All in the span of an hour. At least I had about 6 glasses of wine in front of me. Bottoms up. #blindtastingpractice
CHEAP AND EASY! (PART ONE)
When traveling, try not to end up at a ‘dry’ place on #nationaldrinkwineday! Please. Although, let’s be honest, what day isn’t #nationaldrinkwineday? Especially for this mother! Magic kingdom would earn the title ‘happiest place on earth’ if it actually had wine!
RESOLUTION TIME
I’m not much of a new year’s resolution person. Let’s be honest, with the amount of sleep I get with three kids, I forget the resolution I’ve made about 2 hours after I make it.
COMMON CORE WINE
Lately, my kids have been bringing home math homework that is, in ‘plain english’, a mother’s nightmare.
WINE SHOPS, TOY SHOPS AND MORE...
Recently, while in the midst of chaos in the middle of Toys R us, I got to thinking why isn’t there a wine bar in the toy store.?
MOMMY, WHERE DOES WINE COME FROM?
My son is loud. He has taken lately to bird calling (he’s four)… it’s not scientific, it’s just loud. Although it is slightly endearing, especially early in the morning when the neighbors may or may not still be sleeping.
WINE FOR LUNCH?
It’s a gorgeous New York City summer day. The sun is shining, the sidewalk is glistening and the kids are bathed. Okay, thats not exactly what happened.
THE X FACTOR
I’m like a kid in a candy store. There were no tears on my end, only utter and pure glee. I get FOUR DAYS of child-free bliss. I’m attending an event where CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED. Neither are pets, strays and other animals. Wine, wine and more wine.
FREE... RIESLING?
Who doesn’t love getting something for free? Especially, free wine? No, this is not like when your toddler offers you some dirty water out of a tea cup during “tea time” but actual real wine, probably in a real glass.
BAND-AIDS AND CHARDONNAY UNDER $25.00
They say blondes have more fun, right? Well, there were five of us blondes lined up and ready to sip a little vino on a Friday night. It was an impressive line-up, the Chardonnay that is! (wink, wink)
EVERYTHING COMING UP, ROSÉ!
We have a lot of pink in our house. Did I say A LOT? I mean, Pinkalicious has nothing on us. After two girls, you acquire a lot of…. dare I say it again… PINK.
LIVING ON A PRAYER...
My kids ask A LOT of questions. The other day my son asked my friend where babies come from. Not kidding! Her response was something along the lines of, “uh, you pray and ask God.”
SI, SI, I’LL TAKE SOME MORE!
My kids are “selfie” experts. I will go to take a picture of something and find I have thirty pictures of a foot and then forty pictures of the dog.
BARGAIN HUNTERS…CABERNET SAUVIGNON UNDER $20
Sometimes you just want a bargain. Sometimes you just want a drink.
IFAVINE... I THINK I LOVE YOU!
My hubby and I have a rule. Ok, I have a rule: no appliances as gifts. If you give me a blender for my birthday, it’s going back. The kids on the other hand will take anything.