HALLOWEEN CRAZED...
Let’s be honest.
Who hasn’t secretly enjoyed the kids stash of Halloween candy. A midnight snack? HELLO?Yes, please!
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.
ROAD TRIP... DREAMING OF OREGON PINOT NOIR
Road trip? It always sounds like fun, until reality hits you like a ton of bricks.
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.
PINOT CRAZED...
I am standing in line with a couple hundred people. We are not here for Taylor Swift or to audition for the Voice, we are here celebrating Pinot Noir at a salmon bake under a grove of old mossy oak trees and strings of hundreds of romantic white lanterns.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS...
You know how your children trick you? As in, “Dad told me I could have this entire bag of M&Ms,” or when they ‘pretend’ to be asleep and you sneak out of the room, but they are wide awake? OR my favorite, “Dad already gave me a bath,” as the dirt is smeared across my son’s body. Yeah, my kids are angels; I don’t know what I’m talking about.
ALL CORKED OUT...
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball, or what I like to call the best curve ball of all-time – KIDS.
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.
ICE, ICE, BABY!
My friend sent me a picture of a wine she was drinking simply saying, “Is this good?” I quickly replied, you mean the $100 bottle of wine you’re indulging in right now?
SHUT UP.… (DANCE, DREAM AND HAVE A DRINK!)
“Sometimes you want to just say…” D yells as the music shouts “shut up, shut up” .
BIRTHDAY LOVE
I dashed into the wine store. It’s not that I NEED more wine, but when buying for a kid’s birthday party, you don’t really want to reach into the wine cellar.
WHATCHA LOOKING FOR?
My phone is constantly dinging with pictures of wine labels and questions from friends. The mass majority are “Big” wine labels, Yellow Tail, Beringer, La Crema, etc.
CORAVIN, READY OR NOT!
They were lined up like soldiers, armed with shiny new artillery, the Coravin.