Wednesday, October 22, 2008

a quick weekend getaway!

leavin Fran fri evening. golgen gate
Nick in front of Caymus
me nick kellen and his roommate bobby

Hello!!! I'm back for a lil post here. So i have been busy with work ans school but luckily planned for this trip with the loveless family to napa valley for some wine tasting this past weekend! it was very fun and we got to hang out in san fran on friday after noon and sunday afternoon before we flew out. It was very nice. I have never been to san francisico and i'll tell ya, i love it there. It is a very laid back city that is very pretty and lots of water around. If i were to move from here theres a great poosibility i would be in the san fran! But no worries i'm not heading anywhere! On saturday we began our journey to see 3 wineries and get some tasting in. We went to caymus first then to far niente, and lastly went to a small vineyard owned by a man who let us into his home to get some tasting done. His winery was called adastra which my favorite because he had the best pinor noir ever! It was pretty cool becasue his vineyards are all certified organic and it was interesting to hear how he manages the vineyard to be organic. i in fact bought some that will be shipped to me in november! yum! On that saturday i had the best tasting chardonay and sauvighon blanc (sp) that i have ever had. It was amazing. we got to eat at some neat restaurants and one especially in napan which was called "kelly's no bad days" which is a place that has a cabo theme becasue the owner kelly use to visit there frequently. We got to chat with her a bit and really enjoyed her restaurant. She is miss anti hummer (the vehicle) and she says that she won't go back to cabo until they get rid of their new hummer dealership haha. She is quite serious about hating on hummers. It was pretty funny. She even has a bunch of signs in her restaurant that depict the hate on hummers. Pretty cool.

So none the les it was a fun trip and i'll show ya some pretty photos from the weekend and beautiful pictures of Far Nientes estate. It was gorgeous plus a garage full of kick ass cars. Miss ya all, i think i want to try and plan a night that everyione shold come over to our house and have a bottle or two of teh wine i vbought and chill out out! especailly since i missed the kick ass engagement party for joc and B.





me with a cool reflection on my shades

who doesn't love roads lined with trees!

would be a perfect picnic location



so my name was left off this board but of course the bry man took care of it and got me on there

barrels underneath the building in caves at far niente it goes on forever many many barrels

in the caves, a little nook area with bottles resting.

a kick ass ferrari that was a race car when the owner of far niente race back when alive

a dope 54 bentley. to its left was a 94 bentley

a very pretty church at washington square in san fran. it was right off a park that we hung out at on fri and sun.

this was a cool shot of two neat buildings in town. the smaller one is awesome with the copper turned turqouise look. and the triangle one is famous i think.....

8 comments:

Marnae and Matt said...

Love all the pictures, and you are right that would be a great place to have a picnic. I didn't see Kellen's name on the board. You make me want to go there. Can't wait to taste the yummy wine. Especially the Pino. Yummmmm

Cole said...

haha ha yes, kellens name was chad chase on the coard. He is not 21 yet haha

Marnae and Matt said...

Ha Ha, that is too funny! I forgot about that.

Anonymous said...

Wow I am quite jelous! All your pictures are fab! You captured some great shots of the winery's. My how you are growing up to enjoy the finer things in life!

Cole said...

yes yes sister amby i know! its just nice to see other things in life and other parts of the country.

Jocelyn said...

the finer things in life are fun but honestly... my favorite wine is $9... i'm just saying! cole- love the things you captured. keep being you... and keep looking for YOU in other things. i love it. i've never been to san fran either and really want to go. i tell bennett all the time that i can totally picture my self in california. the beach lifestyle is for me. we missed you at the party!

Sundi said...

Hey, glad you found time for a little fun and even time to post about it. When the girls are older, I want to take them on a trip through California. We'll have to stop there, It would be so fun!

Cole said...

ah yes jocelyn i hear ya an dgreat bottle of 2 buck chuck eh hahah but yeah i know i missed out on the party! I know it was a blast though for yah guys. I will keep being me! thanks! you are too cool


sundi the girls will love a trip through cali.... or she will at least haha