Gewürztraminer

It certainly is a mouth full.  Just in case you're wondering, it's pronounced  guh-VOORTS-truh-MEE-nur.

My husband and I just returned from a wonderful trip to San Francisco.  We decided about 6 months ago, that we'd like to do a weekend away, and with the in-laws so close, it'd be a great opportunity to leave baby girl with them and go for it.  It was also our 5 year anniversary this year, so we thought it'd be fun to 'celebrate', so the weekend to San Fran worked as a great excuse.

One of the things that we did while we were there was to try out some wine country.  Hubby has some friends that live in SF and they agreed to take us around.  We had a little bit of a rough start, but made it to some beautiful winery's...of which one of them served us a Gewurztraminer.  Normally I'm a red drinker.  I don't mind whites, but it seems like a lot of them taste like perfume and give me a headache.  I had never ever HEARD of that type of wine before (but that's not saying much) and I have to admit that it was delicious!  Smooth, fruity, and delicious, and may have quite possibly turned me towards whites for the time being!

In case you're wondering, one of the wineries that we went to was called Arista Winery, and I would highly recommend going there if you're ever out in the Healdsburg area doing wine tasting.

Whoa, when did that happen?

All of a sudden, we grew up a little...and that's because our dining room table was delivered!!! My (ok our) beautiful table, by Canadel, 42" boat shaped with 8 chairs came this morning, and I love it!! Check it out!

Awww C'moonnn!

I watched the Biggest Loser episode last night, and might have a few favorites!  I don't have a really good read on everyone yet, but I'm getting close.  1st of all I wanted to say that I'm a little disappointed that the drama is back...I loved the 1st episode, cause they spent a lot of time actually going into what the contestants were going through...like, "get comfortable guys, you're gonna be here for the next 4 hours".   4 hours!  I had no idea that they would have 4 hour workouts...who has time for that in the real world.  Anyways, so the drama is back, and stupid purple grandma wants to go home...FOR A VACATION.  Boo hoo!  I don't think she realized all the thousands of overweight people that would KILL to be on the show and she wants to go on a VACATION?!  Mama, please...quit...and I won't have to look at your stupid purple glasses and the lenses that magnify your eyeballs...w/e.  And then pink girl decides she wants to go home, and we find out that she's also dying to suck on a cancer stick too....yikes...I don't think she's gonna last long.

I DO like the 'surprise' weigh in's...I'd really like to know how many days have passed since their last weigh in...cause everyone was referring to 'last week' so I wonder if it was really a surprise.  And I like that there's a competition for the bottom two...that makes it fun.  The pop challenge was stupid - with the tennis balls...and was just a popularity contest, and that kind of crap drives me nuts.  And I can't believe that there's already "game play" going on...that drives me crazy too.  I've said it before, I realize that this is a game show with a $250K prize, but these people are dying of a disease...they should be thinking of their health before THROWING A WEIGH IN....Mr. Old Black T-Shirt.  You're an idiot too.

So have some folks that I would like to see go.  The two black t-shirt guys can go...I'm not impressed.  And I'm not that impressed with Mrs. "I'm a sprinter" young purple tee.  And I was happy to see old purple tee voted out.

My current favorites at the moment are Orange man (I think his name is Jesse, and he makes me laugh), and Red girl (Jessica?), and I like Blue man...I think...