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A Week in Wine Country

Last week in Napa was amazing!  I didn’t realize how much I needed a vacation until I got back and found myself refreshed and energized in a way I haven’t been in a few months.  Sometimes you just need that.  Here are some highlights from our eating, drinking and relaxing.  I’ll be sharing some more details on some of the places we visited in California in coming posts.

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I love you Bi-Rite.

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First meal in San Fran had to be tacos

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Pretty winery

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One of our favorite wineries, Matt is obsessed with their ‘05 Cab

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Necessary

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Before dinner at Farm

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Good hiking

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We made a friend

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9 miles of hiking followed by a bottle of champagne = perfection (don’t worry, we hydrated too)

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Ad Hoc make-your-own sundae, yes!

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Mature.

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What do you do when you have nothing to do? Drink champagne with a view

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Bucket of donuts, enough said.

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While in Napa, we stayed at the Old World Inn. This was our second visit so they welcomed us with a bottle of champagne! The people there are very nice and we had a great time on our trip, but I have to say, the inn wasn’t quite as wonderful as it was on our first visit three years ago.

Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies

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Even though I LOVE my job now and am so proud of how successful Keep It Sweet Desserts seems to be so far, I still look forward to the weekend.  This week I crammed as much work as possible into Monday-Thursday so that I can spend three full days out of the kitchen and (for the most part) away from the computer.  I seriously can not remember the last time I went for that long of a stretch.  Even last weekend when I had some time to relax I still spent some of each day working and baking.  Being a one-woman-shop has made me appreciate my free time on another level.

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Weekend plans in Philly include dinners here and here but obviously the food I’m looking forward to most is ICE CREAM at Franklin Fountain.  Although, this should be pretty fun for lunch tomorrow.  Oh, you are wondering what activities we have planned.  Nothing yet.  We will probably spend the time in between meals walking off all those delicious calories.  It’s all about balance, right?

Speaking of food, if you like cheesecake but don’t want to commit to a big slice, think about trying these cheesecake cookies posted on Fox today!