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A Week in Wine Country

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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.

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Scenes From the Shore and a Giveaway Winner

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I’m back from vacation but already behind on life!  Amazing how that happens, huh?  Work is already crazy and I have a huge backlog of desserts I want to make.  Right now I am extra thankful to this past week’s guest posters.

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It seems that another summer has flown by in the blink of an eye.  The weather has been better than most summers I can remember and I’m just now starting to crave pumpkin and apple desserts the cool crisp air of fall.  Don’t get me wrong, I would be happy to extend the length of summer.  Though, I think in an ideal world, we’d flip back and forth between summer, spring and fall.  Winter is fun in December, but beyond that I could live without the brutally cold days.

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But I digress.  Last week’s vacation was a wonderful break from real life.  We lucked out with amazing weather (aside from a rainy day that made for a trip to the outlets and the movies).  Add in an excessive number of trips to my favorite chocolate store, ice cream every day, and evening plans that revolved around dinner every night and you’ve got a perfect week at the shore.

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It was hard not to get a little bit sad yesterday waking up to an alarm and going back to the office.  Luckily, we are planning for another trip to the shore next weekend to celebrate my birthday and today…

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…we found out that Matt passed Level III of the CFA!  My husband is one of the hardest working people I’ve ever met.  I didn’t have any doubt that he had passed, but waiting for the results was still a little nerve-racking.  He took and passed levels I and II in December 2009 and June 2010, respectively.  This last test took place in June but he started studying for it in January.  Almost every night and every weekend for five months was devoted to that.  He deserved this so much!

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As for the blog birthday giveaway, congrats to Alyssa at fashionfitnessfoodie who said “i want to see more pb & choc recipes :).”  I can promise you that will happen!  Email me (keepitsweetlcl at gmail dot com) with your mailing address so I can send the desserts your way!

Has anyone in your life made you proud recently?  Brag in the comments!