Napa Valley Part 2

If you missed Part 1, you can catch up here.

Day 3 and 4 were spent visiting Calistoga, going to Sterling Vineyards, Wine Train and Balloon Tour.  Let the photo dump begin...

Sterling Vineyards - totally worth visiting!  You tak a tram up to the top of the vineyard and do the tour there, definitely worth your time.  We also walked around in downtown Calistoga, literally the cutest town I've ever seen.  There's several boutiques that we shopped in and we ate at a pizza place called Checkers - it was DELISH!

Wine Train - we did the Vista Dome dinner and it was so much fun.  After dinner we were able to roam around the train and we definitely took advantage.  We went from the front of the train to the back and had too much a lot of fun hanging out the side taking pictures.

Balloon Tour - we chose Napa Valley Aloft because they only carry 6 - 12 passengers on their balloons and others carry 25.  We were lucky and only had 8 people total on our tour, so the basket was very roomy and comfortable.  HIGHLY RECOMMEND going on a balloon tour if you've never been, it's 100% worth your money!  I was a little nervous because of heights, but it's the least scary thing I've ever done, it's very peaceful and relaxing!

Let me know if you have any questions about our trip.  We did a little bit of everything!

I'm BAAACKKK BISCHES!!!

I went on my Napa Wine Vaycay and stayed in a wine hangover for the two weeks and  decided to take a little break from blogging. Not my intention, but it just happened!  Anyways, since I've been on a blogging hiatus, I have so many things I want to share and I'm not quite sure where to start... Alright, fine I'll start with my trip:

Day 1: Traveling to Napa & Enjoying our 1st Bottle of Wine 

Flight to SanFran was delayed an hour (thanks American Airlines) - we were waiting on a few passengers from another American flight that was running late... Do you see a trend here? A Few keynote things from our traveling excursion:

• My mom didn't know to put liquids in a baggie! Excuse me, where have you been living since 9/11?  I guess she never does carry-on so this is a little detail that slipped her mind
• We decided to take one of my small over the shoulder bags and a small rolling bag. MISTAKE on the bag without wheels, it was HEAVY!  We only took it because we didn't want to check a bag and that's all I had for carry-ons.  My mom and I had already spent so much money on a new wardrobe for the trip that we decided to be cheap and not get new luggage. LESSON LEARNED

Once we landed in SanFran we picked up our rental car AKA Tinker Toy Car AKA Ford Fiesta and were on our way to Santa Rosa.  We immediately went the wrong way leaving the airport, but tookanother route with a bazillion stop lights leading us to the Golden Gate Bridge!  Have I ever mentioned that I HATE bridges?  I drive across with my window open with the rationale that if I go plummeting into the sea and I'm still alive I will be able to swim out the window.  Does this make me cray cray? The jury's still out on that one...

After what should have been an hour and a half drive to Santa Rosa (took 3 hours) we arrived at The Hilton!  Boy were we ready for a drink 10 drinks.  Got ourselves a bottle of wine, some dessert and hit the haysack!

Day 2: Wine Tour with Platypus

It was time to sample some smashed grapes and be driven around all day, I was super excited.  I will let the pictures do all the talking..

HIGHLIGHT: I learned to uncork a champagne bottle with a knife!

Day 3 and 4 were spent in Napa - COMING SOON! 

I'm leaving on a Jet Plane

I've been teasing you all week as to where I'm going this weekend for my mom's birthday!  I'm leaving tomorrow, so I think it's finally time to dish!  We are taking a trip to...... Napa Valley! 

I couldn't be more excited, I'm actually embarassed to say that I've never been to California, crazy I know!  How does a girl make it to 26 years of age without going to California?  Oh maybe because when I was growing up we only went on vacations to the surrounding states of Kansas, doesn't get you too far!

We have a bunch of activities already planned and they are all FANTASTIC!  I will be dishing about the whole trip next week when I get back.   Until then, I will leave you with a a preview of my style on this trip...

Cotton t shirt / H&M , $32 / Nudie Jeans Co. blue jeans, $195 / Jane Norman , $48 / Lucky Brand kitten heels / Envelope clutch / Scotch & Soda , $90

What is your Fall/Wine Tasting Style?