We were booked on a 6pm flight out of Boston Friday night, but thanks to things like snow (here) and fog (in Denver, where our plane was coming from), we didn't end up taking off until 11:20pm!! We got to the airport at 5pm, and literally ate and drank for the next six hours! Then our non-stop flight was diverted to Salt Lake City to refuel around 3:30am. We finally landed in San Jose at 5:05am PST, which meant we had spent 15 hours in the airport/flying. We were SO exhausted!!
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| And this wasn't even the last update! |
We picked up our rental car (thankfully the rental place opened at 5:30!), and then drove an hour to San Francisco. We were staying with one of Pete's best friends from college, his wife and their adorable 8 month old son. We had plans to go wine tasting in Sonoma and needed to leave at 8am! We had time to shower, get dressed, grab a coffee and then we were in the car for the two hour drive to Sonoma.
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| Check out those Toms booties! |
I have been to Napa once before, but never Sonoma, so I was super excited! Plus, I love wine! And what better way to deal with no sleep + jet lag then drinking wine at 10am? :) It had been rainy all week, but the weather cleared up really early in the day and we had gorgeous weather. It was sunny, clear blue skies, and temps neared 70. It was heaven!
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| Hawkes Winery |
We went to six wineries: Hawkes, Foley Sonoma, Ridge, Lambert Bridge, Macrostie and Copain. Pete was already a member of Ridge (LOVE their wine!), and we had such an incredible tasting at Lambert Bridge that we became members there too! After Lambert Ridge, we had a picnic lunch and I pretty much cut myself off for the rest of the day! We clearly had such a good time at LR, because I have absolutely NO photos! And I will say that, while I didn't try any wine, the tasting at Copain was absolutely beautiful, and the property was gorgeous.
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| Hawkes |
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| "You have a baby .... in a winery!" He was such a good sport all day! @Foley Sonoma |
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| Outside of Macrostie |
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| Foley Sonoma |
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| @Macrostie |
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| @Copain - check out the view behind us! |
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| Ridge |
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| Ridge |
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| "Uncle Pete, save some for me!" @Ridge |
I learned a lot about wine - how to store it, how long it should age for and why, and about the different varietals. It was a really fantastic day!
We had planned to go to dinner Saturday night at their favorite sushi place, but Pete and I fell asleep for a "nap" and were so tired, we slept right through our dinner reservation!
Sunday morning, we slept in and had a super chill, low key and relaxing day. His friends live in a great community in South San Francisco, so we took the dog for a walk and got coffee first thing. Then we had brunch with a few more of their friends from college - and we had the most amazing quiche I've ever tasted! I took another nap in the afternoon, and then we had dinner reservations at 5pm in Sausalito. Sausalito is one of the cutest seaside towns just on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge and Sushi Ran known for the super fresh, tasty and creative sushi. If you are ever in the area, I highly suggest checking them out. I am not (yet) super adventurous when it comes to sushi, but since this was the place to try it, I really stepped out of my comfort zone and tried things I never would have before! We also split a bottle of Sake - somehow this was my first time ever having Sake!
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| Oh just casually taking the dog to the corner grocer to buy more Prosecco! |
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| Aji Tataki - a kind of fish that you literally eat the entire thing! |
We got up early Monday morning to drive south back toward San Jose. We had an 8am meeting at Tesla! One of our former employees went to work for Tesla back in October, and it was nice to see him, catch up and see the factory. The guys talked shop and I just admired and took it all in. I've never been in an auto factory before, and Tesla is one to watch, so it was a really cool experience! We unfortunately weren't allowed to take any photos on the floor, but it was really amazing seeing the technology and all of the pieces coming together.
After completely screwing up my flight home, I realized that Monday was actually my last day of vacation :( I had planned to pick up my own rental car after our Tesla meeting and break off from the guys. Pete was continuing on to Pebble Beach with a couple of his guy friends who had flown in Monday morning, for their annual guys golf trip. And I was going to drive north to Sacramento to see a couple of my girlfriends. After realizing my flight was at 10:45pm, I knew I didn't have time to go to Sacramento and back :( So thankfully, our friend Stacie (dating the former employee who now works for Tesla) was around and free, so her and I spent the afternoon together. Being as how the weather was 74 degrees and absolutely gorgeous, we opted to get outside and go for a hike! We did a 4.7 mile hike near their house along the bay, doing lots of girl talk and catching up. The views were stunning. (Also, two days later, and my legs are still killing me! haha!)
We went to dinner and got ice cream before I headed back to the airport to head home! It was a quick trip, and I'm definitely still exhausted and jet-lagged, but such a great time. It was the perfect vacation to take right before going back to work full-time! California will always have a piece of my <3!
*Linking up with Annie for Thoughts for Thursday!*
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