Sonoma Photo Dump

Hello!

How is it Thursday again? The work weeks are already flying by! We had our open house tonight – lots of nervous parents and lots of questions. And man, people sure dress to the nines for open houses these days:)

But on to the fun stuff. We were lucky enough to get to spend Labor Day weekend in wine country. My sister and I have been planning this trip for well over a year – I can’t believe it’s come and gone already. Kath and her husband are Sonoma experts, so we were glad to have them show us the ropes!

We rented a wonderful little house near the Sonoma Square, complete with a backyard and hot tub. I wish we had been able to spend more time grilling in the chilly (!) temperatures, but it was a short trip and were busy tasting pinots and zins!

On our first day, we headed straight from the airport to Sausalito for lunch. The bay breeze were soo incredible – I miss water when I’m in Dallas. Then we ventured on to Lagunitas for beer! What a cool spot. I ordered a kombucha since I was the DD for the day, but I had a few sips of IPA.]

For dinner, we walked to the famous Girl and the Fig, where I had a lovely fig bourbon drink. We shared a cheese plate, and Matt and I ordered pork belly and quail.

I didn’t snag pictures of our dessert and port, but everything was wonderful.

Our second day was spent in the Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys with a picnic mid-day.

Chalk Hill was one of my favorite wineries of the trip!

We made our way to Healdsburg and ended at the La Crema tasting room – another favorite in terms of wine!

We killed some time shopping for dessert and walking around the square and then landed at Chalkboard for dinner. Oh my goodness – this was amazing.

I think we ordered 10 small plates?

Highlights were the pork belly cheddar biscuits, the beef sliders topped with short rib, and the crab tater tots.

Saturday was a big day because we did a wine tour – I would highly recommend Dean from Woody’s Wine Tours!

We had one last dinner in the town of Sonoma at La Salette. It was Portuguese and the food was delicious! I had a stuffed pork tenderloin paired with a Sonoma red!!

We bought ten bottles of wine while we were there and I can’t wait to drink them over the next few years and think of this special vacation!

It was the trip of a lifetime and I am so thankful that we were all able to go together. And a very special thank you to my parents who took care of little Mazen (my nephew) so that we could make it happen!