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Gosh, today was CRAZY! Is it totally horrible of me to say I think its worth it to work Barrel Tasting just to see everyone’s outfits alone??! I definitely saw some crazy stuff today. Very amusing. I will never understand why so many girls wear the tiniest dresses + stiletto heels when wine tasting….hmmmm just seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

I didn’t have my healthiest day, but it’s all about moderation, right?! My boss is amazing and ordered six pizzas for us to chow down on while we worked. I had a couple slices of this Mediterranean pizza, which was to die for!

It has pesto, feta, onions, tomatoes and black olives on it. Mmmmmmmm I love pizza.

No snack but I did sip on this lovely concoction that was sent to me to review by the kind folks over at Tazo.

I liked it….but it definitely had the “stevia” taste to it, which can’t really be considered a bad thing but I think I just prefer real sugar in my tea…or nothing at all.

I got home around 5:30 and was BEAT. However, I smelled something delicious coming from my backyard and discovered my neighbor making the most amazing creation I ever laid eyes on….

Bacon wrapped jalapeno peppers stuffed with pulled pork and cream cheese? Yes, please. No words, my friends. No words. I ate three of these and they were fan-freakin-tastic. Must recreate STAT. I also had some red wine (probably 2 glasses) and a little Kashi h2h cereal once back at my house. It was just that kind of day/night.

I was going to go out with one of my girlfriends tonight but, honestly, I’m just too beat and really should be responsible and write a little bit since I didn’t get anything done today and tomorrow I’m working again all day at the winery.

Night!

Good Morning!

I’m headed out the door to work at the winery all day for the second round of Barrel Tasting. Should be interesting

It felt like deja vu this morning when I woke up early, ate a slice of bread with peanut butter and raspberry jam and hit the road for a 3 mile run. My 5K is a week from today! When I got home I made some oats in a jar for breakfast—

I used 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup soymilk, 1/2 cup water, 1 super ripe banana and a pinch of sea salt and cinnamon. I’m sort of peanut buttered out right now, if that’s humanly possible

Good evening!

Hope y’all had a good Friday. I was on FIRE with writing today. I love days like that…..I sat down to write, the words started flowing and next thing I know hours have gone by and I’ve written about 15 pages!!!!!! what what?!

Morning snack was an apple (no picture)..sorry! And afternoon snack was a jumbo grapefruit:

I had lunch with my friend Michaela at Cafe Chloe, which is this great little hidden gem in Santa Rosa. I had the quinoa and roasted carrot salad and it was delicious.

Love that French bread!

I actually headed into the city later in the afternoon because I had a dinner date with Katie, a blog reader who just moved to the area from New York. The blogging world is so weird….so often we feel like we really “know” each other because a big part of our lives are shared online. Katie and I have kept up for over two years now and I was so excited to finally meet her in person! Like me, she’s a culinary school grad and we had lots of fun stories to share. We met at La Med, which is one of my favorite spots in Fillmore.

Can I just say how much I adore San Francisco? I would totally live there if I could afford it….hah. At the restaurant, Katie and I both had a glass of red wine and the Mediterranean salad, which basically is a little of everything….hummus, tabbouli, lentil salad, potato salad…the works!

After dinner I ran across the street to my beloved Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and grabbed a peach tea latte because I thought it might be almost as delicious as their winter dream lattes….(Beth, have you tried this??!)

Backfire. Twas gross. I took a few sips and then tossed it. When I got home I ate my last crumble bar…thank goodness they are gone now!!!

Off to bed….running in the morning and then working Barrel Tasting round 2 again all day!