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Weekend Recap

This weekend was our 3rd Annual Family Golf Open; each year we pick a bay area golf course, my dad & brother travel from the Sacramento area and Chris & I triple bogey our way through 18 holes… It’s always a great time. This year we played Lincoln Park Golf Course in San Francisco, which is located along side the Land’s End Trail. The course is filled with glimpses of the Golden Gate, fairways that open out to the city skyline. The 17th hole has a picture perfect view of the Golden Gate right at the tee off. I’ll also add the the course has incredible customer service. I managed to drop my phone along the way & it was returned to the club house & then delivered to me via golf cart 3 holes later!! Amazing! We enjoyed a delicious dinner in Laurel Heights before my family headed home. That night Chris & I decided to break out the fancy bar set we received as a wedding present & make fancy cocktails. We served them in beautiful TIffany&Co tumbler glasses, another wedding present. As for Sunday scones, football & italian panini were on the agenda. The recipe for these sandwiches is here!

36 Hours in Charlottesville

A recap of the fun but whirlwind trip to Charlottesville Virginia this past August. We drove from Washington DC to Charlottesville late Friday evening & spent the night attending a rehearsal dinner & BBQ at a gorgeous country estate. The next day we got up early and did a walking tour of UVA. Below are some of the photos from that morning… The UVA campus was breathtaking, and not to mention fairly empty, there were a handful of students moving into “the lawn” and some groups holding new student orientation activities, but aside from that the campus was pretty quiet.

The gorgeous outdoor ampitheater, & Chris taking advantage of all the stairs, I take pictures & he tries to work out…

It’s columns & archways for as far as the eye can see.

We toured the on campus chapel, it was the only air conditioned spot we found on campus!

A lone leaf lines the brick pathway, a sign fall is coming ?

We stumbled across multiple little “secret garden” areas.

I have a good sport for a husband, he indulges me when I say “give me your best model behavior”…

After our 3 mile self guided walking tour around UVA we got ready for the wedding that brought us to Virginia in the first place.

A pretty phenomenal backdrop to say “I do”.

For the wedding, given how hot & humid it was, I wanted to have a hairstyle that was out of my face and would stay all night. Lately I’ve been really into braids & have use Bare Foot Blonde tutorials for new hairstyles, this was probably my best BFB success yet! I used this tutorial for the pull through braid pictured here & I couldn’t have been happier with how it turned out. It stayed literally all night, even through 4 hours of dancing & 90% humidity. I will mention I did practice twice before the wedding because it’s a definitely one of the trickier hair styles.

We had a great time in Charlottesville & were welcomed home with a spectacular west coast sunset…

Calistoga Escape

Calistoga you are a dream come true, located 75 miles north-east of San Francisco, experience the same warm weather, fantastic wines but a fraction of the Napa crowds.

Lincoln avenue is lined with tasting rooms, restaurants & boutiques.

Most tasting rooms we found had excellent prices & generous pours of delicious local wines.

^^These pours were found at Huge Bear Tasting Room, which was once the location of the Calistoga Bank.

At Romeo Winery tasting room you can be surrounded by tall redwoods in their outdoor tasting garden.

A can’t miss Calistoga experience is the gondola at Sterling Winery.

A 4 minute gondola ride leads to outrageous views of the valley.

Off in the distance you’re able to see a castle…

Three miles away Castello di Amorosa winery awaits you. $25 buys you general admission & the basic wine tasting which includes 5 wines.

Visitors are able to wander the castle grounds or enjoy the sunshine in the courtyard.

My pretty friends 🙂

After a day of gondolas & castles & many wine pours later we enjoyed a delicious dinner at Sam’s Social Club, located in downtown Calistoga.

^^ Those deviled eggs were no joke; a must if you’re there.

We stayed at The Roman Spa, not only is this resort just one block from Lincoln Avenue, but the resort has 3 mineral pools that stay open until 10:30. The pools range in temperature from 90 degrees to 104.

Aside from the pools, Roman Spa has luscious gardens that I could spend all day capturing.

Hope you can see why & how we fell in love with Calistoga.

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