Monday, December 21, 2009

Monday...12-21-09

Well...it is Monday morning after a GREAT weekend!

Saturday morning we headed out for David's Christmas surprise for us! We headed  towards San Francisco and then took the Napa-Sonoma exit...then entered the town of Yountville! Of course that is where Michael Chiarello's Bottega restaurant is and his Napa Style store!
We had a nice stroll around the town, stopped at Bouchon bakery and shared an orange cranberry croissant. Then we headed over to Napa Style to browse. There was an author there signing a book that he wrote when PBS paid him to live in Tuscany and write about living there! Nice work if you can get it!
 Great appetizers laid out for snacking, we tried a few.
Then we went over for lunch.
We had:
Calamari with a squid ink aoli
Polenta under glass with crispy mushrooms on top
Duck confit over gnocchi
David had the Sole and I had the Mediterranean Seafood medley with a tomato base
We shared a good bottle of red wine, lunch lasted a little over 2 hours...wonderful.
Then we walked around town for a while, stopped in some shops bought some olive oil and vinegar and David got some grill rubs at Napa Style. Then we headed home...what a great day!

Sunday we had our Holiday get together with friends...cookie exchange and plan New Years for us gals and the boys played disc golf and exchanged gifts!
Back home on the farm we got the animals fed and settled for the evening and all was well with the world for a minute!

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