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how would i describe last weekend—packed! i was literally on the go most of the weekend. as most of you probably know that's pretty out of the ordinary for this homebody. it all started out thursday night when i got inspired and decided to make borscht. it turned out to be more like a borscht stew but it was still delicious. soups are going to be my new thing. i think i could actually start to enjoy cooking. who knew!
butter bean came over friday night for some borscht stew. she was my first dinner guest. it was quite lovely dining with someone in my cozy kitchen. afterwards, we headed over to pevil & miss b's house for our long overdue stocking exchange. christmas festivities in january, how fun! we had lots of good snacks & wine. it was extra special cuz little r was in town. i haven't seen her in ages. it was very nice to be able to catch up with her. pevil was my secret elf and i scored lots of goodies. my favorite has to the the pooping smurfette. pevil knows me so well. she also gave me tons of chocolate to satisfy my late night cravings. hi, fatty!
s-friend & i went to mountain view cemetery in oakland on saturday to take photos. i had never been there before though i remember jen telling me about it. that place is absolutely beautiful. we spent a couple of hours roaming the grounds taking photos. photos from my outing can be viewed here. we stopped for lunch at barney's on piedmont avenue where we had burgers and onion rings. the onion rings were to die for! so damn good. yum. getting out of oakland proved a bit difficult. we had a hard time finding the freeway ramp. this is the second time i've been to oakland with someone and it took forever to find our way out. scary!
later that night i made my way to lucky 13 to help celebrate bagel-ted's birthday. it's been forever and day since i last stepped into lucky 13. it's pretty much the same. just different people. i hung out for a little while then made my way home via the 33. luckily i made it home right before the rain.
i woke up on sunday feeling overly exhausted but it didn't stop me from going to sonoma with misty, butter bean, & natalie. i've lived in sf for over 8 years nows and this was my first trip to the wineries. i don't even remember the name of the first place we went to but i didn't a bottle of wine. yeah! our second stop was at homewood, a mom & pop winery. i don't remember much about the wines because i was to busy playing with lily the chihuahua. however, i vaguely remember a tasty merlot & eating some truffles. we left homewood to meet up with pevil, miss b, little r, & d to taste some champagne. i sat this one out since i'm not a fan of champagne. before heading to buena vista [our last stop], we made a detour for much needed sandwiches. i must admit it was a damn good sandwich. we spent what felt like a few hours at buena vista. i had pretty much lost my steam at this point most of the wines tasted the same. i did meet a cute, fluffy cat outside. meow!
thankfully monday was a holiday and i got to spend the day lounging about. well, that is, after i did my laundry. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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