Celebrating 20 years at WDW - Bonus features, A few posts from May, Updated 9/11

[pkondz]

Possibly one of those car shows, like Counting Cars....

Could be. I don't remember though.

Picky picky. But then again it is the Science Center and not the English Center.

True. Science nerds can't sperl.

Interesting. I guess Tijuana is closer to me than San Francisco.

Interesting!! (Right back atcha.)

Sort of inbetween. It was obvious that some colors could be more "happy" or "bright" and that others had a more "sad" or "foreboding" look to them. I can see how with music and other elements it all ties together to make a great picture.

Huh.

Yeah we tried to read and do every little station they had. Kids kept playing with them just turning the dials and hitting the buttons and I could tell they had no idea how they were changing the effect.

Kids love doing that. They see you want to push a button so they "Demonstrate." and keep doing it as long as you show any interest in doing it yourself.

Wow! I don't even mess with much other than removing unwanted people from my pictures.

I think a lot is done in batch form, maybe?

Which is why I have quite a few HM themed shirts, purses and an apron.

It's why I love you.

Well... other reasons too... but it doesn't hurt!

I doubt it. I mostly only see him at high falutin sorts of events. Rarely do I spot him roaming in the parks, but I have....

You have! How was that? Were staff deferring to him?

I never really paid attention to "actors" until I got older. When I was young I got more caught up in their characters. Probably the first time I noticed him was when I watched Overboard on syndicated TV. I looked up his filmography today on IMDB, and really I haven't seen many of his pictures. Probably more of the one episode appearances on TV shows, like Gilligan's Island.

I was the same. But he's been on soooo many things!

That's what I did, and now I've forgotten what it meant. To lazy to google again on my phone. Replying to comments is hard enough!

That's okay. I forgot what we were talking about.

Back when the F&W Festival had a Napa Rose Cooking school, they let us get very "hands on" in the kitchen. We would make an appetizer, a salad or fish course, a main, and then watch a dessert demo. We got to eat all of it with wine pairings too. One year they showed us how to make the edible gold and we got to play around with it.

Cool!

It depends on the club. Currently I'm in seven wine clubs (after adding Lasseter and Gogi).

Holy crap!
If someone brings us a wine, if we don't open it that night (which I might not if I have something special or it needs to be chilled.) it might sit for months.

That's one bottle.

More information than you wanted?

No! Not at all! I found that really interesting. How many bottles in a case? Is that an industry standard?

 

[dolphingirl47]

The Vineyard Room Closing at Disney's California Adventure Park
Anaheim, CA -- While the announced departure of McDonald's from Disney's theme parks has made headlines a lesser known, but finer dining experience will also be leaving Disney's California Adventure.

The Vineyard Room, the last of three fine dining experiences at Disney's California Adventure park, will be closing at the end of this month.

The Vineyard Room is one of the lesser-known restaurants in Disney's California Adventure because of the upstairs location and limited operating days. The restaurant was originally sponsored and operated by Robert Mondavi Wines.

Located upstairs in the Golden Vine Winery the Vineyard Room serves pasta, seafood and gourmet salads paired with fine wine. An 18-foot California plein-air mural is part of the décor of this upscale restaurant.

While the current concept may be ending, sources sayt that Disney plans to continue to use the space for a restaurant. The plan calls for an expansion of the popular Wine Country Trattoria restaurant downstairs, into the space currently occupied by The Vineyard Room..

The Vineyard Room is the last of three fine-dining, full-service restaurants within the theme park. The other two, the ABC Soap Opera Bistro in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot closed and Avalon Cove by Wolfgang Puck in Paradise Pier has been converted into Disney Character Dining. The upstairs Avalon Cove bar however remains sans the Wolfgang Puck sponsorship

Thanks for sharing. I cannot remember any of those venues. I know that when I visited Disneyland for the first time, there was a already a character meal where Avalon Cove used to be.

Corinna

 

[franandaj]

Kids love doing that. They see you want to push a button so they "Demonstrate." and keep doing it as long as you show any interest in doing it yourself.

Yeah, but I can wait longer than they are amused by hitting that button over and over.

I think a lot is done in batch form, maybe?

Probably....a lot is done by computer, but a human still has to double check it.

It's why I love you.

Well... other reasons too... but it doesn't hurt!

Awwww shucks.....

You have! How was that? Were staff deferring to him?

No, he was with his kids and I could totally tell he was a pushover to whatever they wanted!

Holy crap!
If someone brings us a wine, if we don't open it that night (which I might not if I have something special or it needs to be chilled.) it might sit for months.

That's one bottle.

This is what I call my "drink now" section. It's in the bottom shelf of my pantry.

This is the wine cabinet where I age the wine before it goes in the "drink now" section.

It's not even half full right now....

No! Not at all! I found that really interesting. How many bottles in a case? Is that an industry standard?

12 bottles to a case. That is standard for wine, beer, sodas....

Thanks for sharing. I cannot remember any of those venues. I know that when I visited Disneyland for the first time, there was a already a character meal where Avalon Cove used to be.

Corinna

Yeah, I ate at all those high end restaurants before they closed down. I was so glad to find that article because for a while there I thought I was going crazy because I couldn't find anything about the original restaurant in that area.

 

[franandaj]

April 15


The Food and Wine Festival was coming to a close. The last day would be April 16 and our last day there was April 15. They saved the best of wineries for last and we were booked into three tastings that day. The first one was Kurt Russell’s Gogi Winery.

We would be tasting the “Goldie” which is the Chardonnay that he makes for her.

I think the first white was a Viognier called Lulu, this is the one that he makes only for his mother, so we were lucky to be able to taste it. The last one was his Pinot Noir, Three Bings.

Soon the man himself, Kurt Russell came out and spoke to us for the duration of the tasting.

As we drank the various wines he talked to us about all kinds of things. He told us about the Pinot Noir and that every year he gave it a different name and each year it is based on the nickname of one of the kids in the family. Evidently they all grew up with nicknames and he chooses a new one every year.

He also talked about how he became involved in the winemaking process and was trained in a hands on capacity. While he may not be the person doing all the blending the wines, he is right there in the process of making the executive choices.

He also talked briefly to us about his recent work. He was more than thrilled to be involved in the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film. Remember this is three weeks before the film was released so he couldn’t reveal any spoilers, but he did mention how much he enjoyed playing a demi god and portraying the father of Star Lord. I’m not one to follow blogs and stalk trailers, so this was pleasant news to me.

If you haven’t seen this yet, you are soooooo missing out! It was way better than the first one!

As happens with all good things, the tasting had to come to an end. I believe that this tasting was at noon and we had busted our butts to get out to Disney in time to get a good spot in line, so we had a bit to eat at home, but we didn’t get much so it was time to hit the kiosks. Of course we went back to the bacon booth, it was right across from the wine tasting area. We got another Maple Bacon Whoopie Pie, I finally tried the Bloody Mary, and we got more Bacon Mac and Cheese.

After scarfing these down we went to the booth with the Filet Mignon slider. I keep forgetting that I don’t like the chimichurri sauce and again I had to wipe it off my piece.

And I got my last taste of the Pork Belly Bahn Mi taco.

We also visited the Nuts about Cheese booth and got our two favorites, one was Brie and Honey (I think) and the other is Goat Cheese and Pistachio. The wine is the Lasseter Rose. I can’t remember what it’s called, but I have a bottle of it in my fridge from a wine shipment a couple months ago and I drank the other bottle they sent me a few weeks back. It’s really tasty!

I think our next demo was at 4PM, which was why we had so much time to kill and could hit so many booths in between seminars. This was Stag’s Leap Winery. If you remember back to my first wine tasting post, I talked about the “Judgement of Paris” and how Mondavi sort of took credit for the victory, but actually it was Stag’s Leap Vineyard (with a former Mondavi Winemaker) who actually won the Red Wine competition.

We have visited this winery on past trips to Napa, but it’s been nearly 20 years since we’ve been there and their brochure had some very impressive pictures of their newly renovated wine tasting facility and a beautiful visitor’s center and tasting room. I’m sure that we will be visiting there on our upcoming trip that we are planning amongst our little DIS traveling, concert, dining friends, group. From the little brochure that they gave us I’m going to assume that these wines are the following:

Faria Chardonnay (Left)

Artemis (Middle)

Fay (Right)

This gentleman explained the various wines to us as we tasted.

Finally we had our last tasting of the day and the Festival. Lasseter Family Winery.

The Wines that we tasted were the Enjoue (Left) I really liked this one when I had it at the nuts about cheese. They even sent me a couple bottles in my first shipment!

Our next wine was the Paysage followed by the Amoureax. All the wines were delicious. One of the things that she talked about was the fact that all Lasseter wines were blended. If you’re familiar with California wines, you’ll know that they are sold and bottled by varietal normally. There are some wineries that make blends, a few come to mind right now, but I won’t bore you with the list. But you’re more likely to find a bottle of Cabernet, Merlot, Zinfandel or Chardonnay when browsing the California Wine section.

France has been known to make blended wines and label them by region, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, to name a few, and there are several different kinds of wine from the Rhone and Loire Valleys. All these contain mixed amounts of Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and many others. Obviously not all these grapes would be found in one blend, but without getting into a whole wine class, you’ll find three more varietals in many French Wines. That is how the Lasseter family does it.

I took these descriptions from the Lasseter website.

ENJOUÉ (Joyful; Playful) A rosé blend of estate-grown Syrah, Mourvèdre and Grenache grapes crafted in the style of the dry rosé wines of southern France.

PAYSAGE (Landscape painting or countryside) A Bordeaux-style blend made primarily of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and a hint of Cabernet Franc. This wine evokes fond memories for John and Nancy of St. Emilion's beautiful terrain, and the blended wines made there.

AMOUREUX (Lovers) A Bordeaux-style blend made primarily of Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. John and Nancy were first introduced to Malbec on their honeymoon in Sonoma County, and this wine commemorates that discovery.

One other thing that she talked about (besides the Lasseter’s love of wine) was the creation of the Logo. You can sort of see it on the brochure in the picture with the wine glasses at my place setting. I believe she said that the bee represented John, the flower for Nancy and the little grapes were for their children.

Of course this seminar ended rather quickly as they all do and we hit up one last food booth before calling it a night. We got the Wagyu Beef and Polenta, and this was much better than the first time that we tried it.

And then we packed it up and went home, thus ending this year’s DCA Food and Wine Festival.


April 19


For over a year now there has been a new event that Fran and I have not taken advantage of, and I was so happy when she wanted to attend this one. There have been these “classes” called Flight School, where you sample flights of different liquors. When she heard that they were adding Agave as a new one she jumped at the chance.

In the past they have had Rum, Vodka, Whiskey, and Absinthe. In addition to Agave, they have also added Scotch and Bitters to the mix. I can’t wait to try more spirits after this experience.

When we sat down, we found this at our place setting.

And this display was at the end of the table.

We learned that the maximum number of participants in these Flight Schools was six and we had that many folks in our group. It was quite a blast and we laughed throughout the entire afternoon. Here is our welcome margarita.

And our “in flight meal”, a Cheese Empanada with Salsa and Avocado. Oh My Gosh! This was so tasty, I could have eaten two or three of them!

Then we had our dessert, A churro with caramel ice cream. Again, absolutely fantastic!

Now that we had food in our stomachs it was time to drink some tequila! We tasted the original three tequilas that were poured when we sat down.

They were all good and I was happy to have tasted the second one as we have a bottle of that sitting around at our house that I have not had occasion to open.

One of the guys in our class asked if there was anything else, the bartender might care to share...then he put his hand aside his mouth and said to the rest of us, “This isn’t my first Flight School. I know how this works.”

And sure enough we got another taste.

Then he poured us another special cocktail called a Tequila Daisy. It was really good!

In honor of us being the first class he poured us a tiny taste of this, which is the premium version of the second tequila we tried. I think he said that they sell it for over $100 per shot.

We got just a tiny little taste….

By the time that we left Flight School we were feeling no pain!

 

[Pinkocto]

More Kurt Russell

What a fun day! and the Flight School sounds fun too. Lots of yummy eats

 

[Flossbolna]

I was a bit confused when I read the title and was wondering if @Steppesister had hijacked your trip report when I saw flight school being mentioned. But this type of flight school would be far more my type as well!

I am also glad that you enjoyed the Lassetter wines! You ought to try to go there for a tour, it was really lovely!

 

[Steppesister]

UGH!! soooo behind here... everywhere. Took me a week to type of my last update, and I just can't seem to stay caught up on people's threads. I'll get there, Alison!

 

[pkondz]

Yeah, but I can wait longer than they are amused by hitting that button over and over.

I usually try to look disinterested, or focus on something else to encourage them to move on.


Never works.... but I do it. Kids are too smart for that.

Probably....a lot is done by computer, but a human still has to double check it.

Yup.

No, he was with his kids and I could totally tell he was a pushover to whatever they wanted!

Awww...

This is what I call my "drink now" section. It's in the bottom shelf of my pantry.

That's just like mine... well, except mine has.... 3 bottles in it. And it's more of a "drink whenever... actually, do you think we'll ever drink them?"

It's not even half full right now....

Whoa.
How do you organize that?

12 bottles to a case. That is standard for wine, beer, sodas....

I dunno. Beer is more commonly sold in 24 case size up here. (referred to as a two-four).

 

[pkondz]

The last day would be April 16 and our last day there was April 15. They saved the best of wineries for last

Wait... so you missed out on the absolute best, then?

We would be tasting the “Goldie” which is the Chardonnay that he makes for her.

I'm sure you've mentioned that before. At least I knew about it and assume it's from you.

I think the first white was a Viognier called Lulu, this is the one that he makes only for his mother, so we were lucky to be able to taste it.

Really! Wow!

Soon the man himself, Kurt Russell came out

Geez. Why doesn't he age???

each year it is based on the nickname of one of the kids in the family

I like that!

He was more than thrilled to be involved in the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film.

I bet!

I’m not one to follow blogs and stalk trailers, so this was pleasant news to me.

Me too.

If you haven’t seen this yet, you are soooooo missing out! It was way better than the first one!

Nope. And I'm sure it's not in theatres anymore. I missed out. And I'm not happy.

Of course we went back to the bacon booth

Of course!

I finally tried the Bloody Mary

Did you ever try the Caesar? I won't take offense if you haven't... or didn't like it... or don't want to.
Just curious.

After scarfing these down we went to the booth with the Filet Mignon slider. I keep forgetting that I don’t like the chimichurri sauce and again I had to wipe it off my piece.

Once you scraped that off.... how was it?

And I got my last taste of the Pork Belly Bahn Mi taco.

And?

If you remember back to my first wine tasting post, I talked about the “Judgement of Paris” and how Mondavi sort of took credit for the victory, but actually it was Stag’s Leap Vineyard (with a former Mondavi Winemaker) who actually won the Red Wine competition.

I do remember that. Very interesting story! And this is too.

The Wines that we tasted were the Enjoue (Left) I really liked this one when I had it at the nuts about cheese.

I'd try that one. I like Rosé as well.

There are some wineries that make blends, a few come to mind right now, but I won’t bore you with the list. But you’re more likely to find a bottle of Cabernet, Merlot, Zinfandel or Chardonnay when browsing the California Wine section.

Okay. Got it.

One other thing that she talked about (besides the Lasseter’s love of wine) was the creation of the Logo. You can sort of see it on the brochure in the picture with the wine glasses at my place setting. I believe she said that the bee represented John, the flower for Nancy and the little grapes were for their children.

Nice!

There have been these “classes” called Flight School, where you sample flights of different liquors. When she heard that they were adding Agave as a new one she jumped at the chance.

I like the thought of this, even though I wouldn't enjoy the alcohol portion of it.
Still.... kinda makes me wish I did. It sounds like a lot of fun.

When we sat down, we found this at our place setting.

I like the lids on the glasses.

And our “in flight meal”, a Cheese Empanada with Salsa and Avocado. Oh My Gosh! This was so tasty, I could have eaten two or three of them!

I've never had an Empanada. Although a place has opened up just a couple minutes away... must get there to try it.

One of the guys in our class asked if there was anything else, the bartender might care to share...then he put his hand aside his mouth and said to the rest of us, “This isn’t my first Flight School. I know how this works.”

I think he said that they sell it for over $100 per shot.

eep!

By the time that we left Flight School we were feeling no pain!

I have no idea why not. How odd!

 

[dolphingirl47]

The wine tastings all looked very interesting.

Goat Cheese and Pistachio

I would have been in heaven. They are two of my favourite foods.

There have been these “classes” called Flight School, where you sample flights of different liquors.

That sounds really interesting and the agave one would be right up my street.

And our “in flight meal”, a Cheese Empanada with Salsa and Avocado. Oh My Gosh! This was so tasty, I could have eaten two or three of them!

That looks absolutely amazing.

In honor of us being the first class he poured us a tiny taste of this, which is the premium version of the second tequila we tried. I think he said that they sell it for over $100 per shot.

Wow, I am surprised they even gave you the tiniest of tastes with that price.

Corinna

 

[afwdwfan]

Soon the man himself, Kurt Russell came out and spoke to us for the duration of the tasting.

Quit stalking him!

He also talked briefly to us about his recent work. He was more than thrilled to be involved in the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film. Remember this is three weeks before the film was released so he couldn’t reveal any spoilers, but he did mention how much he enjoyed playing a demi god and portraying the father of Star Lord.

He definitely played an interesting character in the movie! I enjoyed it!

If you haven’t seen this yet, you are soooooo missing out! It was way better than the first one!

Honestly, I'm not sure which one I prefer. I've not seen many people say the second is better. I've only seen it once, so I guess I need to watch it again to decide, but I loved both Guardians movies, and I honestly wasn't sure I'd care for them going in. Since watching the second one, I pretty much go through life looking for the right opportunity to drop the "I'm Mary Poppins Y'all" line.

France has been known to make blended wines and label them by region, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, to name a few, and there are several different kinds of wine from the Rhone and Loire Valleys. All these contain mixed amounts of Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and many others. Obviously not all these grapes would be found in one blend, but without getting into a whole wine class, you’ll find three more varietals in many French Wines. That is how the Lasseter family does it.

As long as it tastes good... blend away. No reason the French should have a monopoly on it!

Clearly I'm not a wine expert. I pretty much ask what is recommended and try it. I either like it or I don't and I couldn't even tell you what kinds I prefer. I prefer a beer.

We learned that the maximum number of participants in these Flight Schools was six and we had that many folks in our group.

Nice and intimate!

One of the guys in our class asked if there was anything else, the bartender might care to share...then he put his hand aside his mouth and said to the rest of us, “This isn’t my first Flight School. I know how this works.”

And sure enough we got another taste.

Well played, sir!

In honor of us being the first class he poured us a tiny taste of this, which is the premium version of the second tequila we tried. I think he said that they sell it for over $100 per shot.

Wow! That must be liquid gold.

 

[jedijill]

I see that wine rack in your pantry needs attention. I'll be there soon to help you make more room!

Ahh, my boyfriend Kurt Russell. He's so handsome!

The wine tastings look fab! I was on Lasseter's website last week and I really want to visit. The Flight School looked like a lot of fun!

Jill in CO

 

[rentayenta]

No pain? I'd say!

Fun update.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

The first one was Kurt Russell’s Gogi Winery.

Soon the man himself, Kurt Russell came out and spoke to us for the duration of the tasting.

There's that guy again...

He also talked briefly to us about his recent work. He was more than thrilled to be involved in the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film. Remember this is three weeks before the film was released so he couldn’t reveal any spoilers, but he did mention how much he enjoyed playing a demi god and portraying the father of Star Lord. I’m not one to follow blogs and stalk trailers, so this was pleasant news to me.

If you haven’t seen this yet, you are soooooo missing out! It was way better than the first one!

It was a fun movie! I enjoyed the first one too, though.

If you remember back to my first wine tasting post, I talked about the “Judgement of Paris” and how Mondavi sort of took credit for the victory, but actually it was Stag’s Leap Vineyard (with a former Mondavi Winemaker) who actually won the Red Wine competition.

Yes, I was just to type that as a recap to show how much I remembered!

There have been these “classes” called Flight School, where you sample flights of different liquors.

Aw.. For a second, I thought you'd be joining @Steppesister in the cockpit!

And our “in flight meal”, a Cheese Empanada with Salsa and Avocado. Oh My Gosh! This was so tasty, I could have eaten two or three of them!

Are you sure that's not just a taco?

 

[Steppesister]

This was my one last thread I was hoping to get to in order to get all caught up before I turned my attention to my own. Alas, I got called into work and need to leave soon. So, this is the very first one on my docket for tomorrow, Alison. I see I'm being paged here, so will absolutely make sure it happens.

 

[Steppesister]

As we drank the various wines he talked to us about all kinds of things. He told us about the Pinot Noir and that every year he gave it a different name and each year it is based on the nickname of one of the kids in the family. Evidently they all grew up with nicknames and he chooses a new one every year.

That's really a cool tradition! I love that he uses kids' nicknames.

Of course we went back to the bacon booth,

\

How could you NOT?!

The wine is the Lasseter Rose. I

Imma look for that one up here, or have my local wine shop order it for me.

When @Flossbolna wrote about her visit there, I HAD to get the set of wine charms with their labels. I LOVE them and now see them all the time. Just lovely!

There have been these “classes” called Flight School

I think I'd equally enjoy this kind of Flight School too!! YUM!

We learned that the maximum number of participants in these Flight Schools was six and we had that many folks in our group. It was quite a blast and we laughed throughout the entire afternoon.

PERFECT sized group! Small enough to have a real group conversation and not get too loud.

They were all good and I was happy to have tasted the second one as we have a bottle of that sitting around at our house that I have not had occasion to open.

Might I at some point offer such an occasion?

In honor of us being the first class he poured us a tiny taste of this, which is the premium version of the second tequila we tried. I think he said that they sell it for over $100 per shot.

By the time that we left Flight School we were feeling no pain!

I can't possibly imagine why not!

I was a bit confused when I read the title and was wondering if @Steppesister had hijacked your trip report when I saw flight school being mentioned. But this type of flight school would be far more my type as well!

I am also glad that you enjoyed the Lassetter wines! You ought to try to go there for a tour, it was really lovely!

Someday, I'll actually reach my goal and then fly us all to THIS type of Flight School.

And yes, someday, I would like to go to the Lasseter Winery and take that tour. Looks like a very beautiful estate.

I dunno. Beer is more commonly sold in 24 case size up here. (referred to as a two-four).

I think around here we call it a "suitcase".

Aw.. For a second, I thought you'd be joining @Steppesister in the cockpit!

As long as she saves me some as a celebration of 1) Not getting lost in the air, 2) Landing without porpoising too badly, and 3) Not p!ssing off the ATC folks.

 

[franandaj]

More Kurt Russell

What a fun day! and the Flight School sounds fun too. Lots of yummy eats

Someday, you'll get to stalk him with me....

I was a bit confused when I read the title and was wondering if @Steppesister had hijacked your trip report when I saw flight school being mentioned. But this type of flight school would be far more my type as well!

Yes, after my ride last year in a plane like that I'm happy just to pursue this type of flight school. Not that I was scared or anything, I just enjoyed not having to do it or navigate. Nice to just sit back and relax!

I am also glad that you enjoyed the Lassetter wines! You ought to try to go there for a tour, it was really lovely!

We plan to next October. We're working on a week long trip to Napa and Sonoma which will include a tour of the Lasseter winery. That's one of the reasons I joined their club!

UGH!! soooo behind here... everywhere. Took me a week to type of my last update, and I just can't seem to stay caught up on people's threads. I'll get there, Alison!

That's OK, the last weekend really took me out. Having fun is hard work. It seems most everyone took the weekend off as well, so I have been able to catch up a little bit over the last two days. I did see you did get back here, comments will come as I can later! Still working on the update!

 

[franandaj]

I usually try to look disinterested, or focus on something else to encourage them to move on.


Never works.... but I do it. Kids are too smart for that.

I look annoyed and eventually they get bored and leave. Sometimes I play solitaire on my phone while I'm waiting.

That's just like mine... well, except mine has.... 3 bottles in it. And it's more of a "drink whenever... actually, do you think we'll ever drink them?"

Whoa.
How do you organize that?

Access Database. I enter the wines into the computer program as I assign them a location in the cabinet. I also hand write them in on the sheet so that I know that the space is taken, plus it helps when I go out to the garage to put away the ones in that I've cataloged. I do them six at a time. As I take them out of the cabinet, I put half and "X" in the box, and when I update them in the computer I complete the X so that I know they are gone and accounted for. I have a six pack of wine sitting next to my chair that is still waiting to be cataloged, and it's been sort of a while since I've done it.

I dunno. Beer is more commonly sold in 24 case size up here. (referred to as a two-four).

You're right. It's been a long time since I bought a case of beer.

Wait... so you missed out on the absolute best, then?

Har de har har.

I'm sure you've mentioned that before. At least I knew about it and assume it's from you.

Probably. They had it at last year's Food & Wine Festival and I purchased several glasses.

Geez. Why doesn't he age???

You need to see Guardians of the Galaxy Part II, that explains it all!

Nope. And I'm sure it's not in theatres anymore. I missed out. And I'm not happy.

Well and then there's that.

Did you ever try the Caesar? I won't take offense if you haven't... or didn't like it... or don't want to.
Just curious.

I didn't. Part of me is a little scared of it and the other is that I still don't have any Vodka!

Once you scraped that off.... how was it?

Very good the filet was tender and perfectly cooked.

And?

It was awesome. I love pork belly and this was one of the better items outside of the bacon booth.

I'd try that one. I like Rosé as well.

I'm not sure you would have liked this one. It's not sweet at all, a little tart. I have bottle in my (broken) fridge, so not able to drink it until I can cool it.

I like the thought of this, even though I wouldn't enjoy the alcohol portion of it.
Still.... kinda makes me wish I did. It sounds like a lot of fun.

I could drink yours....

I like the lids on the glasses.

We never could figure out why they were on there.

I've never had an Empanada. Although a place has opened up just a couple minutes away... must get there to try it.

You MUST! They are awesome! Well as long as you like what they are filled with. I don't think a tofu empanada would be any good.

I have no idea why not. How odd!

 

[franandaj]

The wine tastings all looked very interesting.

They were. All were very good wineries and I was glad to have attended.

I would have been in heaven. They are two of my favourite foods.

Sometime you should come out here during the festival!

That sounds really interesting and the agave one would be right up my street.

It was for Fran, that's why it's the only one we have done so far.

That looks absolutely amazing.

And it was!

Wow, I am surprised they even gave you the tiniest of tastes with that price.

I think they wanted to show it off, hoping that we may order some in the future....

Quit stalking him!

I know, huh!

He definitely played an interesting character in the movie! I enjoyed it!

I did too, and without a lot of time to wonder about it, I was pleasantly surprised.

Honestly, I'm not sure which one I prefer. I've not seen many people say the second is better. I've only seen it once, so I guess I need to watch it again to decide, but I loved both Guardians movies, and I honestly wasn't sure I'd care for them going in. Since watching the second one, I pretty much go through life looking for the right opportunity to drop the "I'm Mary Poppins Y'all" line.

I definitely liked both of them, but I thought the storyline on the second was a little clearer and easy for me to understand.

As long as it tastes good... blend away. No reason the French should have a monopoly on it!

And many places do....

Clearly I'm not a wine expert. I pretty much ask what is recommended and try it. I either like it or I don't and I couldn't even tell you what kinds I prefer. I prefer a beer.

No problem with that. I spend a lot of time making lists, and now that I can do it in my phone it's a lot easier....

Nice and intimate!

It's just perfect.

Well played, sir!

Yes indeed.

Wow! That must be liquid gold.

It was good, but I wouldn't pay $100 for it!

I see that wine rack in your pantry needs attention. I'll be there soon to help you make more room!

And actually we only polished off one bottle and it wasn't even in the rack!

Ahh, my boyfriend Kurt Russell. He's so handsome!

The wine tastings look fab! I was on Lasseter's website last week and I really want to visit.

I joined their wine club so that we could get a special tour for members!

The Flight School looked like a lot of fun!

It was. They actually started them the week that you were here on your way to Australia. There was one that day, but at $65pp, I think we did better.

No pain? I'd say!

Fun update.

Thanks!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Sometime you should come out here during the festival!

I would love to. Unfortunately the next couple of years are pretty much planned in terms of vacations.

Corinna