Baby it’s cold in Minnesota this week!! Monday’s high was -5° F (overnight low was -15°) and the low for Tuesday will be worse! Most of the north Minnesota schools will close. The wind chill will be around -45°. Did you know an egg will freeze in just seconds with these temps? I am so…
It was midway through the 2012 Holiday Season as I write this blog. Our daughter Michelle (Shell) and Jake are over and she’s working on some items for WEBCO. Nick our oldest stopped by and had his mom cut his hair. He also decided to trim his beard and we were pleased as he looks…
We recently hosted Chris’ company Christmas~Holiday Party. For the first time in a few years we decided to take the team members and their significant other to a nice restaurant rather than do something less casual. We decided to take them to a nice Italian restaurant in Maple Grove. The dinner menu was planned a…
In October, we started a bi-monthly wine and appetizer gathering with some friends who also enjoy wine. Some of the people are new “Wine friends” to me and Chris. We love the fact there are people who live close and appreciate wine as we do. This particular gathering was at our house. Chris spent the…
Our first introduction to Continuum’s 2010 Novicium was this past August. We were invited to the Continuum Summer Gathering in the Vineyard and as usual the day felt perfect. The sun was shinning and it was not too hot outside. We were able to see the construction of the new winery and Greg Brady talked…
The first time we tried Renwood wines was during a wine dinner event at the Nectar wine bar and Bistro with some friends. As usual, Chef Kevin did a great job pairing the food and wine. I was quite surprised how good the Renwood Zinfandel’s tasted! We left the dinner and wine tasting around 10…
Chris had decided to make home made Spritz cookies with Michelle and Jake. She sent Michelle a text asking if they wanted to have pizza and wine and after make cookies. It did not take long for Shell to text back “Absolutely!” Before they came over we wanted to stop and visit them at their…
I recently celebrated my 49th birthday. It’s hard to image one more year and I hit the half a century mark! Time is flying by and I plan on the next fifty years being better than the first fifty. Earlier in the week Chris asked if I wanted to go out for dinner for my…
The week before Thanksgiving I received a message from Steve at Cosentino while I was looking at something on Facebook. Steve: Just got a special wine from stags leap…it’s a Rhone style ROSE!! Cosentino just got in today. Me: Is it good? Steve: It’s delish! it’s dry with lots of red bright fruit! Me: Can…
Over the past couple weeks we have been sharing wine and food socials among friends. We alternate homes and last Saturday Louis and Rich hosted at their house. Each couple agrees to bring a couple bottles of wine, along with appetizers when we get together. This time Chris prepared hot Goat cheese and salsa dip…
I love being a member of the Joseph Phelps “Red Wine Club”! If you are not a wine club member, there are many reasons why you might consider it. Some of the reasons why I appreciate my membership included the fact that we truly enjoy the private tastings with Claude. We have had numerous visits…
We woke up Saturday morning and really had nothing going on that day. It was a nice having nothing to do but we were not feeling like spending the day in the house watching TV. One of Chris’ national builders had just started a new community in Eden Prairie and this day was the official opening of…
