Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Wine Tour

Wine Tour
Ah!
Ok, so Saturday morning we woke up early to get ready and make some breakfast at my house. Little did I know the work was already done for me! My friends showed up with dozens of bagels in hand. They also brought Champagne, Orange Juice, and plenty of snacks for the limo. Things like Peeps were involved. I packed some Vitamin Water and Cheez-its for the ride and we were good to go. 
We took off promptly at 10:30am. Our limo drivers name was Sixto. This is no joke. 6-toe. We didn't find out his name until lunch. The only reason we knew was because his name was written on our lunch bag.
The day took us from vineyard to vineyard. At the second one we ate some lunch outside. The weather was gorgeous! And my friend brought a cake for me! The big -25-. Woah. So nice of her. I blew out the candles and everything. I think it became a legit birthday party when the cake got involved. We actually got to meet up with another group of friends at the 3rd vineyard, completely by coincidence. I guess it was a good weekend for wine drinking. Then onto the 4th where we were all settling into our day full of wine, fun, laughter, and quality time with top notch friends. 
Please note: Highly Recommended [It's an explosion in your mouth]

I went with a little variation of this outfit. Switched out the belt for the vintage scarf, lost the hair accessory, went plain on the cardigan and pink on the necklace. I like how it came together in the end though. Very much representative of me. This dress is actually a lot more blue in person. I wasn't expecting that when I ordered it from Modcloth, but it was a pleasant surprise. I was happy with the blue-ish, pink, green combination. All colors I like and all colors that are fitting of spring. Not to mention that I can't get enough of these shoes. The heel is not too high, so I was able to wear them all day. And the ankle strap really holds me in there. 
I had an amazing time this weekend. There's something so comforting about being surrounding by some of your best friends, and knowing that they are truly people who care about you. Since my friends don't exactly know about this blog yet -woops- I'm not going to use any of the pictures with them, because I'd want to ask them first, and I can't ask if they don't know about it. For the time being I'm ok with not telling them. I think it'll have to happen naturally, I don't want to force it. 
Sucre Sunglasses, Zara Cardigan, On the Veranda Dress from Modcloth, Anthropologie Heels, Madewell Bag
Coral Earrings from market in Australia (?), Coral Necklace from store in Rome
Amber Ring from Portobello Market in London, Scarf from Beacon's Closet


We got back to the south fork around 6:30pm. Great time to catch the sunset, after 8 hours of wine tasting, ha. Kev and I snuck away just as the sun was setting to take some pictures.
These are reasons I love this place:

I love that Kev took these pictures. It was a great weekend and now I'm 25. What a way to close out all the celebrating.

7 comments:

Idée Géniale said...

AH!! I'm such a jerk. I was supposed to come up with an outfit for you!! So so sorry!
You look great though!!! I love the eyelet dress. I guess you really didn't need my help after all....
Happy belated birthday! If you think 25 is old, wait a few years...you'll see. ha!!

Mikhaila said...

Wow! What an amazing way to spend your birthday! There is nothing better than an entire day of wine tasting, beautiful weather, and good friends! Happy belated birthday! And I absolutely love your outfit...those shoes are perfect!

Dianne said...

I love these pictures and I like your outfit, very sweet. Belated Happy Birthday :-)

Holli said...

What a fantastic outfit! I love it so much!!! This sounds like a perfect day to me...and just wait, time starts to FLY by as you get older and the way it all seems (life and all kinds of stuff) is constantly evolving...in a really great way.

sarahannnoel said...

YAY! Birthday pics. Outfit looks great. Kev's pics look great. Your birthday looks great.

And I see you in like four weeks, which is, well, great.

Lea's Suitcase said...

25 was such a great year for me... somehow, everything just fell into place.

Wine country looks scrumptious and your dress fits the occasion perfect :)

Kendi Lea said...

Happy birthday!! I'm 25 now too..it's not as bad as I thought it would be.

Those shoes are major my dear. And I want to steal your outfit, but I won't since it was your birthday and all.

 
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