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check out the ACE HOTEL next time you’re in portland, seattle. they’re also opening up in palm springs and new york this winter.

it was 101 degrees. we almost died.

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wine country is one of the few places in california that still has rolling green hills.  the rest of the countryside is brown and gold due to the current drought.  last week, we went wine tasting in amador county which is near sacramento.  we went to many vineyards but wilderotter and renwood were our favorites.

at wilderotter, naomi let us taste all their currently available wines and we fell in love with the 2007 sauvignon blanc. we didn’t get to meet the owner, jay, who was out of town but we are big fans of his chocolate lab, snickers!

at renwood, sean let us taste anything we could get our hands on and my dad became a member of their wine club.  i especially liked their 2004 jack rabbit flat zinfandel, their 2005 fiddletown zinfandel and their 2006 orange muscat.  yum.  my dad even got brad a magnum of the 2005 old vine zinfandel.

looks like brad and i will be drunk for awhile.  stop by and help us drink it all up!

we went to oldtown last sunday. interesting. felt like ocean city, md without the ocean and add some gold rush paraphernalia.

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we came up to NorCal last friday

*photos by ann friday

during my last trip to nyc, my friend, ann, and i went to see spamalot.  if i didn’t know before the show that clay aiken is gay… i do now.  overall, it was pretty fun.  both ann and i were in love with the female lead.  she was kick-ass.

afterwards we stopped in at an irish pub for a beer and just as we were thinking about going home to bed, we were approached by two british blokes.  the older one, martin, introduced himself and his younger brother, damian, and then said something along the lines of “we’re not trying to pick you up but we were just wondering if you’d be interested in a beer and a chat.”

a few beers later, damian and i mistakenly left ann with martin alone for maybe 5 minutes.  the second we got back to the table ann got up and white as a ghost she said, “i have to go.  i’ll explain later.”  and poof!  gone she was.

shortly thereafter she called me and i stealthily got the details while locked in the ladies restroom - the only place it was quiet enough to hear her.  luckily there was no line and i wasn’t pissing anyone off.  as it turns out, martin told ann all about his romanian wife asleep upstairs in their hotel room and how he missed the days before they were married when he could come home, bend her over and “take her from behind” whenever he damn well pleased.

smooth, romeo.  really smooth!

hahaha.

martin

damian

we met some cute boys all under the age of 3 and half today at the park. the oldest one knocked all his brothers down repeatedly and tried to get harper’s attention by yelling, “hey girl! hey giiiirrrrlll!!” i have a feeling he’s gonna be a real lady killer.

creme brulee french toast.  omg.  jesse single-handedly made brad and i gain a hundred thousand pounds this weekend.

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