Busy Saturday

My mother-in-law was here for the day yesterday. She, Jeff and I did a couple of wineries on the Wine and Wildflower Trail. We found the Solaro Estate Winery near Dripping Springs to be so picturesque and the wines are really wonderful. (Here's more about them- they use all Texas grapes, which is very rare.) I'm not big into white wines, but surprisingly, their Arancia was one of my faves. Very citrusy and fresh, but not too dry. They make a Tempranillo, which the owner tells us is the up and coming defining "wine of Texas." My favorite wine of the day was their Bordorosso, a 50/50 blend of Tempranillo and Merlot.

We happened across the Texas Hill Country Olive Company orchards on our way out to the second winery and stopped to check them out. Loved the oils and their blueberry balsamic vinegar. They also have cooking classes! The chef was preparing for last night's class when we were there, and it smelled heavenly. The price of the class includes dinner as well. They have bread baking classes every weekend, too. They do an orchard and production tour, although we didn't have time to take it. We'll be back.

Last night we took Lauren and her boyfriend out to dinner. I spent the late evening at Kathy's, while she's in town for a few days. She and a colleague were accompanied by a British security guy to a couple of recent business meetings. (Yeah, her job is sort of like Sheldon Cooper meets Lara Croft.) The guy had the best stories. One time he was security for Tony Curtis on a yacht, and they happened to cross paths with P Diddy/Puff Daddy/Sean Combs and his group on their boat, and the guy ends up guarding Tony Curtis at this P Diddy yacht party. I wonder what P Diddy and Tony Curtis talk about at a party.


Sunday Stealing: The TV Show Meme

Before reading the questions: Pick 5 TV Shows you like. They can be past or present. Hint: pick shows that you are REALLY into. Hey! no peaking at the questions! List them:

1. Modern Family
2. New Girl
3. Whitney
4. Big Bang Theory
5. Rules of Engagement

1. Who is your favorite character in 2?
Jess

2. Who is your least favorite character in 1?
Aww, I like all of them. I guess Jay.

3. What’s your favorite episode of 4?
Most of them are fabulous, so I don't have one all-time fave. Any episode without very much Priya/Leonard. :\

4. What is your favorite season of 5?
Season 5

5. What’s your favorite relationship in 3?
Roxanne and Mark

6. Who is your anti-relationship in 2?
Schmidt and CeCe- I don't buy that for a second

7. How long have you watched 1?
since Day 1, September 2009

8. How did you become interested in 3?
saw an interview with Whitney Cummings and Chris D'Elia

9. Who is your favorite actor in 4?
Jim Parsons

10. Which show do you prefer 1, 2, or 5?
Modern Family

11. Which show have you seen more episodes of 1 or 3?
Modern Family

12. If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?
Penny, although I'm nothing like her and most like Bernadette in real life.

13. How would you kill off any character in 5?
Russell catches an exotic and incurable STD.

14. Would a 3/4 crossover work?
Yes. The very strong female characters of Whitney meet the nerdy guys of BBT at a bar... Roxanne ends up with Raj for the night.

15. Pair two characters in 1 that would make an unlikely, but strangely okay couple.
Phil and Gloria

16. Overall, which show has the better cast, 3 or 5?
Rules of Engagement