Napa & Visit with Friends

This last weekend, Dan and I took a trip to visit some friends who live in Pleasanton, California. We made a stop off in Napa for the night - actually stayed in the quaint little town of Yountville before heading off to see Barry, Kareen and their precious newborn. One of Dan and I's favorite shows on the cooking network is called Diners, Drive-in's & Dives (if you like low key, good ole home-style cooking you'll love the show) and it featured a restaurant in St. Helena called "Taylor's Refreshers." Of course Dan and I had to check it out. Seriously, I have never had such a good Tuna Burger in my life. They must have put it a whole jar of mayoinnaise but it was well worth the calories. And their burgers! Crazy juicy and they use the best bread... ok - enough about food - can you tell I'm hungry?

After eating at Taylors we made our way to 3 wineries. And we became members of our 2nd winery in which we will get regular shipments of wine. We had a great time and woke up the next morning to hot air ballons taking off right outside our window. We'll do that next time for sure. Barry & Kareen were so much fun and Dan got to play golf 2 days in a row while Kareen & I had massages and went shopping. They have the happiest baby (Paige) and in talking to Kareen she thinks the book "Babywise" had a lot to do with it. I couldn't believe how well Paige was on a schedule and went to sleep on her own at 3 months old. I was wishing I would have read it... so to all you new moms... it must work!

Dan - happily waiting in line at Taylor's






Here we are having a drink and appetizer at Hurley's before heading out to Bouchon's. Trying to squeeze in all the yummy restaurants before heading out


Our cute little B&B


Picture taken from our room