Well, Katie is lounging in the backyard relaxing and enjoying her “sabbatical”, so you all will just have to settle for me, Christy. I have totally corrupted Katie this weekend in California’s lesser known wine country, Paso Robles. Let’s just say that she is now very educated in the way of wine. I think that the three most interesting things that she learned this weekend are as follows:

1. No matter what color the grape is, if you squeeze it the juice runs clear. The red color of wine comes from the skins.

2. Zinfandel is NOT white.

3. No matter how much time has passed, true friends can pick up where they left off and never miss a beat.

The weekend started out with a drive down to Paso from Salinas. We discussed many things including the people in that list over there on the left (ya’ll are so fun to read about) and listened to the music of our past. Friday night we went to dinner and ate WAY too much. For a girl that is not from Cali (me), it was nice to have someone else who actually EATS (Katie). The sushi was good, the teppan grill was even better and the Zinfandel was not white (much to Katie’s surprise).

Saturday we started our day with the world’s most beautiful mimosa. We came to the conclusion that everyone should have a morning drink to take the edge off the day. Try it for one week and see if we are correct in our assumption. I then took Katie wine tasting. I can honestly say I think she really enjoyed herself. For the sake of saving space and your time, I will cut to the end of the day when we finished our tasting tour at Tobin James where the third blonde works. So, now that we had the power of three back together we started…um…indulging ourselves in the miracle of wine. I am sorry to Johnny for torturing him with a couple of not so sober phone calls. But, we had a great time and danced to Justin Timberlake in the middle of a tasting room. A great time was had by all and for anyone who received a phone call, text message, or picture from us that night….you have been blessed by the Three Blondes and should feel lucky…hee hee hee. I am going to sign off because I think a wrestling match has begun between my husband and Katie regarding the Niners/Seahawks game. Thanks for letting me borrow my little Katiedid for a weekend. She is THE BEST!!!!