Saturday April 4, 2009

Wild Women of Wine Country "Homestyle Cooking Classes"

South Coast Vineyards

Toni, Kristi and Vennessa went up to Temecula to support Michelle's Place, a Breat Cancer Organization. We learned how to cook by three of the main females at the vineyard. Owner - Maggie Carter, General Manager - Frances Packham and Director of Marketing - Crystal Magon. They treated us to reciepes from the home towns. The menu is below along with the wines they were paired with.

ROUND ONE

2007 South Coast Riesling

Fritters

Texas Trash Party Mix

Mashed Potato Doughnuts

ROUND TWO

2007 South Coast Sauvignon Blanc

South Coast Big Red Table Wine

Grandma's Cornbread

Collard and Turnip Greens

Split Pea and Ham Soup

Chicken and Rice

Roadkill Meatloaf

ROUND THREE

Black Jack Port

Whoopie Pies

Blackberry Cobbler and Ice Cream

Maggie's Brownies

Friday March 28, 2009

Floral Design...

At least we tried.. Luigi did most of the work for us, but we did get some good tips. It was at Toni's Condo only Toni, Vennessa and Kristi were able to attend but what a blast. We all had different vases but as you can see below they turned out really neat. We also learned that you can use things like grasses and Dusty Miller (the silver plant) that we would have never thought to use.

Vennessa, Toni and Luigi

Vennessa's Arrangement

Toni's Arrangement

Kristi's Arrangement

February 2009

Our first offical Ladies Night of 2009. Drinks and Appetizers at Seau's in Mission Valley and then off to the movies. We went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic. We all found areas that reminded us of ourselves. A very nice time to get familiar with each other again and see how everyones Holidays treated them.

January 2009

Well since half the Ladies were wandering aroung South Africa for almost half of the month we couldn't plan anything for the month. We were all still recovering from the Holidays as well. Can't wait for February though.