This Saturday was my birthday and the weekend fun had been planned by our twitter besties, Lars and David.
Friday evening T, Bear and myself went out for sushi.
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| mmmmm Sake |
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| Nigiri and Spider Roll |
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| Avocado Roll, Veggie Roll, Cucumber Roll, Corvallis Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll |
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On Saturday morning we headed to Portland to start the day. First
winery stop was Cathedral Ridge. Our blogger friend Beau runs the
tasting room and we stopped by to taste some great wines. We then proceeded to The Four Graces, Domaine Serene, Vista Hills and Lenne.
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| I love this. |
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| Chardonnay |
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| Cathedral Ridge wines that we tasted. |
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| Four Graces Pinot Noir |
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| Love the broccoli fuzzy balls. |
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| I love their label. |
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| Four Graces Tasting Room |
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| Vines (duh) |
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| Drive to Domaine Serene |
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| Very, very good Chardonnay, also very, very expensive. |
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| I must say so myself, this is a bloody great picture! |
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| Domaine Serene Tasting Room. |
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| Vista Hills Tasting Room |
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| I love creative wine labels. |
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| Vista Hills |
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| At this point I was hungry and beginning to giggle, hence this pic. |
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| Lenne Vineyards |
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| More lovely labels. |
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| Amen. |
Sunday morning we joined 14 other people for the monthly hashcapades. This time it was at Cafe Nell. So thrilled that Lars and David introduced us to this great event.
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| Cafe Nell |
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| Best Bloody Mary! |
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| Trout Hash with egg and hollandaise sauce. |
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| Omelet stuffed with Gruyere Cheese. |
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| Omelet stuffed with Granny Smith Apples and Gruyere cheese. |
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| Sausage and Sage Hash. |
To Lars and David, thank you for making my birthday so special. You guys rock mountains! (If you are on Twitter go follow these great people. Lars - @virtuallars Dave - @ZtypeAlpha)
To Bear, thank you for a great weekend and for spoiling me, I love you. (Hubs isn't on Twitter, but I know if he was you would follow him.)
