Okay~! I promise this is the last trip for this summer…
I went to Napa with some girl friends today, we had a fun trip.
The first winery we visited was Trefethen.
(can I stay here forever please?)
It costs 10 dollar to do a tasting (4 kinds)…
I tried 2006 Dry Riesling, 2005 Chardonnay, 2006 S.I.N. Rosé of Pinot Noir, 2003 Merlot, and finally decided to get bottle of 2006 S.I.N. Rosé of Pinot Noir.
The grapes, they are super SWEET!
Robert Mondavi Winery was the next one since it is so famous.
I tried 2003 Pinot Noir, 2005 Chardonnay and 2005 Moscato d’oro. Moscato d’oro was suggested by the server since she sew we are all young girls and might be interested in somehow a sweeter wine, the result was, WE ALL LOVE IT! Each of us bought this wine in the end.
WE had our lunch at Rutherford Grill, kinda pricey BUT good food!
Grilled ostrich.WE had our lunch at Rutherford Grill, kinda pricey BUT good food!
Grilled ostrich.
Leg of Lamb.
Sashami Tuna Salad.
Oreo ice cream sandwich.
Because the girls (two of them were just visiting) wanted to see Snoopy museum, we didn’t have time to make anymore stop at Napa valley but just go straight to Santa Rosa after lunch.
The museum was getting closed in 20 minutes when we finally arrived there…
There was no point to buy a ticket to get in and seeing things in rush, we just hanged around the gift shop and take some pictures then head back home.
Trip to Napa and Santa Rosa
又臭又長但是我喜歡的生日 22 Birthday
好吧，我二十二歲了。
因為種種意外，所以我在台灣過了我的農曆生日，然後在舊金山過國曆生日。
農曆生日那天，吃了媽媽做的滷豬腳，爸爸還為我唱生日快樂歌。
其實之前在台灣過生日的印象都不怎麼好，因為通常是在放暑假，我一定待已經在家差不多一個多禮拜，也剛好是父母忍受我的生活習慣的臨界點。所以生日必定會吵架打罵，烏煙瘴氣，這樣很討人厭又很難為情的過生日方式，讓我寧願放棄。
去年的生日是和Judy過的，印象中那次Albert好像剛好出差吧，我們去吃了好吃的希臘菜，終於打破生日一定會一把鼻涕一把眼淚的魔咒。
今年的生日當然是很幸福啦，其實現在想起來眼眶還會溼溼的，總算是個平安吉祥的生日了。
我的班機就在生日隔天，那天早上爸爸為我做了早餐，是蛋包飯。沒錯，就是受了連續劇影響啦～哎呀一整個感動，雖然是生日隔天的事，但是我還是算在生日裡面。
回到舊金山後的第一個週末，又慶生了一次。首先是星期六晚上的晚餐，我加上Catrina和Lynn，去吃好吃的義大利餐廳，餐廳名字是fino，就在我家附近，good food good company，很完美。
隔天就是星期日，早上我們跑去看同性戀遊行順便被晒傷。之後應龍貓的約，去他家吃他特別為我們準備的豬腳麵線（好吃！）。我們帶了cheesecake factory的六吋cherry cheesecake，吃飽喝足才離開。
所以這樣算起來，我的生日大概維持了剛好一整個禮拜，又臭又長，但是我喜歡！
爌窯 clod kiln BBQ party
not so sure how to call it in English…Please correct me if I am wrong
So the first thing we do is get a bunch of wet clod then pile them up just like an mini igloo. After that, we burn a lot of wood in it to heat up the kiln. While we are waiting, it is the time to prepare the food. Usually we cook things such as chicken, sweet potato, corn, and eggs. We wrap the food with tinfoil, then apply few layers of wet newspaper and finally cover with mud. When the clod turn into red like bricks, it is about the time to put our food in. We open the top of kiln to put the food in the ash then we smash the kiln and cover it with soil to keep the innor tempture. Wait for about two hours, the food will be coooked and ready to eat.
this is a very popular out door activity in Taiwan, especially in contury side.
Dinner Date with Stephanie
紫醉金迷
