{LaraJade}

It's Friddaaaayyyyyy!!!!! Whew, what a week!

What's everyone up to this weekend?

I'm going to yet another wine festival tomorrow with a group of friends (guys and gals). Our goal is to live up to last years - we still look at the pictures and just D.I.E. laughing. We had so much fun. I have faith in us that we can do it again. I mean, really, all it takes is a few glasses of wine in the early morning hours to make for an interesting day :)

THEN, on Sunday, I'm going to this. DC ladies: I think you should join!

Have a good weekend folks.





P.S. Don't forget about the giveaway. It ends Sunday! Don't miss out...

Daria Werbowy in her dreamy apartment -- French Glamour September 2008

Photographed by Derek Kettela

A tad old, but I still love!

via cyanatrendland

Hope you all had a splendid weekend! Mine turned out to be a pretty good one. The weather was perfectly sunshiney for the wine festival. No slip sliding in the rain this year, but we still managed to leave the place covered in mud - up to our knees! The ground was wet from the night before, so after a few thousand people made their way through the park, it got pretty sticky.

My favorite moments:

• Chasing green chile wine with a lick of cheez whiz (think tequila shot/salt). It was surprisingly yummy.
• Getting my feet stuck in the mud over and over and over...
• Feeling pretttty tipsy by 11:30 a.m.
• Cute wine guy feeding us girls some tasty dark chocolate with our wine from Lake Anna.
• Quickly chugging a bottle of cold red, so that we wouldn't miss the bus (or miss out on our last bit of wine!)

What a day. It didn't stop there though. After cleaning up a bit, I met up with some old friends and ended up out till the wee hours of the morning. Needless to say, I pretty much slept my way through Sunday. :)


Have a good day all!

{image by curlytops}

"We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”

-Eduardo Galeano

I don't know what it is about long holiday weekends that make your shortened work week seem sooooo damn lonnnnggggg.

But anyways Friday is FINALLY here, which means tomorrow is glorious Saturday, which means sundresses, good friends, a beautiful open field and the best wine festival on the planet (or in Northern Virginia anyway). Ugh, I can't wait.

Last year, we drank and laughed the whole day long. And even when the rain started pouring, the wine kept flowing. We left with bottles of wine in hand, soaking wet, covered in mud, still laughing.

... I'm kind of praying for rain tomorrow.


Have a great weekend everybody!

Wine festival season is almost upon us, and that means I'm on the hunt for a cute tote to carry all the goods (i.e. water, cheese, crackers, poncho for the spontaneous monsoon, camera, etc.)

I love these canvas bags from one language. So cute.



Too bad I don't want to spend a million dollars on something that will probably end up covered in red wine! But... I'm sure I could find use for one of these little guys :)

Have a good holiday weekend all - hope you have some fun things planned. I'm camping here with a group of friends starting tomorrow. I can't wait. After a stressful couple of weeks months, I could really use the middle of nowhere. Be back next week!

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