weekend update

We all know that birthdays usually come with lots of delicious sweets and drinks, and this weekend was no exception. Though my birthday was on Saturday, the celebrations were on Friday because of a conflict I had on Saturday night with an ASB retreat. A group of us made the trek to Jefferson Vineyards, and afterwards we had a yummy dinner at Mono Loco, complete with happy hour priced margaritas!

An assortment of cupcakes from Capellino's Crazy Cakes. I'm not sure why cupcakes are such a craze now, but I like it. You can get all the flavor of a cake, but in one serving size. In this case, we cut them into quarters so everyone could sample. My favorite was the chocolate, of course, but the pumpkin spice (top right) was a close second.

Some of the wine selection at Jefferson Vineyards. The Viognier was my favorite of the white wines we tasted, though I ended up buying a red wine called Petit Verdot. According to the sommelier (I guess that was his title) the wine has hints of honeysuckle and apricot, which we could definitely taste when we tried it. It was very aromatic and fruity (clearly I'm not well-versed in wine language) while not being too sweet. Also, he told as that they figured out that women will choose wine in a blue bottle over a black or green one, so they started bottling another of their popular white wines in blue, pictured on the bottom shelves.

A passion fruit margarita at Mono Loco. Basically, it tasted like Juicy Juice. In a good way, of course.