I had a houseguest visiting this week, my friend John from Wenatchee. With all the running around we did exploring Woodinville during his time here, and trying to work a bit at night while my boyfriend entertained our guest, doing extra laundry and cleaning to be a good hostess.. I was tired out and not in the mood to cook! ...
My friend Wendy and I were planning to go listen to live music and drink wine at The Woodhouse Estates on a recent Girls Night. Wendy hadn’t been to Woodinville Cut Shop yet and I wanted her to check it out. We arrived to find their doors flung wide to let in sunlight and fresh air – I love that! ...
I was so delighted that my friend Rebecca could join me for more wine tasting on a recent Saturday. We were glad to be able to get a table for two at the much-buzzed-about new restaurant in Woodinville, Heritage Restaurant + Bar. We admired the beautiful space and were grateful the restaurant was quiet enough (though fairly busy with other ...
This is the face of a man who would really, really appreciate a beer right about now! Alas for my poor boyfriend Bob, he had kindly agreed to be my driver on a recent Saturday. I’ve been wanting to check out more of the Woodinville Warehouse District tasting rooms. Most of them are only open on weekends, and limited hours ...
On a recent warm evening, my friend Wendy and I were returning from a nice night of listening to music at Woodhouse Wine Estates. It was miraculously warm enough to have our car windows down and sunroof open. We passed by the most magical looking restaurant, decorated with just the right amount of festive clear lighting. I’ve never been to ...
I was delighted that my busy friend Joanna could join me for lunch and some wine tasting! She’s a busy flight attendant and a fellow member of Eastside Social Club. It’s hard for our schedules to synch up, so I jumped at the chance to spend some time with this really fun lady! I had plans for the two tasting ...
If you are like me, you find it increasingly tough to juggle the demands of work, family and life and probably can’t name the last time you enjoyed a weekend away with your friends. I recently decided it was time to just go for it, so I called Zoe and Tonja and we organized a girls trip to go ...
My boyfriend spent Sunday laboring away to build and plant our vegetable garden. I’d also dragged him to two wine tasting events (he goes along patiently, but is a beer guy!) I thought Bob deserved a good hot dinner and some beer, and I instinctively guessed he’d enjoy the ambience of the brand new Woodinville Cut Shop. This restaurant had ...
The other day I was out exploring Woodinville’s Artisan Hill wine tasting warehouse district and stumbled across The PicNic Table. It’s a Mediterranean style cafe tucked into a strip mall near several wine tasting rooms. I’ve been curious about it for quite a long time but never really set off on a quest to find it, so I was glad to ...
Recently, my friend Valerie and I were able to agree on a day to go to lunch and wine tasting in Woodinville. It’s nice to be able to fit a Ladies Lunch into the middle of a workweek! Not to mention a wine-soaked afternoon, grin. Neither one of us had been to Barking Frog in quite a while, so we ...