Here is the lovely hostess (in the middle) flanked by Stacy (left, another Nikon lover) and Sarah (right, with a haircut I may have to emulate).
Cassia made a delightful little tray of pumpkin muffins with a cinnamon sugar topping.
With a little encouragement I persuaded her to share the recipe, and will soon be sharing it with all you lovely people.
Cassia? If you were wondering why those muffins disappeared so quickly, well, I may have a confession to make. I simply ate them all, in a quick and quiet frenzy. Then I blamed it on the nearest partygoer.
Just kidding! But I did eat probably half of the cheese. My strategy was simple: position myself by the food with my camera and pretend to be taking a million artistic and well-composed shots. In between each shot, feed myself a delectable, creamy square of cheese. It’s not the first time my camera has allowed for successful subterfuge, and it won’t be the last.
The little bowls of cheese and the plate of salami had these adorable little labels.
Each guest had a wine glass assigned to them with his or her name written on a little circle of paper attached to the stem. It was brilliant–it saved me from losing my wine glass about 5 times.
In the dining room, the wine was laid out: 2 bottles each of 9 different kinds of wine; 4 red, 1 rosé, and 4 white. They were all hidden inside a brown paper bag with their identifying numbers.
The idea was that we would taste all the wines over the course of a couple hours, take notes on these adorable little tasting note cards, and guess from the master list which wine was which.
The person who correctly identified the most wines would win.
I’ll give you a hint: that person was not me.
Unfortunately, wine #9 ran out before I had a chance to taste it, so I shrugged my shoulders and randomly wrote in “Cuvet.” When the results came back in, it came to light that I had only guessed two wines correctly: #4, which was the Rosé (the, um, only Rosé), and #9. Two out of nine! Can you believe it? I think that means that I flunked wines.
What am I doing wrong??? And why can’t I be a wine conoisseur?
Well, at least I had a blast drinking all of them. Yes, I enjoyed every minute of the flunking experience and I slept like a baby that night, lemme tell ya.
Jess and Nate showed up.
I was very excited because I had yet to meet their now 2 month old baby, Desmond. He is the master of face-making.
Watching little Desmond’s parents interact with him was one of the highlights of my evening.
On a tangent, Cassia has mastered the art of smiling for the camera. Please notice the open eyes, the relaxed mouth, and the nonexistent wrinkle factor. I apparently was failing at my own tutorial on the ‘fake smile.’ Gragghrar, I hate it when I don’t follow my own rules!
The winner was announced at the end. And it was Jon.
What a little usurper. Eventually I’ll take my rightful victory back from him.
But first I need practice. A lot of practice.
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I'm laughing that you got only Rose right AND the one wine you didn't actually taste! That's awesome! I took a wine tasting class once and I remember zippo about it because--duh--I can't learn a thing when I'm drinking!
Love baby Des and how he looks surprised to be alive. :)
Looks like you had a great time - we do a wine tasting every Wednesday and it always fun to learn about wines...but a blind tasting, I may only get two right as well!
Yay! Fall wine tasting blog post! Thanks for the incredible pictures and making me sound like a super wine genius. :) Don't worry, there will continue to be seasons, so there will continue to be plenty of wine tasting practice in your future!
I would flunk wine-tasting too. It just tastes like wine to me! BTW, shut up about your smile. It is lovely. You would not have looked as pretty with a fake smile, even if you didn't have crinkles in the corners of your eyes. Your natural smile is gorgeous! Own it. :)
Thanks Veronica. I will hereby start being confident about my wrinkly smile!
Here! Here! and Amen to that!!
C'ni come next time??? Pleeeeeeeeeze????
Heck yes! Your presence will be REQUIRED. =)
I was just stalking your blog the other day! Your photog skills are awesome. I'm not sure about the verse in Timothy. If you look it up, please let me know!
Thanks Amanda! The verse I was thinking of was totally not Timothy . . . it was Eph. 2:10: "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
You aren't going to believe this, but I kept wondering where I knew that from...I have the verse of Ephesians 2:8-10 sitting right on top of my desk!
That looked like a great and fun wine tasting party! Pinot gris...mmm..and Viognier....both are my favourite whites.
aww, looks fun. i love wine tastings! :)
Hmmm, the wine tasting looked quite interesting, but it was the photos of BABY that caught MY eye..... You know you have the bug... evidence seeps forth here and there... Someday!!
HI! thanks for dropping by! your blog looks great, love an 'everything' blog! and just adore the baby's expression, simply too cute! :)
Thanks! Yeah, that baby is simply adorable . . .