Napa

Last weekend I went to Napa with my mom, my aunt, Wookie, and a few family friends. It was a fun day. Who knew there's a Bouchon Bakery here? I was so sad when I left New York that I hadn't gotten a chance to say goodbye to it, but it's here! I got a very delicious lemon poppy-seed danish with cream cheese icing and a raspberry macaron. The vegans ate bread with coffee and soy milk (sad).

Then we went to this place, I should have written down the name, but it had all these different olive oils and vinegars and jams and mustards, and anything you can think of really. We went around sampling all of them and came away with some superb spoils: heirloom tomato pasta sauce, lemon olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and this amazing spice blend.

It's basically a mixture of dried parsley, red pepper flakes, and dried garlic. When mixed with balsamic vinegar and olive oil it is the most delicious dipping sauce I've ever had. Plus the container is so cute (even if Wookie barks every time I take the two metal things on the sides off so I can open it).

Then we went to Frog's Leap Vineyard and drank wine while wandering their gardens. The "adults" stole a pretty significant amount of merchandise. "Give us Wookie's carrier," they instruct me. "Why?" I ask. "We need something to put the melons it! Come on!" Of course. The melons.