Tasting Life

Mr. Spice and I had an amazing trip down to Santa Ynez Wine Country. We went down to help some family friends pour their wine at the Santa Barbara Vintner's Festival, and for the Mister to make some job connections.

Since the purpose of the weekend was to support Mr. Spice, and not my blog, I reluctantly kept my camera in my purse all weekend. BUT I wish I could have captured Mr. Spice feeding the chickens or kicking ass at bocce ball.

Overall, I think between tasting an array of great wine, getting out in the country, and eating some amazing food (homemade tortillas anyone?), we did a good job at tasting and enjoying life.

After all the wine networking on Saturday, we got to trek down to Ventura and hang with my Brother, SIL, and my Niece and Nephew on Sunday afternoon. The trip was much too short, but I'll take every second I can get with those two little rascals.

I walked away super duper impressed with my Niece's Kindergarten class. Apparently every Monday, one of the Mom's brings in a fresh, organic veggie or fruit from the local farmer's market for the kids to try. They just ask each kid to take once bite of everything- if they don't like it they don't have to eat it. But at least they tried it. What an amazing concept. Her favorite thing so far that she's tried is purple carrots:

I don't think I've even tried purple carrots. I was/am beyond amazed with this program at her public school. With all of this talk about Jaime Oliver's Food Revolution, it makes me warm and fuzzy that my Niece is becoming such a smart little girl.

So, if an unknown piece of food were placed in front of you- would you taste it or take a pass?