Yup, I was bachelorette-in’ it this weekend! Bright and early Saturday morning, Shrek set off for a camping/shooting/boar hunting expedition with the boys. Left to my own devices, I got in a 3 mile run and trip to the gym; stocked up on fruit, cheese, meats, and greens at Trader Joes; and before I knew it Emily and Sarah were picking me up for wine tasting!

First up, we checked into a little boutique winery in Campbell called Travieso.

It was more than off the beaten path. Even with our eyes peeled, we had trouble finding it and I’m so disappointed it wasn’t worth the effort. I had high hopes when I found it on Yelp and even when I saw it in person that I’d stumbled upon a hidden gem (only 7 reviews on Yelp so far!), but it was not to be. It’s in a sad location in an older industrial area of Campbell and the wine didn’t blow my skirt up. $5 got us tastes of 3 wines. (Just for comparison, $5 will get you tastes of 16 wines at Guglielmo in Morgan Hill and I much prefer their wine — and location!) The guy pouring at Travieso was so nice and friendly and said we could have seconds of anything we tasted, but no one bit… which says a lot. The experience wasn’t a complete loss though. I absolutely adore the gorgeous, artsy wine bottle labels! Sarah found a birthday gift for her friend in the form of a cool bottle of vino with a cowboy label on it. (The guy pouring said if she didn’t like it to bring it back for a full refund since we couldn’t sample it beforehand.) We also had the entire tasting room to ourselves which was charming and almost necessary since it’s about the size of a large closet. However, I don’t see myself going back anytime soon.

Next we found ourselves back at Testarossa for Sarah to pick up her wine club shipment. I guess they release shipments every 1-2 months which is a lovely excuse to do a (free!) tasting  

Their wines are growing more and more on me with each visit and I look forward to going each time. Just a week ago I met Sonja and Susie at the winery for lunch and paid $10 for a tasting knowing full well I’d be back with Sarah within the week — that’s how great their wine is!

After purchasing a bottle to enjoy later, we headed over to Enoteca La Storia, my favorite South Bay wine bar. We parked ourselves at a table and made a leisurely late lunch of a bottle of vino, a Piccolo cheese and meats board and caprese salad.

Good food, good wine, good friends — couldn’t have asked for a better Saturday! Only it did get better — sushi at Mizu was on the agenda for dinner!

The girls dropped me off at home by 9 and I think I was asleep by something silly like 930… That’s earlier than I got to bed during the week! What a wild child, huh?

Sunday I had to work… My proposal I was working on when I accidentally flooded my laptop got picked up which means lots of overtime for me! Managed to take a little break in the afternoon to see sneak out and see The Help with a few girlfriends. It gets only one thumb up from me, but I think it’s because I read and LOVED the book so the bar is set especially high. I thought the movie moved particularly slowly and the acting was mediocre except for the actor who played Minny; she totally nailed her part and livened up the screen! Anyone else out there see the movie this weekend and agree or disagree with me?