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WW – Can You Read It?

November 12, 2008 by Elaine

Seen on the highway during my trip to California. Click to enlarge and have a little laugh! {tee hee} More WW as 5 Minutes for Mom!

Filed Under: fun stuff, Napa, Wordless Wednesday

Napa/San Jose Trip Part 3

October 31, 2008 by Elaine

Ok kids, I am going to try to keep this as short and sweet as possible. TRY being the key word here… In San Jose we stayed at the very swanky Hotel Valencia in the area of Santana Row. It’s a really cool area of San Jose with tons of shopping and a pretty happenin’…

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Filed Under: Friends, Napa, Photography, vacation

Napa/San Jose Trip Part 2

October 30, 2008 by Elaine

On day two we woke up to a day full of aniticipation and I for one was most excited to find out what more all these grapes I’d seen the day before could do for my palette. Our first stop for the day was the Robert Mondavi wine tour which began promptly at 10 a.m….

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Filed Under: Friends, Napa, Photography, vacation

Napa/San Jose Trip Part 1

October 29, 2008 by Elaine

Ok, so are y’all ready to actually “hear” about the trip? You are? Alright, alright! After we got our baggage (please know that it’s important to note here that I arrived with the smallest suitcase of the 4 women – this will be an interesting detail later…) it was time to eat. Obviously we were…

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Filed Under: Friends, Napa, Photography, vacation

Where Do I Start?

October 28, 2008 by Elaine

So I thought I would blog about the trip to Cali in chronological order (day 1, day 2, day 3…) and then I thought, no, I’ll post about certain aspects of the trip categorically (the food {oh my gosh THE FOOD!}, the wine {oh my golly THE WINE!}, the accomodations {yeah, also pretty awesome!}, the…

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Filed Under: Napa, Photography, vacation

Wine, Wine, Wine

October 17, 2008 by Elaine

Exactly a week from now I will be in Napa, California with three of my gal pals hopefully enjoying a nice glass of California red. (Hey, it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere right?) It will be my first trip to that part of the country as an adult of wine- drinking age. Can you say “Rock…

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Filed Under: Little G, Napa, vacation

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Miss Elaine-ous Me

Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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