T's Bachelorette Part-ay! Wait, no a classy wine tasting day to celebrate T!

For those of you who didn't know...my beautiful sister T is soon to be married and we had a fabulous time this weekend celebrating her upcoming nuptuals.  For those of you who were there, you might have to put a note in the comment section if I missed a detail or quoted incorrectly later...And as we agreed to with the ladies there, all names will be left out to protect the innocent.

It all began approximately six weeks ago, when a few of T's bridesmaids and I asked her what she wanted to do for her bachelorette party.  Being a modest lady like she is, at first she didn't want anyone to take the time and make the effort for her.  Once we convinced her she is WORTH the effort and coordination, she agreed to having a special day in her honor.  A few ideas were tossed around, and we finally settled on a wine tasting tour via limo.

Now fast forward six weeks ahead.  The big day had arrived.  We had everyone set to arrive on time (except me, because unfortunately I am always late), the limo was set on schedule for pick up, T and her gals had their celebration-wear on...T had a hot pink bachelorette crown ready to top off her already fantastic, outfit and she was wearing even more amazing shoes!! Side note: I wish we still had the same size feet, I would be trying to borrow those babies.  They were black, strappy, and had about a 5 inch stiletto heel.  She was a rockstar and wore them the entire day too!  No flip flops to change into half way through the day for this bachelorette!  Nope, she made me proud!

The chatter in the room while waiting for the limo was happy and everyone was giving and receiving hugs. T is truly surrounded by a wonderful group of friends, that have been there with her throughout the years.   She has many fond memories of them all, and considers them sisters.   I feel lucky to have been part of her special day and to meet everyone that was able to make it.   Everyone was great, and our home town raises some amazing ladies! 

Our first fun detail was that we were driven around in style and by a limo driver named Eddie.  Who I might mention, he was all of about 5 feet tall and full of spunk.  But we will get back to the spunk part later.  One of the ladies lovingly of course, mentioned that we had our own little "Nugget" to chauffeur us around.  (Note: Nugget is a name used on the late night show Chelsea Handler)  Eddie pulled up in a black, stretch Hummer limo.  Elite Limosuine pulled out all the shots and wowed us with their car and service!  (And no, we are not getting paid to mention them in this blog. But we should be. No, seriously, just kidding)

We all climbed into the limo on time, after a group photo and some excitement in the air!  We headed onto our first stop, which was a scheduled tasting at Beringer Winery.  The energy in the air, the laughs, and the happy voices were a great indicator our day was going to rock.  Ok, ok and maybe some mimosas too!  We made it just a few minutes late to our first scheduled tasting, but we pulled up, and were ready to celebrate!

Our group was seperated into several tables of 6 per table, which I think was a blessing in disguise.  It made some of us branch out and sit next to another person that we might not have, if we were all at one big table.  It made us mingle more, and learn more about the other gals that were on this trip.  Oh, and I might mention that T made a rule in the limo that at each stop, when you got back into the car, you could NOT sit next to the same person.  Mix it up gals, get out of your comfort zone a bit? 

I heard conversations at this point, of how people met T.  How many children each lady had, or if they had children.  How long people have been married.  Have you been wine tasting before?  It was a great flow of conversation all around and you could tell there were definitely going to be some new friendships at the end of the day!

From there, we made it to our next scheduled tasting, and had lunch at at picnic area.  While at the second location, T loaned her I-phone charger to a random stranger, because she is cool like that...and this guy would not leave our group alone.  It started out with him offering to take our group photo..and all the while, he took this as an invitation to ask what types of things each lady liked to do when they were "alone" with their husbands/boyfriends etc.  This dude had to go.  He wanted to know all of the details, what colors of "toys" people used, do you like this or that?   Annoying to say the least.  I mean, I know, how can you resist this beautiful group of women really?  But this dude was going too far!  And his wife/girlfriend was in the same tasting room!   So we finally exited the tasting room to enjoy a beautiful picnic lunch that several of T's guests had put together.



I will note that througout the day, I would sneak a peek at T and she was glowing. She looked radiant and was really enjoying her day. I loved seeing her so happy!

After having our second scheduled tasting for the day, we were free to stop wherever T wanted to go for the rest of the day.  We stopped at a winery that served "Bubbles" or champagne.  We pulled up, and all of us piled out onto the beautifully landscaped, lush grounds and waited to go inside.  The key word was waited.  There was one little, ahem, problem.  This location actually had a security guard, he looked more like a bouncer, which I thought was weird for such a classy place..blocking the entrance.  Some of our gals were blinded by his stature, and looks.  After all, women do love a man in uniform right?  He was dressed in all black, probably stood over 6 feet tall and he had a head piece/radio on to contact the inside of the winery with details of groups entering etc.  Well, apparently on this day, they were not accepting groups larger than 9.  If your group was larger than 9, then they only availability there was for you was a ridiculously priced tasting.  We were frustrated. 

Now here is the comical part.  Our little "nugget" of a limo driver, Eddie, got out and went to bat for us!  He actually got into a heated discussion with this security guard, who stood about a foot taller than him mind you.  This resulted in our group just deciding to be mature about it and move on. But we were impressed that Eddie was ready to kick some bootie, or rather kick some knees for us to go in. 

Everyone was still in great spirits, and we loaded up to the next location.  This was Mario Andretti's winery.  One of my favorite things I saw all day was here, a t-shirt that said, " If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."  Maybe that's why I have a history of so many speeding tickets?  I should've been a race car driver?  Just a thought...Anyway, there was an art show going on, and an artist was displaying his designs for sale.  The Andretti winery was very accomodating, beautiful and comfortable.  T's group ultimately ended up outside sitting all together at a large, round, table sharing their wine and a view up close and personal of the vineyard.  We had two personal "pourers" who would come out to our table from time to time and refill our glasses with the next wine.

The conversations at this table were hilarious and notably one of the other highlights of this day!  It ranged from T's wedding day, to scenes from one particular popular book called "50 Shades of Grey" to "techniques".  I am not the one who will say what kind of "techniques", but I am sure your imagination can fill in the gaps!  Some of us had read the book "50 Shades of Grey" and others had not. But I am pretty sure after hearing about it, those of us that have not read the book, are going to!

One last detail I will share with you is a sweet memory from the limo ride.  (In saying sweet, I mean "fun", not sweet like candy.)  We blasted all different tunes while driving from location to location. Selections ranged from 80's to rock, to everything in between.  But only one song had every single lady singing and dancing in their seats with a smile on their face.  Everyone knew the words to this anthem, it was classic Madonna!  "Like a V*rg*n". 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__rX_WL100


It made me happy to know that T is surrounded by such a great sisterhood of so many ladies that love her!  There is something to be said about friendships, going through thick and thin, enjoying the good times as well as being there for each other in the bad times.  She is truly worth every ounce of coordination it took to make this day happen and then some!  I hope that she never doubts in her heart of hearts how much she is cared for, and carries the memories of the bachelorette party with her from years to come! 

Oh, and lets not forget the fun we are going to have in just a few short weeks at T's wedding to her groom "S".  Let the good times & memories roll!  Stay tuned...

Embrace Your Sparkle,

B




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