03-14-10 Sunday Funday

Today we went to brunch at Spadra, our favorite brunch place, with a large, revolving group of friends. We used to go to Spadra a lot. Almost every week. But we haven't been in quite some time now and sadly,it's closing at the end of this month. So, we're trying to go as much as possible before it closes forever. :(

Also, I wanted to let my friend Julie hear the engagement story and see the ring and all that and so I figured going to brunch would be nice. And it was. Good food, good people all in a relaxing atmosphere.



Also in attendance were Scott and Liz who had video taped the whole "proposal show" on Friday at Improv Shmimprov, and who are also good friends of ours.

Also there but not pictured were Dean, Alex, Bert, Mark and Karen and baby Henry. :) It was a really nice time!

Then I went home to rest since I was still coughing quite a bit. I still didn't feel great. It was such a weird weekend of being so excited and happy and also being totally sick and miserable at times. Clearly the excited and happy won out, but the sickness put up a good fight.

Curtis had to go to work after brunch and so, I had time to just relax and rest. Then we had an engagement dinner to go to at his parents house. His parents and sister and brother in law had made a lovely dinner and had decorated the house with little love and engagement things like hearts and wedding bells! They also gave us "Congrats on your engagement" cards which were also lovely.



We talked of guest lists and possible venues and things like that.

Then it was home to snuggle with Frankie and enjoy some wine I had brought back from Australia for Curtis. It was a really good wine and I had loved it when I tasted it at the winery, but I didn't buy it just then because it was the first winery we had gone to. Well, in the end I wished I had bought it so I went back another day but got off the bus a town too early and ended up walking about 6 miles through the south Australian wine region of McClaren Vale and then serendipidously meeting a teacher from the area who offered to drive me the rest of the way to the winery while trying to find the bumber for a taxi at a grocery store. It was quite the adventurous day and I made great friends with the guy who does the tastings at the Woodstock Winery and I bought not one but two bottles of wine to take back for Curtis. A 1999 and a 2006. Last night we opened the 1999. It was delicious. I felt like our engagement was as good a time as any to finally open our "very special" bottle. :) And that is what today's picture is of!
The picture below is of me tasting that magical wine for the first time at the winery.

And these photos are of the long, beautiful yet desolate road I walked on to get the bottle of wine and then me with the wine tasting room manager, when I finally got there! Ahhh... good times! :)