a quick second I thought I was dreaming still, not only were last
night's dreams ridiculous, but Randall never suggests outdoor events
when there are new video games to be played. I think he knew that I
might put him to work on the backyard, so decide to preempt my
suggestion. Even so, it was nice to get outside.
So we called up samshrew and chris (we had super tentative plans to
hang out with them anyway) and decided to head up to sonoma. I got
some dogfriendly suggestions from Molly and off we went. But before we
made it across the golden gate, we realized it was lunchtime. So we
pulled over in Sausalito and us some delicious Fish. Sam and chris had
never been, so it was a tasty treat. The trout blt was more like omg.
Seriously one of the best sandwiches I'd eaten in quite some time. In
fact I want another right now.
Once we had our fill, we headed north to armida, it was super lovely,
but oh so crowded. Randall and I started a tasting but it was taking
forever to get the next glass so we left and headed to arista (another
Molly suggestion). This one was fantastic. We bought a bottle of the
gerwutz, and found a nice picnic table spot in the shade (their
grounds were really pretty). The folks were also super friendly when
sushidog got away from samshrew and bolted through the tasting room
looking for chris. So bonus points for them.
After we killed the bottle, we realized it was already 4:30, so we
headed to matrix (we passed it on the way and there wouldn't have been
enough time together anywhere else). I was glad we did. Their matrix
zin was nice and peppery, as chris put it, perfect for a steak. Plus
once the crowd died down a bit, they polled the room to see if
everyone would be okay with having a dog inside. There were no
objections so sushi pup got to join us too.
Finally, before we headed home we stopped into town for a coffee.
Somehow, I ended up with ice cream instead. It just seemed to round
out the experience.
Ps. Once we dropped s&c&sd off, we actually made a quick stop at giant
robot. The current trees group exhibition has a lot of cool things in
it. Sadly the ones I wanted were either too expensive, or already
bought. But great to see regardless.
