The girls and I have been planning a weekend to Temecula for several weeks now. We all turn 30 this year and since Mike and Jo's birthdays are close together we had to go big!
We found a fantastic Groupon online that included a one-night stay in a villa, brunch, wine tastings and a wine and cheese pairing. We scored a great deal!
I was sad and disappointed on Thursday afternoon when I realized I was not feeling well and probably wouldn't the next day. I slept almost the entire day and went to bed around 7 p.m. My throat felt awful and I had a fever and chills. It wasn't until around 5 a.m. when the fever broke and chills subsided. I did feel a tiny bit better, but my throat was still bad and I had awful nausea. Mike took Ellie to school for me and I had to skip Buggy's playdate. I tried my best to get the energy to pack and clean-up. I had to take a nap after gathering everything. There was no way I was going to miss the opportunity to hang with my favorite people and miss my Boo's birthday celebration!
We checked in early on Friday. As we waited for Jo and Aram to arrive, Jo called Mike to tell him our spa services had been canceled as a result of a power outage. As we investigated further, a hot air balloon had crashed into a power line causing all of the power to the villas and spa to turn off. They asked us if we wanted to reschedule our visit since we wouldn't have power or hot water...no fireplace, heater (the low for the night was in the 30's), nada. Lauren said, "We have sitters. We aren't going anywhere!" Agreed! Amen! We're staying!
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| Lunch at SCW compliments of SCW |
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| Let the wine sampling begin with none other than the Spumonte Diamante! |
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| Wine tasting! |
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| Our boys sampling a red |
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| The spa |
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| Our villa on the right |
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| There are vines in between every villa. Around 98% of the wine at SCW is from the grapes grown there. |
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| We celebrated Jo and Mike's birthday at Gourmet Italia. The food was delicious and company even better! |
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| The birthday kids! |
I was not feeling well at dinner. The nausea was strong and I had no appetite. Needless to say, I was ready to go back to the villas. Jo was also feeling tired and yucky since we had been drinking wine since 1 p.m. and indulged in some pretty rich foods.
We headed back to play Taboo and continue with the vino. After a little re-grouping, we met in the Murtys' villa only to be defeated by the boys and have security knock on the door to tell us we were being too loud. If only that were true. We were in our jammies playing Taboo...seriously? You should have seen the look on our faces when there was a knock our door. lol
Day 2: Since our spa services were canceled the day before, we decided to take the only appointments available for facials. We thoroughly enjoyed our time there and then headed to brunch with our boys.
Our Wine & Cheese Pairing was next! We all agreed it was the most fun AND best part of the trip!
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| Wine and Cheese Pairing with my Boo. Isn't he cute? |
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| He sampled some crazy cheeses. I'm a proud wifey! |
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| Sight, Swirl, Sip...I forget the rest. |
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| My girls |
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| The ridiculously cool and private sampling room. |
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| The best part of our trip was eating stinky cheese and drinking wine. I love these girls soooo much! |
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| Our favorite drink of the trip! |
After our last tastings, we drove back to our hometown of Fullerton to have one last celebration! This time, Kalea joined the grown-ups for a little teppan grill action. We landed at Chomps in Fullerton. It was the perfect ending to a most perfect trip!
