Christmas Dinner with Donna Nordin - December 7, 2018

Ah, Christmas! It’s the most wine-derful time of the year.

Debbie arranged for a chef-cooked meal at her holiday house for our December Women Who Wine event. Donna Nordin cooked, demonstrated and served a holiday meal for us. It consisted of puff pastry canapé with mushrooms, sage-buttermilk brined turkey breast, spinach spoon bread, baked blueberry pudding/lemon sauce and wine, always wine. For more on Donna, see donnanordincooks.com.

Ten ladies of the vine attended this event. We learned some new tips and tricks...who knew you could poach turkey?..and thoroughly enjoyed the delicious meal at the end. Thank you Debbie!

Our Chef, Donna Nordin, and her husband/assistant

LtoR - Cathy, Ruth and Judy
Cathy just might be Santa's favorite helper!

LtoR - Susie and Debbie

LtoR - Pam, Kelly, Connie and Christy
Have you ever seen such concentration from these four?!

Donne Nordin and her famous lighted hand mixer.
Found it listed on Amazon for only $1,000 so rare this must be!

Debbie's lovely table setting.

Daryl by the Christmas tree

Q: What if you eat Christmas decorations?

A: You get tinsel-itus!

Our dinner is served!

Can you eat just a little bit? So delicious!

Q: What did Adam say the day before Christmas? 

A: It's Christmas, Eve!

We all know what happened with those two!

Afternoon Delight in Tuscany (aka Tubac) - November 2, 2018

Connie introduced us to the "Art of Appetizers" for a Women Who Wine lunch. November 2nd brought beautiful weather for our soirée - mid-70's, a gentle breeze and no rain. Twelve ladies of the vine and special guest Sharyn made up the guest list. Connie pre-selected our appetizers so our biggest decision of the day was which wine to drink. That does make the afternoon go easy!

As luck would have it, November 2nd was also the date of the Tubac Arts Festival so several ladies were able to get a little shopping done before joining the rest of us for lunch!

Our view from the patio at Stables.

LtoR - Christy, Susie, Judy, Carole, Vicky, Cathy, Sharyn

LtoR - Cathy, Sharyn, Pam, Kelly, Ruth, Connie, Debbie, Christy and Susie

LtoR - Pam, Kelly, Daryl, Ruth and Connie

Kelly shows off one of the appetizer platters

Kelly and her Betty Davis eyes!

Ruth is ready to enjoy!

Thank you Stables for a lovely afternoon!

Tuscany has nothing over Tubac.

HORZ DOUVERS

How 'bout them horz douvers
Ain't they neat?
Little piece uh cheese,
Little piece uh meat.

~ Mason Williams ~

Put Your Best Foot Forward! October 5, 2018

Our feet couldn't be happier!

Judy hosted the Women Who Wine for a lovely fall luncheon and foot spa event on Friday, October 5, 2018. Eight ladies were able to enjoy Judy's lovely Chicken Caesar Salad and choice of soup followed by a choice of dessert - chocolate brownie or pumpkin.

We all squeezed around Judy's Dining table for lunch. No tidbit of chat was missed by any of us! After lunch and, of course, wine, Judy treated us to a foot spa. Each of us had our own tub to soak with epsom salts. After soaking, Judy provided a delightful sugar scrub, followed by an equally fragrant body butter. Our feet have never felt so soft nor smelled so delicious! Where are the foot fetishists when you need them?!

LtoR - Cathy, Connie, Christy, Daryl, Carole, Kelly

Cathy and our lovely host, Judy at the kitchen table

Two brunettes! Christ and Connie share a smile

Blondes have more fun - Kelly and Carole!

Still more blondes! Daryl and Ruth!

At the Dining Table - Ruth and Cathy behind Judy's lovely centerpiece

Soak those toes Cathy!

Daryl is crazy about soaking her feet!

On yeah baby!

Apple Annie's - September 7, 2018

On Friday, September 7, Kelly shepherded seven Women Who Wine to Apple Annie's located in Willcox, Arizona. Our first stop was Apple Annie's Country Store where we had a delicious lunch and, unfortunately for some, could not resist getting a pie or two to take home!

Apple Pie here we come!

LtoR - Pam, Connie, Vicky, Kelly, Connie and Susie. We're ready for lunch!

After lunch we headed to Apple Annie's U-pick Orchard. While we didn't pick any fruit, we did pick up pies that Apple Annie's was holding for us as well as play in Edith Ann's favorite chair!

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LtoR - Kelly, Pam, Vicky, Ruth, Daryl and Connie

LtoR - Kelly, Pam, Vicky, Ruth, Susie and Connie

Single serving pie, right?

Our third stop was Apple Annie's Produce & Pumpkins. We initially couldn't find any of the produce until the staff pointed out the cooler! Oh yeah, we live in Arizona! We made some veggie purchases and off we toddled back home!

Aloe You Vera Much! August 3, 2018

 Cathy has the succulent gardening bug and we were lucky enough to have her as our hostess for the August 3, 2018 WWW event. There were nine women who enjoyed an afternoon enjoying a fabulous lunch followed by making terrariums with plants and decorative items Cathy provided.

Cathy magically turned Papa Murphy's pizza into stromboli! What a treat!

Ruth expertly creates her terrarium while Cathy photographs Susie's clever creation in the background.

Love Susie's little troll garden! A little cheating was involved here since she made hers at home with a friend and then brought to the WWW event for show and tell.

LtoR - Debbie, Connie and Pam
Connie is mighty pleased with herself!

LtoR - Connie, Daryl and Debbie
Listen up girls! Connie has the floor!

We love your terrarium Pam!

Debbie shows off her beautiful creation!

LtoR - Daryl, Debbie, Cathy, Ruth, Vicky, Pam, Christy and Susie
So many lovely ladies and terrariums!

Daryl's creation with live plants at the WWW event

Daryl's faux creation after drowning the original "garden"!

Let's Flamin-GO Swimming! July 6, 2018

Survival tip for a blazin' hot July in Arizona - pool part at Carole's house! Carole was our hostess with the mostess for our WWW July event. Good thing too, we all needed a cool dip in the pool along with drinks and fabulous food! Carole hosted six of our ladies at her house for a relaxing and refreshing pool party. Flamingos were the theme for the day!

Delicious treats for us to eat!

Baked brie to die for! 

LtoR - Judy and Cathy

LtoR - Daryl and Debbie

Judy (L) and Carole (R) with their flamingo floaties!

LtoR - Bathing Beauty Vicky, Susie, Pam (with her back to the camera), Judy, Carole and Debbie's gorgeous gams!