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!

Brunch at Cafe de Pamela - June 1, 2018

Pam was our hostess for our June WWW event. There were eight ladies who were able to enjoy Pamela delicious brunch. A lovely afternoon with good food and friends.

Pamela's delicious spread!

LtoR - Debbie, Christy, Pam, Carole and Connie

LtoR - Debbie, Pam, Carole, Connie and Daryl

LtoR - Connie, Carole, Christy, Pam and Debbie

Cocktail and Appetizer Pairing - May 4, 2018

Ruth hosted a team challenge for our May 4th Cocktails and Appetizers pairing. Teams were chosen at random with choice of cocktail and appetizer left up to individual teams.

• Team #1 - Vicky & Daryl
• Team #2 - Susie & Kelly
• Team #3 - Pam & Christy
• Team #4 -  Ruth & Cathy
• Team #5 - Carole & Debbie
• Team #6 - Judy & Connie

Laying out the food for our tasting event!

Team
Team #4 -  Ruth & Cathy
An homage to Cinco de Mayo
Fruit Sangria paired with shrimp ceviche and chips

LtoR - Ruth and Cathy
Delicious drink and appy ladies!

Team #2 - Susie & Kelly
It's also time for the Kentucky Derby
Mint Juleps and mini Hot Browns
Good thing those mint juleps were small!

LtoR - Kelly and Susie
"They say that you may always know the grave of a Virginian as, from the quantity of
julep he has drunk, mint invariably springs up where he has been buried."
~ Frederick Marryat, 1839 ~

Team #6 - Judy & Connie
Prosecco served in gold rimmed glasses paired with
Guave and Cheese bites with a drizzle of honey and a savory cracker combo

LtoR - Judy and Connie
Winning combination!

LtoR - Pam and Christy
Team #3 - Pam & Christy
Where is the cocktail?
It's combined in the dessert!

LtoR - Pam and Christy
Christy has lots of practice as a food demonstrator at Costco
See how practiced she looks?

LtoR - Daryl and Vicky
Team #1 - Vicky & Daryl
Kalimotxo (red wine and cola) cocktail served with white chocolate dipped strawberries
Rumor has it there was plenty of taste tests the week prior to the event!

Carole and Debbie (not pictured)
Carole flew (aka drove really fast) in from San Diego just in time for the event - what dedication!

Blackberry Merlot served with blackberry tartlettes
Delish!

LtoR - Christy and Kelly waiting on some more cocktails?

Kelly is all smiles!
This might have been AFTER all the cocktail tasting!

The winners!
LtoR - Susie, Kelly, Connie and Cathy
Well done ladies!

Pimp My Wine Bottle - April 6, 2018

If I Ever Go Missing, I Would
Like My Photo On Wine Bottles.
That Way My WWW Girlfriends
Will Know To Look For Me!

Christy hosted our April gathering at her house. In preparation for our event, she asked everyone to drop off a wine bottle for slumping. Some chose normal sized wine bottles but there were a few over-achievers in the group!

Lunch is served!

Ten ladies were able to attend for a fabulous Mexican Salad in an edible bowl with chips, salsa and guacamole. Ladies could choose flavored Margaritas or wine to imbibe. After the hard work of crafting our wine bottles Christy served a delicious chocolate layered cake with chocolate dipped strawberries. Yum!

 Christy is the hostess with the mostess - cutting our her own wine themed chips!
Take THAT Martha Stewart!

LtoR - Vicky, Judy, Christy, Pam and Carole

Judy with TWO margaritas! Doesn't look like she plans to share!

LtoR - Carole, Cathy, Ruth, Christy, Daryl, Kelly, Vicky, Judy and Pam
Is Ruth collecting her own souvenir?
Better check her purse at the door!
Wait! Where's Connie?!

LtoR - Carole, Cathy, Ruth, Christy, Daryl, Kelly, Vicky, Judy and Pam
Make sure to get our good sides Ron (Vicky's hubby & occasional photographer)!

After our scrumptious lunch we retired to Christy's patio and got busy. Christy supplied tools, wire, beads in addition to wine charms that we also decorate to take home.

LtoR - Connie, Kelly, Christy, Ruth and Pam
Hard at decorating those bottles!

The finished bottles
They all turned out so pretty!

Vicky is the Queen of swirls and curls on her bottle!
We all wanted hers!

After our hard work we enjoyed a chocolate layer cake with strawberries.

Thank you for a fun afternoon Christy!