Women Who Wine

Friday, May 3, 2019

Merry Merry Month of Craft Day in May 2019

Cathy invited the Women Who Wine group to her home to try our hand at paint pouring. There were 8 women who were able to attend the painting party. Using an Acrylic Flow Painting Open Cup Pour & Drag method, we painted an 8 x 8 inch hexagon clay tile. We each got to choose a minimum of three colors and five or six, max. The tiles require a few days to dry, and then Cathy gave them three coats of polyurethane for protection.

Before the painting began, there was plenty of food to enjoy and wine, sweet wine, to get the creative juices flowing!

LtoR - Ruth, and Cathy

LtoR - Connie, Christy, Pam, and Carole

LtoR - Pam, Carole, and Susie

Cathy begins her demonstration

Cathy begins the pour

Spread the paint a bit

Finished tile!

We have our paint and ready to start pouring!

Ready, set, go!

LtoR - Debbie and Carole confer!

LtoR - Kelly, Christy, Connie and Cathy

Secret Agent Ruth and her classified tile

Kelly's tile

Pam's tile

Susie's tile

Carole's tile

Debbie's tile

Christy's tile

Daryl's tile

Connie's tile. Looks like the olives from a dirty martini!

Friday, April 5, 2019

War of the Rosés and Poetry Battle - April 5, 2019

Daryl hosted our April 2019 event War of the Rosés and Poetry Battle on Friday, April 5, 1-3 PM.

This is a two-person team event featuring Rosé wines paired with an appetizer of your choice. Your entry must be accompanied by a poem related to your appetizer. Your choice as to bawdy, romantic, dramatic or silly. Just remember you will read it out loud to the group as you present your wine tasting and appetizer for our amusement and pleasure.

Teams were picked at random and each selected a Rosé of their choice to pair with an appetizer and poem. Our teams!

Pam & Carole - Gerard Bertrand Cote des roses 2017 / France
Connie & Kelly - Mumm Napa Brut Rosé
Cathy & Debbie - Rue de Perle Vin Rosé 2016 / France
Vicky & Ruth - Rosegraphie Cotes de Provence Rosé / France
Daryl & Susie - Meiomi Rosé 2017 - Sonoma

Team Cathy and Debbie submitted their poem fashioned after a familiar Christmas poem.

‘Twas the Night Before Wine

‘Twas the night before Daryl’s,

And all through the fridge,

Was a package of dough,

It was only a smidge.

What “Shall-ots” make

with this smidgen of dough?

It is “Thyme” to use it,

or away it must go.

“Corn” we stuff it with ease?

Oh, please, Debbie, please!

With vegetables, too,

Zucchini? Don’t tease!

One final touch -

it’s not asking too much -

The cheese from a goat

Will surely not bloat

When I saw on the stove

The oil all abubble,

We better start cooking

Before we have trouble

Now oil, now shallot,

now corn, and now thyme,

On salt and on pepper

let’s finish this rhyme.

When all’s said and done,

With Galette in our hands

To Daryl’s we run

And Rose’. Oh, it’s GRAND!

Team Kelly and Connie paired potato chips and wine, extolling the virtues of potato chips in the following poem!

Potato Chips, Potato Chips

Potato chips, Potato chips

I know you'll add to my hips

Salty, greasy, delicious starch

Soon my tongue you'll surely parch.

I could have healthy crunchy carrots

That would surely win my mother's merits

I could have some cheesy Doritos

My life would be more flavorful with those

But when you're all I want and all I need

Everything else to me is chicken feed

There are many choices of snacks everywhere

But there's nothing quite like you now, is there?

Ruffles, barbeque, and sour cream,

Sea salt, vinegar, pringles and jalapeno,

my how you've multiplied, this isn't a dream!

So, raise your glass and lick your lips

For now this drink and chip will rest on your hips!

Team Vicky & Ruth (those naughty women!) whose appetizer, coincidentally, was pigs in a blanket. Oh my, Willie Nelson!

The Weiner Poem

My nookie days are over

My pilot light is out

What used to be my sex appeal

Is now my water spout

Time was when, on its own accord

From my trousers, it would spring

But now I've got a full-time job

To find the f-ing thing

It used to be embarrassing

The way it would behave

For every single morning

It would stand and watch me shave

Now as old age approaches

It sure gives me the blues

To see it hang its little head

And watch me tie my shoes!

Team Carole & Pam regaled us with "A Drinking Song". Unfortunately, the poem authored by Carole has been lost to the ages!

A Drinking Song

Wine comes in at the mouth

And love comes in at the eye;

That's all we shall know for truth

Before we grow old and die.

I life the glass to my mouth,

I look at you, and I sigh.

Team Daryl and Susie used haiku poetry to extol the virtues of wine and delicious food. Below is a sampling.

Bouquets

Scents of wild flowers

and the sweet taste of rosé

Refreshing bouquets

The Honeyed Morning

The cups of pink wine

Mingling with the morning sun

The bees throng the cups

Backyard Hummingbirds

As I pour more wine

Two hummingbirds sip their own...

Tonight's happy hour

Friday, March 1, 2019

March into Spring for Brunch - March 1, 2019

Susie hosted the Women Who Wine for brunch at our March event. Ten ladies were treated to bloody marys, mimosas, and/or coffee with kuahla or baileys followed by a delicious brunch cooked and served by Susie and her Sous-Chef, Rick.

This Ronald Reagan quote might be the best reason for not drinking coffee at noon...

Dress for the day was pajamas, nightgowns/bathrobes, and slippers or whatever is truly comfortable.

LtoR - Pam and Christy
Brave souls wearing their sleepwear. LOVE the curlers!

Table Setting

LtoR - Susie, Connie, Debbie, Christy, Judy, Carole, Cathy, Daryl, Pam and Vicky

LtoR - Cathy, Daryl, Pam, Vicky, Susie, Connie, Debbie, Cristy, Judy and Carole

Dinner definitely optional after our delicious brunch!

Friday, February 1, 2019

Dining at Dominick's - February 1, 2019

First we eat, then we do everything else.

~ M.F.K. Fisher ~

Ruth hosted Women Who Wine for the month of February. We convened at Dominick's, the newest Italian Restaurant in town. Pink was the color of the day in support of our WWW sister, Vicky! Ruth returned from Florida with a treat for dessert. Just the right amount of sweetness to top off our meal. Thank you Ruth!

LtoR - Cathy, Carol, Judy, Connie, Debbie, Ruth, Pam, Kelly, Susie, Christy and Vicky

LtoR - Vicky and Cathy
Vicky brought her new 24K Singing and Dancing Flamingo!

The many faces of Vicky - "Oh!"

The many faces of Vicky - "Ugh!"

The many faces of Vicky - "Aah!"

LtoR - Connie and Debbie
Oh yeah, baby, shake those tail feathers!

LtoR - Vicky, Kelly, Connie and Debbie
Thank you for all your support!

Italian Food

~ Shel Silverstein ~

Oh, how I love Italian food.

I eat it all the time,

Not just ‘cause how good it tastes

But ‘cause how good it rhymes.

Minestrone, cannelloni,

Macaroni, rigatoni,

Spaghettini, scallopini,

Escarole, braciole,

Insalata, cremolata, manicotti,

Marinara, carbonara,

Shrimp francese, Bolognese,

Ravioli, mostaccioli,

Mozzarella, tagliatelle,

Fried zucchini, rollatini,

Fettuccine, green linguine,

Tortellini, Tetrazzini,

Oops—I think I split my jeani.

Friday, January 4, 2019

Women Who Wine in Miniature - January 4, 2019

The Miniature Time Museum was our destination for January's outing of the Women Who Wine. We went on a docent-led tour arranged by Connie. Seven ladies were able to attend the tour followed by lunch at Le Rendez-vous.

There's Magic Here for Everyone

The Mini Time Machine was created from the imagination and dedication of Founders, Patricia and Walter Arnell. Pat’s fondness for miniatures began in the 1930’s, when as a young girl she received her first miniatures- a set of Strombecker wooden dollhouse furniture.

Automated House of Emil Wick

Daneway House

Greene and Greene

John Bellemy Complex

Just Suits Collection

Yellow Rose of Texas

The Clockmaker

Lunch at Le Rendez-vous in the Bistro section. Nourriture délicieuse!

Somehow we all found room to share desserts.

LtoR - Carole, Christy, Connie, Susie, Cathy and Ruth

LtoR - Cathy, Ruth, Daryl, Carole, Christy, Connie and Susie

A Magical Place Called Imagination

I know of a place

Filled with magical things

Where you can go to space

Using your lovely wings

I know of a place

Where all dreams are true

You can reach them easily

Or made entirely by you

I know of a place

Which is really wonderful

Filled with fairies and mermaids

And even talking to an eagle

This place is my Imagination

Is a place you can't see

You can't even touch it

A place that is important to me

~ Courtney Elfa Alaban ~

Friday, December 7, 2018

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!