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Aged to Perfection. Blind Birthday Wine Tasting for Buff
We had the best time on Saturday evening celebrating our Dad’s 71st birthday with a blind wine tasting! Laura, our soon to be sister-in-law, had done this in the past with her girlfriends and suggested we do it for our wine-loving father’s birthday and it was so fun! It made for such an easy and fun way to celebrate – and way more fun than your typical birthday dinner! My mom and I saw this pandemic cheese board/clip board idea on Instagram and thought it would be perfect for walking around outdoors and wine tasting. Megan printed out these cute little wine score cards and done! How fun our cheese…
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Attend a Virtual Cocktail Class
Its Friday and you deserve a cocktail. So why not learn to make one virtually? We have a fun, COVID-friendly activity recommendation for you: attend a virtual cocktail class! Last week Ryan and I attended a virtual cocktail class that we purchased from Sam and Emma’s school auction. As part of purchasing the tickets, cocktail supplies were dropped off on our doorstep (AMAZING!) and a Zoom link was provided. At the designated time, we simply signed on with a handful of other school parents and spent about 45 minutes learning how to make two cocktails – a Vodka Smash (my favorite!) and Planter’s Punch, the recipes for which are provided…
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Coffee Talk: Nespresso VertuoLine
How much do we love our Nespresso coffee machines? So much that it deserves its’ own post. This isn’t a new machine; we’ve had it since Joe was an infant (4 or so years) but it has been a game changer. With all of our old coffee makers, I still craved a Starbucks or latte, but now I prefer my Nespresso more than anything from Starbucks except for the occasional iced latte in the Summer. I have converted many friends to the Nespresso life and if you happen to be in the market for a new coffee machine – I highly recommend the Nespresso Vertuo! Also don’t mind me just…
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Meatball Monday
Are you looking for some dinner inspiration this MLK Monday morning? Why not make it a Meatball Monday? Because, admittedly today is one of my least favorite type of Mondays – when our kids are out of school but neither Ryan or I have the day off work – but I think meatballs (and noodles) will make it all better! For this Meatball Monday, I am recommending the meatball recipe from Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin. These meatballs are 1/2 ground beef and 1/2 ground pork with minced onion (that I highly recommend you sauté before adding to your meatball mixture a la…
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Team Breakfast
Lets Wine About It Sister is entering the age-old debate regarding the importance of eating breakfast. Are you Team Breakfast? Or do you fall in the “would rather skip it” camp? Both Mallory and I are staunch must east breakfast gals. And I have found that if I do not eat a breakfast that contains protein each morning, I will most certainly be eating dark chocolate individually-wrapped Reese’s peanut butter cups out of my colleague’s candy dish by 10am. Below are some of the ways I push off candy eating until at least after lunch. Microwave Eggs My husband Ryan gets out a pan and cooks himself an egg for…
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Wine Tasting at SODO Urbanworks
Looking for something to do during Dry January? Go wine tasting! Ha, but in all seriousness, we had the best day wine tasting at SODO Urbanworks and I highly reccommend you check it out. My brother and future sister-in-law introduced to us to this little gem of an area in South seattle, a place I rarely make it to – I had no idea such a fun little cluster of wineries with outdoor dining existed! There are 10 different tasting rooms, the San Juan Seltzery taproom, and a nine pies pizza restaurant – aka little something for everyone! We tasted outdoors next to fire pits at both Latta Wines and…
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New Year, New House.
We have been keeping a secret here at Lets Wine About It Sister…Megan bought a new house! Admittedly writing these words is a struggle because it makes it even more real. But Ryan and Megan bought each other new windows and appliances for the holidays, so we figured it was finally time to share. Megan bought her existing home back in 2007 while she and Ryan were dating. It was then only about 850 square feet (2 bedrooms, 1 bath) when she found it on CRAIG’S LIST. True story! Ryan even proposed to Megan on the deck in the backyard. After getting married, they remodeled the home together and expanded…
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Highlights from the Holidays
Let’s start by saying, our big kids new found love of American Ninja Warrior and Jack’s new found love of Blippi really just saved the Holiday Season. Haha, we are kidding, kind of. We are sitting here in Suncadia, on the 2nd day of 2021, enjoying a glass or two of champs and recapping our favorite moments, meals, and things since we posted a week and a half ago ;). Here they are: The Zara Padded Vest Since our mom gave us these matching vests just a week before Christmas, we have both worn them every.single.day. This vest is so comfortable, warm and works over everything. Mallory’s Lululemon Wunder Puff…
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Feliz Navidad with Christmas Nachos & Holiday Margaritas
We want to wish you a Merry Christmas with nachos and holiday margaritas! Last Friday I walked into the grocery store (QFC) to discover these Xochitl Red & Green Corn Chips. And like any other sane person, I immediately thought “Christmas Nachos”! Quickly followed by “with Holiday Margaritas.” Of course, I then texted Mallory. Three bags of chips later, Mallory and I separately brainstormed our Christmas nacho recipes. Mallory went the route of traditional Christmas-themed toppings (i.e. red and green) – diced bell pepper, salsa, jalapenos, tomatoes, and avocado with CHRISTMAS QUESO. This stuff is amazing! Mallory and I literally stood in front of the stove with a bag of…
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Here’s whats going in our kids stockings!
Every year our mom stuffs our kids stockings (talked about it in our holiday traditions post here) but this year because of Covid we have to be big girls and buy our own stocking stuffers! We had some big Santa boots to fill but I think we did pretty well! My personal goal was to buy things the boys will actually use and not immediately end up at the bottom of one of our many toy bins. We shall see. All the things we have bought for Jack’s stocking (18 months), Joe’s stocking (4 years old), and Sam and Emma’s stockings (turn 8 on 1/3!) are listed below. All items…
