Bachelorette Party Part 2

After our day of wine tasting we were ready for dinner. We went to a nice restaurant, brought some bottles of wine, and enjoyed a meal together. I love all-girl-dinners!

At the end of our dinner a jazz band started playing on the patio, then moved inside to play in circles around our table. I think they got the memo that we were there for a bachelorette party. We loved it!

 

After that we walked around a little bit until we found the place to be in downtown Healdsburg. This bar was seriously wedding central!! There was a post-wedding-group, and two other bachelorette parties there. So naturally we had to party it up for an hour or two before heading back to the house.

   

After a drink or two (plus a shot, so I guess that makes three) we headed home. Back at the house Danielle, Kate and I sat in Danielle and Courtney’s room and reminisced for a few hours about our days in the sorority. Courtney joined in because she was also a sorority girl back in the day. Carly was in on our convo too, despite the fact that she didn’t go Greek. That’s ok, we love her anyway haha!

The last night in Napa totally made the trip for me. It was a lot of fun. I’m definitely really looking forward to Danielle and Steffen’s wedding Labor Day weekend!

Bachelorette Party Wine Tasting in Napa Valley

Or should I say wine drinking? Because let’s be honest – that’s what I did.

As some of you may remember I am a bride’s maid in my friend (and sorority sister), Danielle’s wedding. So this last weekend I flew down to Cali to go to her bachelorette party.

I got there on Thursday afternoon. The groom-to-be, Steffen, picked me up from the airport and we spent some quality time together before Danielle got off work, picked Kate up from the airport and met us back to their apartment. After we were all reunited (YAY) Danielle and Steffen took Kate and myself to dinner in downtown Palo Alto (they live like two blocks away – amazing). Then they took us to Yogurtland for some FroYo and it was sooo tasty! After that we headed back to their apartment to watch a movie and have a low key night.

The next day we drove up to Napa Valley (Healdsburg, more specifically) to the party! When we got there we played some games and dressed up in our bridesmaid shirts had dinner and drank at the awesome house the MOH, Carly, had found for us to rent.

The next day we woke up bright and early for some breakfast and then some wine tasting. We hit up three wineries on Saturday. The first was Ridge. This was the view from the deck where we were tasting:


And here are the rest of the girls tasting (I was taking the picture):


Next, upon recommendation from the guy pouring our wine at Ridge, we went to Bella. We all loved the fun atmosphere and pretty setting there. Not to mention that one of our tasting was paired with a snack. Win!


We also really loved the fact that 1/2 of our tastings at Bella were in the wine cellar, which I thought was sooo cool! It was right under the vineyards and the inside was beautifully decorated and felt really special and secret.

the bride and me

Next we drove to downtown Healdsburg to go to La Crema tasting room. Danielle and Steffen are actually serving their wine at their wedding, so it was really neat to go there for a sneak-preview of the wine I’ll be sipping drinking at their wedding. 
 

After all of our wine tasting we were all pretty tired so we got some amazing sandwiches at Oakville Grocery and took them back to our house, where we ate and laid in the sun and watched TV and napped until it was time to go to dinner. That post to come later.

All in all, Napa Valley Wine Tasting for Danielle’s Bachelorette Party was a success!