wine tasting and sadness.

hello everyone!!

good evening!!

while i was in san jose 2 weeks ago, matt, nic, and i all went to los gatos for some wine tasting. the first winery we went to was testarossa and it was amazing. testarossa's red wines are to die for. also at the winery because it was los gatos wine festival, they had a whole block of mt. tam. damn, IT WAS AMAZING. after testarossa, we went to black ridge winery and i have a couple of photos:





yes, the views at black were to die for and that's about it. BR's wine isn't that good at all, the only thing they have going for them is their view. that's it.


well in talking about the man, well today he checked on my profile. that is such BS. i really want to get rid of it because i don't want him looking at my picture for personal reasons. this is the worst thing that could of happened and i never want to talk to him again. right now, i want nothing to do with him. he didn't break my heart, he is making me really pissed off.

new macbook owner.

hello friends and readers!!

so..from june 10th to june 23th, i was in willow glen with my brother and his wife. while the trip was a lot of fun, i lost something. i am about to be in a relationship with a great guy and all the days i was in nor-cal, i missed him so much. about halfway through the trip we stopped talking to each other. i hated every minute that i missed talking to him. in the past couple of days things have been off and i think today i patched some things up. am i happy?? i don't know. we will have to see what the future holds for us. he is a MAN, in all ways and he is the perfect guy that i have been looking for. I have to get the courage to actually go out with him. i know i shouldn't be sharing this on the internet but oh well. i am being honest and it needs to be written down somewhere.

while we were in sac-town two weekends ago, we went to the grange and i had rhuarab crepes for dessert. here is a photo.


yesterday my father bought me a new computer. it's the white 13" macbook. HOW FREAKIN AWESOME IS THAT??/ YES I DO LOVE MY NEW MAC!! it's ready to use out of the box and i have my music and my photos on it already. it's so easy. i am in love. it does everything i want it too and more. i am excited to use ichat with my brothers family.

to talk about frozen yogurt, PINKBERRY HAS WATERMELON!! it's ok, it's nothing to be shocked over. the mango swirl is so much better than this watermelon summer flavor. well i am outta here for now, lata!

i'm in willow glen.

hello readers and loves!!

so as the title states, i am in willow glen until next monday morning. thursday morning i flew southwest to san jose and i have been here ever since enjoying this summer weather and just enjoying the area. thursday i came home from the airport i immediately went to the local taco joint and ordered a breakfast burrtio. the breakfast burrito had chorizo, eggs, pinto beans, fresh avocado and sour cream. yum to the o. thursday night we ended up going to outback where i gorged myself on a bloomin onion and a shrimp griller. i also had two margaritas but don't tell anyone at how yummy they are. we also ended up babysitting a 10 year old named ethan. he was a really nice boy to hang around for 4 hours.

friday, my brother worked until 3 and then we left for the san jose train station to get on the cal train to go to san francisco for the GIANTS GAME!!! LINCECUm was pitching and he pitched, i think 7 innings. he pitched a great game and they won 6 to 2. NOTE: GIANTS SWEPT THE ATHLETICS!! at the game i had garlic fries and there famous fresh caramel corn. OMG, YUM!! also at the game we had the cuervo margartias. another, YUM! while i was at the game, i went to the dugout store and bought a san francisco giants jacket. i am purely in love.

here are pics from the game:








i have some more pictures but i don't want to overwelm you with them.

saturday, around 1 we went for a 6 mile walk to bill's in willow glen and it was so FREAKIN HOT!! i think it was 88 degrees. at bill's, i ordered the chilaquiles and a mimosa. OMG, YUM! we walked back to the house and then changed into our bathing suits and had a mini pool party with some of the people who live around my brother. i stayed in the pool for about half an hour and then came up to the house and did some blogging. that night we ordered pizza from mountain mike's and moved the party to the condo. it was a great time. it's the best time i have had in a while.

sunday, we went wine tasting in los gatos and had a really really good time. the los gatos wine festival was going on and first went to testarossa winery. the winery had a whole block of mt. tam. OMG, SO FREAKIN FANTASTIC!! The second winery we went to was black ridge vineyard and there wines were ok, nothing to get too excited about. the third winery we went to, was an actual tasting room in los gatos called cinnabar. after cinnabar, we went to el casa corde and i had some of the best mexican food i have ever had in my entire life. the food was very authentic and from mochotan, or something like that. we ordered yuong pig carnitas, braised bacon tacos, and carne asada tacos with avocado and roasted tomato salsa. yum!

no love and eats.

hello readers and los amigos!!

today has been a good day. i went to the gym and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and it was horrible. i was not having a very good time except i did more running than usual. last thursday, my mother and i went to mfoscari in anaheim hills and i wanted to share with you whaT I ate.

penne with roasted red pepper cream sauce, smoked chicken and feta cheese:


and then i bought skinny jeans and they fit perfectly. i have lost 50 pounds and i feel awesome. i should say that i'm happy, i am but i am missing one thing in my life. LOVE.

GAP SKINNY JEANS:


I'LL BE BACK SOON!! maybe next time from willow glen!!

love and skinny jeans.

hello readers and friends!!

OH, do i have some news to tell you. i decided to join match for love. now i have people who i am attracted too, they just don't like me and what i do. i need help on how to find love on match. i do not know how to look for love because love is supposed to come when you are not looking. HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!

in other news, i bought my first pair of skinny jeans. for all of my few readers out there, i bought the gap skinny jeans saturated wash. i am so freakin excited to get them.

the other thing that i have been doing with my time is going to the gym everyday. today was an off day because my time of the month.

ill update soon, with food pictures. right now i am going to enjoy the lakers beat the suns TONIGHT!!

san francisco love.

hello ladies and gents!!

i am writing you this post from the san francisco area. saturday morning my mom, dad and i drove our way up north to san jose / willow glen area. saturday night we headed to lb steak at santana row and it was seriously amazing experience and food. the whole expereience was awesome. i ordered the 12oz. rib eye, truffled mac and cheese, and BLT salad. WOW!!

yesterday we all packed up the car and headed north to san francisco. we spent the afternoon at the ferry building:



spent lunch at hog island oyster co:


here's the view from lunch of the bay:


I also went to blue bottle coffee because people have been saying it's the best damn coffee EVA!! i ordered a new orleans style iced ocffee and i was impressed. it was yummo.

we also stopped at the rechutti chocolatier, they have the BEST chocolate and caramels EVA!! i love rechutti!!



on the way out of the san francisco we were by at&t park and here's a pic:


another:

7.2 earthquake!!

hello homeskillets!!

so today in southern california, we had a HUGE EARTHQUAKE!! i was standing up during the entire thing, and i was getting nauseous!! it was so weird and really really long, i'm talking like a minute. (45 seconds but felt like a minute)

last night we made cupcakes and the recipe we used was out of food and wine!! IT WAS AH-MAZ-ING!!! here's a pic of cupcake and glass of milk:


i'm gonna stop here and get use to the aftershocks!