Wild Daughter(s) & Wine

The final weekend of July - where in the world did this month go? I feel like it was only the first weekend in July and I spent half of that in the bathroom hugging the toilet. Yikes! Thankfully the first and last weekends of July were not similar in that respect but my younger sister was home and so that was much the same. 

The family drove into DC on Friday night to pick her up at Dulles; we stopped in at an Irish Pub for dinner, and while the meal was fine - I think I prefer our local Irish Pub because the food there is absolutely to die for. After a late night of Friday night, I slept in and then my sister and I pulled on our Wild Daughter t-shirts hoping to illicit some kind of response from our parents - but y'all, they barely noticed. 

We got an early lunch at the Alamo Drafthouse while we were seeing The Lion King (it was fine) and then spent the afternoon relaxing around the house and we had a delicious dinner of kebabs on the grill. Saturday was a really lovely day on the whole and the weather was actually not blazing hot - thank goodness. 

Sunday after church we had Brunch at Regions 117 that was divine - as always. The food at Regions never disappoints and I always love eating there. We snapped a family photo on the back deck of the restaurant before heading home - the incredibly warm weather returned in full force on Sunday and made outdoor activities a moot point. 

Case in point - my sister and I met up with my friend Katie at our favorite winery - Fox Meadow with the plans to pass the afternoon drinking wine on the back deck and catching up. We ended up sitting inside the tasting room, drinking wine and catching up because after 15 minutes on the deck (even under an umbrella) our chocolate was melting, our wine glasses were sweating and so were we! 

We spent almost three hours sipping wine and catching up, laughing and sharing chocolate and a charcuterie board with our glasses of wine. Thank goodness for the indoor seating because we'd have melted on the deck - but I do love Fox Meadow and I am looking forward to heading back when it's a bit cooler - I'm sure the Autumn views off the deck are absolutely stunning! 

The weekend ended with a rather lazy Sunday evening with pizza and doing a whole lot of nothing. It was a lovely weekend and the perfect start to a week of "staycation".