The Winefest

Last weekend, we ventured into Connecticut to meet up with our friends, Jeff & Anna, to go to the annual Sun Winefest at Mohegan Sun. We started out by tasting the many wines - I stuck to a few Rieslings, Jeff and Aaron tried whatever they could get to a table for ... Anna, well, she can't drink for another 6 months or so! :) We also tried out some of the food samples they had. Then we headed to the Ales & Spirits upstairs where we got to sample beers and liquors in tiny little Nyquil-sized plastic cups. The boys weren't impressed with the beer choices - most of them were what you can buy in the stores - not many new samples. But the vendors got creative with some of the liquors - they mixed them to make little mini-cocktails (in the cups!) My favorite was the pomegranate-martinis!! The boys really liked the VT maple vodka. And of course, Aaron & Jeff had to hit up a craps table ... it wouldn't be a trip to the casino if you didn't lose some money, right? It was a good time - and great to spend time with the Hladkys, as always!!

Check ... check ... is this thing still on??

Hi everyone! I've gotten a few nudges to update our blog - sorry for the delay to those of you who check it out once in a while. The past month and a half went by so fast with so much going on, that we're just now settling back down again - in 2008!!! So I'll start with a "Happy New Year" to all!!

Since November 30th, I've spent 19 days in Vermont so I could spend time with my family, especially my grandmother. The traveling back and forth made the month fly by, but I enjoyed the time I got to see her and everyone else.

I did get to attend the Annual Senesac Holiday Party this year. There were a LOT of people there, and lots of food and alcohol - good times! Aaron was still in NY during this time, but here are a few pictures from the party:



I'm still trying to get my invitations/announcements up and running. I finished an invitation order a few weeks ago, made samples for two others, met again with my first client (for whom I made save-the-dates for in November) to discuss her invitations, which I will be working on this month. I have 5 more people on my list to start working with - things are looking good and I'm looking forward to settling back into my "business". I'm currently trying to come up with a name so I can purchase a domain name and get a website going - I'm stuck on "Eventations" - let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas!

Aaron got out of most of the Christmas shopping, though he did come with me on a couple of trips out. Here's a picture of him playing with the welding goggles at Restoration Hardware (What a looker, huh?!)


We also walked around the city a few days before heading up to Vermont for Christmas. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree looked smaller to me than the ones in the past, but Aaron really liked the lights this year.


Aaron and I spent a quiet night back in Tarrytown on New Year's Eve this year - we were up for lots of junk food and a movie instead of crowds and booze. We have ALMOST mastered the right concoctions for Sonic strawberry-limeade slushes ... I'm addicted!

So, into 2008 we go ...