Steve (DOS) and I went to Vero Beach on Saturday to visit my former neighbors Kenny and Mary, who had moved here this past summer. As their kids were grown, Kenny and Mary moved to a 55 and older community,…
Halloween Week in Daytona Beach Shores
This week Steve (DOS) and myself stayed at the Hyatt Place Daytona Beach Shores; a nice oceanfront hotel in a quiet town a few miles south of Daytona Beach proper, and less than an hour from home in Orlando. As…
Happy 61th Birthday, DOS!
This weekend was Steve (DOS)’s birthday, and we celebrated with a quiet and lately rare weekend at home in Orlando. I wanted to take DOS out to dinner for his birthday, but as we were going away the next day…
October in Roanoke
I’ve gotten way behind in posting, but it’s a good thing at least for us, as we’ve been enjoying life and visiting with my parents in my hometown of Roanoke, Virginia. This post is much longer than usual as I’m…
Bye to Mendoza: Heading home to Orlando!
Our trip back to Orlando was much easier than our two night journey getting down to Mendoza. Fortunately unlike our outbound trip (which left right before Hurricane Irma was to strike and we had overnight flight delays), going home, all…
Wine pairing lunch part 2: at Casa El Enemigo
Our second day wine-pairing lunch was at Casa El Enemigo. We had been there last year, and as it was late May (Autumn in Argentina) then, we sat outside and enjoyed the colorful views. This visit was in early September,…
Wine-pairing Lunches in Mendoza – Day 1 at Casarena
On each of our two days of wine touring in Mendoza, we had a late afternoon fancy lunch paired with wines from the respective winery. Both of the restaurants we went to: Casarena and El Enemigo were among the best…
Winery Tour at Catena Zapata
We had really been looking forward to going to Catena Zapata Winery as we drink some of their wines at home, and they have some very nice iconic wines. Once at the actual winery, we had an even better experience…
Touring Mendoza Wineries: “Finca La Anita” on Day 1
We started our first of two days of wine touring around 9:45am, with Alejandro picking us up at our hotel, the Park Hyatt Mendoza. We were scheduled to have three days of touring, however as noted in the previous couple…
Welcome to Mendoza Argentina 2019!
We finally arrived to Mendoza on Sunday (Labor Day Weekend) after traveling from Orlando since Friday. The last couple posts detailed the flight delays we had on American Airlines, however as Murphy’s Law would again have it, we had one…