I celebrated my 34th birthday last week (Jan 30), and spent the weekend sans kids in Oregon Wine country tasting wines at Domaine Drouhin, Domaine Serene, De Ponte, Archery Summit, and Sokol Blosser. And that was just the beginning. Later on, we journeyed into McMinnville where we were treated to the delctible cooking of my friend Paul Willenberg. We opened 6 more bottles of wine that night. Needless to say, the next day I felt like one giant fermented grape.
The very next day was the OBG's 2nd birthday party at Bluehour, which hosted over 100 bartenders/bar managers, and service employees. Moet-Hennessy sponsored the event, and the booze was flowing. I meandered home around 1am, and cursing the dreaded hangover that I would be facing the next day.
That was it!!! I was tired of feeling pickled all the time! That day I committed to a dry month of February. I'm so glad it's the shortest month of the year.
