Our MINI Vacation!

*We are soooooooo late with this post*   Hmmm, you must forgive us ladies....

But anyway, Did you figure it out? DO you know where we ended up?

After driving leaving Tiburon we passed through Eureka. Knowing that there would be nothing at all exciting there, we came to a crossroad....this way or that way....? HMMM.

Mendocino or  Napa?

NAPA it is of course! 

We had a ball in the beautiful Napa valley...a town so serene and gorgeous, and right in our own backyard. We took in the sights and indulged in lots of the charm of the city. Delicious food, unbelievable wine and most of all cheap and sometimes even complimentary wine tasting!!!

We checked into the Wine Vally lodge (which was $39 a night, steal!!!), after using our phones to find an affordable place to stay.

Wine Valley Lodge

We started our fun the next morning with breakfast at the lodge and then off to Target to buy fresh clothing. (Remember this trip was totally spontaneous. We got on the road, and hadn't even packed). 

Target in Napa....so cute!

After looking over our complimentary tasting places on the map the Lodge provided, we ended up a wonderful Estate and Winery, the Caymus Vineyards in Calistoga.

Lovely it was, but we were a bit underdressed for the event they were having day, so it was a bit too ritzy for our relaxed moods. However, we did take advantage of the beautiful sites for pictures!

We're silly...check out our shadows! 

This guy who worked there was really excited to take a picture of us! He said he was a photographer, and we believe him. The pic turned out beautiful. Agree?

The Winery had a nice little clothing boutique, furniture store and knick knack store inside! It reminded us of a fancy Anthropologie. Right up our little allies! We were quietly ooooooh-ing and aghhhh-ing at every piece of furniture, clothing and art we saw! "This is what our store will look like," we kept saying!

Yes, she's a candle girl. *Sniff Sniff*

After a little window shopping, we decided to take a few pics of the place beautiful Caymus before leaving!

Later that afternoon, we headed to V. Sattui winery, which is now our favorite NAPA winery. The atmosphere is so relaxing, so "I'm vacationing but I'm home". We knew this place was more our scene. Plus V. Sattui is the only winery that has a lunch spot on site! 

 We had some really great food, and this day specifically, they hosted a family Bar-b-Que on the lawn with music and games! We had a ball.

Lunch time! We had pulled pork Bar-b-Que sandwich's (on homemade sweet bread), artichoke dip and chips.  For dessert we had a delicious tiramisu! Yummmmmmmmish!

                          

                Later we did a little shopping in downtown Napa...my favorite thing to do !

Then we headed to my new favorite shoe store, Footcandy! They had some really cute LOUBOUTINS here, and might I say I almost died with all the FASHION around me. They are a shoe store, but they also have very cute clothing in the back of the store.

They sold Herve Ledger, Alexander McQUEEN, Chloe, Derek Lam, Jason Wu, Valentino, Roberto Cavalli, YSL, and Carolina Herrara to name a few! I was in FASHION HEAVEN

All designer, all inexpensive! Going back is a MUST! 

 Don't mind the train track pics, at this point, we were feeling ourselves a bit...lol. They turned out really cute though. And later at dinner, a passer-by remembered our little 'photo shoot'...He said, "Hey omg you're the ladies that were doing a wonderful photo shoot on the train tracks! You ladies are wild"

So, we were celebrities in Napa!

As we ended our fun in Napa, we headed to a highly recommended Bar-b-Que and wine spot, called Bounty Hunters. They were so cool. They had live jazz, and amazing food and wine. We sat in the middle of the restaurant and had a good ole time, tourist style!

 And here is the delicious, scrumptious, slap yo mama good BBQ! We were in HEAVEN!! They served it family style, so Mela was able to share my Pulled Pork, and I indulged in her ribs. We had sweet cornbread and baked beans for sides. Not any old corn bread and baked beans either....Bounty Hunter style. Spicy and out of this world good!

We can never have enough dessert...or dessert wine for that matter!

We were enjoying the decadence!

 

   Of course we ended with just a little bit more Port...

We had a blast in Napa, and can't wait to go back to Bounty Hunter's. They had some really awesome food and entertainment.  Next time we go back to Bounty Hunters, we must get their famous Beer Chicken   

(we saw this at a table across from us)

And of course we must go back to V. Sattui Winery for a visit, and a few new places too!

I'd love to host a 'Natural Hair Meet Up' in Napa at Bounty Hunters!

Get it...? Napa/ Nappy?

Happy to be Nappy in Napa Meet up! 


It has a good ring to it!

LOL....IM SILLY......But seriously, it could be in the makings. I think that would so much fun for us Natural sista's to get together and have some fun in Napa...Let me know what you think girls. We could do it any time soon, the weather and wine in Napa is always good!

Check you later lovelies!

~Sade'
(Sha Sha Fierce...yes ma'am I am! LOL)