Pizza and White Wine

Wednesday Wine Night was hosted by Alyssa at Katelyn’s house this week. We ordered pizza from a local pizza place. It was quite tasty! Katelyn & Alyssa remain to be friends even though their pizza taste differ greatly. We had Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay and a red wine (can’t remember the type). Corey was our honorary guest and maybe full time member because she brought Little Debbie’s and homemade cupcakes! We spent the evening chatting like usual and planned our winter get away to Lutsen for February!! It took us awhile to make a decision, but we found a great Grand Marais townhouse. We are so excited!

Betsy, Alyssa & Corey eating Little Debbie's

Katelyn and her amazing cupcake consumption trick

Spaghetti & Meatballs...part II

So, Katelyn missed Jan 13th and apparently didn't read the blog close enough to know that spaghetti had JUST been served, but the other ladies were so polite and ate it anyway....

We paired this spaghetti with mostly Pinot Noir, with the exception of a Toscana from Italy (recommended to Alyssa and Betsy by an apparently very attractive Latino salesman). The Five Rivers Pinot smelled like chocolate-covered cherries and brought out the tang of the spaghetti sauce. And the other wines were just as smooth and flavorful.

While the food was satisfying, the highlights were clearly in the conversation. Selma kept us laughing with her stories of babies and interpretive dance moves, and as usual, several of us shared our ups and downs from the past week. But, at least for the host, hearing the laughter of friends made any difficult memory shared a lot easier to bear.

Ideally, we come together every week - sometimes a little more time passes, sometimes we're extra lucky and it's only a few days - but every time is an unexpected experience of friendship I'm proud to remain a part of. Love ya ladies!

Some of the funnier sayings from the evening...
"I've never worked my unit this hard!"
"Can you even blow for that long?!"
"I had to get more sauce because I got so distracted the first time!"
"Did you just say "yes" because...." "I just said "yes" because he asked!"
"What!? You guys had spaghetti las week!?"
"You can pet her, or you can "rawr" her..."
"'G'onorrhea wants to be held."
"I need someone to jump my heart!"
"I give services to my clients."
"Can my husband park his car in your garage?" "I will take all the cars in my garage that I can get!"
"Those are BIG-ASS minerals!"
"You guys, I have a back problem."

okay, so maybe you had to be there...and if you were, you'd be LUCKY!

Barbera D'Asti paired with Spaghetti

Betsy hosted this week at Steph's house. We had Cesar salad, spaghetti, meatballs, and garlic bread! It was amazing! We paired the meal with Barbera D'Asti which is a red wine. Both bottles we had were quite tasty. I would recommend this wine! It was sweet, but not dry!



For desert Betsy made us a FunFetti cake!



Wendy brought Betsy a shot of whiskey to celebrate her new house purchase!



Betsy, Alyssa, Wendy



Wendy, Stephanie, Betsy



Quotes from the evening:

"I've lived here for a year and a half and I never attempted to use this button!"

"When I get married, somebody buy me this tall pan and somebody else buy me a sex swing!"

"...well you've had two surgery's"

"Those are the kind of guys you just buy longer pants for."

"If you're going to touch my knee, you better be ready to have a kid... or three!"

"It's a quote by Marilyn Monroe"... "Marilyn Manson?"

"I've never been around her things before."

"Whiskey and Funfetti!"

"Dude, I'm crazy!"

"Funfetti down!".... party foul!



Funfetti down!

First WWN in 2011

After a stellar New Years Eve party at Quinn's, the WWN ladies started off the year right by having WWN at the new Psycho Suzi's in Northeast! They are now in the old Gabbie's on Marshal! The location and atmosphere was amazing as usual! We took a little break from the wine and enjoyed some beer and of course Tiki Drinks! Started with some curds and tots for an appetizer and for dinner we shared a couple of their World Famous Pizzas.

Favorite NYE Quote:
"I cleaned it all up except for the leaves...?"