On Day 3 of our tour we spent all of Saturday in Napa, and because our Saturday evening show was canceled we actually had the opportunity to enjoy the city. And it was BEAUTIFUL!
Let's talk about fancy dining. We had lunch at the Culinary Institute of America and I tried caviar for the first time. It tasted like power. I felt like I could run a Fortune 500 company after one bite.
As a child raised on the culinary prestige of Golden Corral, fine dining was a new experience for me. Apparently, the fancier the food, the higher the cost-to-portion ratio. My three bites of food cost more than an entire buffet price. (Granted, without the physical side effects from feeling like you have to "get your money's worth" at a buffet.)
My meal at the CIA, from left to right: caviar on toast, an almond, basil mozzarella
I also participated in my first wine tasting (Judge away. I drank a cumulative six tablespoons of wine I drank and it will probably be years, or forever, before I drink it again.) Kerri took me to a winery where we did the dessert wine tasting. It was delicious. I'm not usually a wine fan but we tasted at the 2011 Winery of the Year--which I conveniently have forgotten the name of--and it was splendid.
While there we stayed in the Napa Inn, which is beyond gorgeous. It is something out of a fairy tale, with each room custom designed by the owner, Brooke. Brooke and Jim, who own the Inn, are a kind, hospitable couple who do a fabulous job providing a comfortable and luxurious stay in Napa. Here are some videos/pictures I took of the Inn while there.
The room we stayed in reminded me of The Shire in Lord of the Rings, which as a Tolkien fan, I was geeked out thrilled.
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