As much as I love spending time with my husband, I’m a firm believer in spending time with your girls, too. Matt was out of town this weekend, so I went to stay with my friend Christine in San Francisco. It was like a mini vacation where we got to explore the great city that’s [...]
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Girls Weekend in San Francisco
February 6th, 2012 
Emily 
Posted in Drinks, Food, Fun Stuff, The NewlyWives, Travel 
Tags: bar, drinks, Food, restaurant, San Francisco, travel, vacation 
2 Comments »Rosemary Fizz White Sangria
January 6th, 2012 Emily Working in the wine biz, I manage to collect a lot of bottles of the stuff. It’s getting to the point that our collection is growing so much so that we don’t know what we have. I know, #firstworldproblems. So when life gives you a lot of wine, make sangria! I brought this to a [...]
How to Properly Open a Bottle of Champagne
December 30th, 2011 Emily If you didn’t know by know, sparkling wine is one of my favorite things to drink — if not one of my favorite things ever! I’ve come a long way in learning about bubbly. My first experience was trying a sip at a wedding when I was in high school, wherein Megan used one of [...]
Guamosa Tropical Bubbly Cocktail
December 28th, 2011 Emily A more recent family tradition has become one of my favorites. Every Christmas morning, we have breakfast with my parents. We are greeted at the door with champagne flutes of guamosas. Like its cousin the mimosa, the guamosa is sparkling wine with a splash of guava juice. My parents discovered this drink during a trip [...]
Posted in Christmas, Drinks, Food, Holidays Tags: champagne, christmas, cocktails, drinks, traditions 1 Comment »Spiked Peppermint Mocha Recipe
December 20th, 2011 Megan This recipe was originally from Godiva and called a Cafe Godiva (we had it at the Foodbuzz Festival), but I had to change it up so much that I am re-naming it. The original recipe called for Godiva liquor, and I just could not find it (okay so I only looked at 1 store), so [...]
