{"id":2165,"date":"2009-08-28T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T04:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2011-08-31T23:24:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:24:31","slug":"more-adventures-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/more-adventures-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"More Adventures in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve moved on from L.A.<\/a> to Napa Valley. On the way, I stopped in San Francisco and had dinner with four gorgeous bloggers at NOPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"sanfranciscotreat2\"<\/p>\n

From left to right: Catie of Cuffington<\/a>, Annie of Poetic & Chic<\/a>, Mai of Fashioni.st<\/a>, Patti of CuteMess<\/a> and me in my Francis sailor dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Napa Valley, I helped myself to pretend wine at a pretend meal, while wearing my Castelbajac Lego dress<\/a> …<\/p>\n

\"napametalmeal\"<\/p>\n

… and visited Francis Ford Coppola’s Rubicon winery …<\/p>\n

\"naparubicon\"<\/p>\n

… and had lunch at Auberge du Soleil<\/a>, where I took a picture of my tomato salad to be like all the other bloggers who take pictures of their food. Peer pressure!<\/p>\n

\"napafood\"<\/p>\n

I also encountered this sign.<\/p>\n

\"napasign\"<\/p>\n

But it said nothing about pinching flowers, so I pinched one!<\/p>\n

\"napapinch\"<\/p>\n

I am unrepentant about my flower-molesting ways. For previous flower pinches, click here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. And there’s a case of ivy molestation here<\/a>. Some men just want to watch the world burn<\/a>. And some women just want to pinch flowers. Mwah ha ha ha!<\/p>\n

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I’ve moved on from L.A. to Napa Valley. On the way, I stopped in San Francisco and had dinner with four gorgeous bloggers at NOPA. From left to right: Catie of Cuffington, Annie of Poetic & Chic, Mai of Fashioni.st, Patti of CuteMess and me in my Francis sailor dress. In Napa Valley, I helped…<\/p>\n

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