{"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":"<p>I&#8217;ve moved on from<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/lemon-tree-very-pretty\/\" target=\"_blank\"> L.A.<\/a> to Napa Valley. On the way, I stopped in San Francisco and had dinner with four gorgeous bloggers at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nopasf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NOPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2168\" title=\"sanfranciscotreat2\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sanfranciscotreat2.jpg\" alt=\"sanfranciscotreat2\" width=\"439\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sanfranciscotreat2.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sanfranciscotreat2-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From left to right: Catie of <a href=\"http:\/\/cuffington.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cuffington<\/a>, Annie of <a href=\"http:\/\/poeticandchic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Poetic &amp; Chic<\/a>, Mai of <a href=\"http:\/\/fashioni.st\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fashioni.st<\/a>, Patti of <a href=\"http:\/\/cutemessindustries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CuteMess<\/a> and me in my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/paris-day-3-bastille-day-with-tom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Francis sailor dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Napa Valley, I helped myself to pretend wine at a pretend meal, while wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/paris-day-6-more-castelbajac\/\" target=\"_blank\">Castelbajac Lego dress<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2170\" title=\"napametalmeal\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napametalmeal.jpg\" alt=\"napametalmeal\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napametalmeal.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napametalmeal-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; and visited Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s Rubicon winery &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2171\" title=\"naparubicon\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/naparubicon.jpg\" alt=\"naparubicon\" width=\"428\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/naparubicon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/naparubicon-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; and had lunch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aubergedusoleil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2172\" title=\"napafood\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napafood.jpg\" alt=\"napafood\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napafood.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napafood-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I also encountered this sign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2175\" title=\"napasign\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napasign.jpg\" alt=\"napasign\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napasign.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napasign-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But it said nothing about pinching flowers, so I pinched one!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2176\" title=\"napapinch\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napapinch.jpg\" alt=\"napapinch\" width=\"332\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napapinch.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/napapinch-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am unrepentant about my flower-molesting ways. For previous flower pinches, click <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/thursday-book-club-kristin-lavransdatter\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/recidivism\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/this-is-tragic\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/flower-molestation-versailles-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/london-day-4-wallace-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. And there&#8217;s a case of ivy molestation <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/an-example-of-extremely-poor-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5q3z4IP_nNU\" target=\"_blank\">Some men just want to watch the world burn<\/a>. And some women just want to pinch flowers. Mwah ha ha ha!<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;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 &amp; Chic, Mai of Fashioni.st, Patti of CuteMess and me in my Francis sailor dress. In Napa Valley, I helped&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/more-adventures-in-california\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,571,61,447,51,41,100,9],"tags":[221],"class_list":{"0":"post-2165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","8":"category-castelbajac-2","9":"category-dresses","10":"category-flower-pinching","11":"category-food","12":"category-pictures-of-me","13":"category-restaurants","14":"category-travel","15":"tag-nopa","16":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12202,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions\/12202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}