{"id":2193,"date":"2009-08-31T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T04:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2009-09-01T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T18:17:21","slug":"up-up-and-away-in-wine-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/up-up-and-away-in-wine-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Up, Up and Away in Wine Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something I did in Napa Valley<\/a>: Hot-air ballooning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Both balloon photos were taken by me.<\/p><\/div>\n

Something I didn’t do in Napa Valley: Grape stomping.<\/p>\n

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\nI Love Lucy grape-stomping episode<\/em><\/p>\n


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\nNews reporter grape-stomping fail<\/em><\/p>\n


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\nFamily Guy’s Stewie imitates the reporter’s grape-stomping failure<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD MORE PICTURES:<\/p>\n

Here’s one from the air.<\/p>\n

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You can recognize me by my Francis patchwork plaid jacket.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/em>After the flight, we had breakfast at a Tex-Mex place, where I was amused by this sign.<\/p>\n

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Believe it or not, I had nothing to fear because I wore sneakers in order to climb into the balloon basket. MrB thinks it’s the first time he’s ever seen me wear sneakers outside of the gym. He took a picture in case people didn’t believe it really happened.<\/p>\n

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Believe it or not!<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Something I did in Napa Valley: Hot-air ballooning. Something I didn’t do in Napa Valley: Grape stomping. I Love Lucy grape-stomping episode News reporter grape-stomping fail Family Guy’s Stewie imitates the reporter’s grape-stomping failure UPDATED TO ADD MORE PICTURES: Here’s one from the air. After the flight, we had breakfast at a Tex-Mex place, where…<\/p>\n

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