Good times

My co-blogger, Deanna, invited me and a few other friends to a local fundraisig event that raised money to support her local library. It was a lovely evening. Our event hosts had brought in literary figure impersonators to give presentations in character, so we enjoyed our amazing hors d'ourves in the company of William Shakespeake, Edgar Allen Poe, Dorothy Parker, and Oscar Wilde (who loved my sparkly, fancy shoes). 

We were not shy about enjoying said food, even though we had dinner reservations right after. Dinner was at a lovely Italian restaraunt that felt very grown up. When presented with the wine menu, we knew we wanted to share a bottle and quickly narrowed that down to red. Then, narrowed it further to pinot noir (it's really hard to go wrong with a pinot noir). After that, the price range narrowed it to two bottles, and from there, we randomly picked locale (Santa Barbara, California). 

We chose wisely. The wine was lovely, it was a much better bargain to split a bottle four ways than to each order a separate glass, and there was the added camaraderie that comes with the sharing of wine, much the way the sharing of food is best enjoyed as a communal experience. 

Food and drink are the stuff of life, with friendship a beautiful bonus.