I hope you all are enjoying the sweltering heat of the summer. Even though the minute I step outside it feels like I am swimming through a swamp and breathing becomes a chore due to the extreme humidity....you wont ever find me complaining about the heat! I love summer, I love the heat, I love not having to wear layer upon layer of clothing and still be cold. Bring on the sweat, humidity and 100 degree heat.
The last few weeks have been super busy. Three weekends ago Mario and I went to San Francisco for the 4th of July weekend. I am not a big fan of San Fran, but he wanted to go check out the wine and dinning scene. So Thursday after lunch we were off. Our flight went well and the minute we landed we hit the ground running. The entire weekend was packed full of eating...we had several reservations at Michelin star rated restaurants. Contrary to popular belief this is not the guy that sells you tires. Thursdays dinner was awesome and very unique, after dinner we walked around town and tried out some of the local drinkeries. There are two things we do when we travel.....walk at least a million miles and eat as much food as possible. I am pretty sure we covered at least 30 miles over the weekend just walking, and it was freezing cold.....
Friday we were up early to catch the bus to Napa. I booked a private tour of several wineries in the area. Our first stop was Reynolds family winery... they have awesome Cabernet's. The winery was quaint and we were the only guests at the time. By far my favorite winery in Napa. Our second stop was Pine Ridge, also great cabs, and a beautiful winery. Lunch was up next and we were in for a treat, we stopped at restaurant called Red and it was outstanding. The weather was perfect so we ate outside on the patio. After lunch we went to the last winery Chimney Rock, the wine was a little pricey but definitely worth it.
We caught the ferry back to San Fran and got ready for our dinner. The restaurant we went to was supposed to be outstanding, two star rated (out of three), 8 course tasting menu. yad yad yad. Dont waste your time, the food was good and the service excellent, but if you going to spend some cash on dinner come to Houston and go to The Pass. Saturday we spent walking all over town, check out everything. Dinner that evening was very good, we were able to sit at the chefs table and watch them prepare all the food. Quite excellent and entertaining. Sunday we were off early to get back to Houston to start the work week.
Since then I have been on the road for work. That Tuesday I left for Lubbock to hang out with our Permian Pipeline North group. That by far has been the most taxing trip I have taken this year. I was dreading heading out the following Tuesday to Midland to see our Permian Pipeline South crew. Thankfully this last trip was a little better. Being gone for work two weeks in a row, really takes it toll. I am so glad to be home and be able to catch up on everything.
These last two weekends have been a mixture of working out, cooking, and hanging out with friends. I recently signed up for my first Crossfit competition, therefore the training has intensified! On top of that I decided I should take up another sport so now I am taking tennis lessons....really!!! Weekends at home are my favorite I can spend most of the time working out and cooking. This morning I ran two miles, played two hours of tennis, worked out at Crossfit and swam 1000 meters.
Hope you all are taking full advantage your weekend. Enjoy
Until next time
Tory
