Can I stay in San Francisco forever?
Pretty please…. pretty pretty please?!?!?!
I think today has been one of my all time favorite days of my life. It started with a perfect run and just kept getting better and better from there. I am not even close to being ready to go home yet; I want to stay here forever. 
Foodbuzz wrapped up their first annual blogger festival with a Nature’s Pride & Kerrygold sponsored brunch at Lulu Restaurant in the heart of San Francisco.
They had a great selection of great eats including salads, croque monsieur’s, french toast and egg frittatas.
Plate Numero Uno
Plate Numero Dos
Ryan (the girl) gave a final speech
and with that the festival had come to an end.
Thanks again FoodBuzz! CONGRATS on a hugely successful festival. I can’t wait for next year’s events.
Next up: Blogger road trip to Sonoma County!
Jenna’s friend Adam hooked Kath, Tina, Beth T, and myself up with two private wine tastings.
Beautiful can not even begin to describe the breath taking views from the vineyards.
A handful of trail mix was consumed on the way from the fields to our first tasting.
Matanzas Creek Winery was our first stop of the day.
Palette cleansers
We sampled 6 wines through the course of our tasting
- 2007 Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma Country
- 2007 Journey Charonnay
- 2007 Pinot Noir, Bennett Valley
- 2006 Merlot, Bennett Valley
- 2005 Merlot, Jackson Park Vineyard
- 2006 Cabernet, Sonoma County
My favorites were the 2005 Merlot and the Cabernet. I ended up bringing a bottle of the cab back home. (I hope you like it Derek!)
Next stop: Arrowood Vineyards & WInery
More wine was served and more wine was happily consumed.
The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve Speciale was easily my favorite of the Arrowhead wines.
We had our fill of wine, now it was time for food!
complimentary olives
Drink: Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Delicious chewy bread
The table split a trio of appetizers
‘The Works’ Goat Cheese Sampler
Fritas
Crispy Pork Belly
The appetizers were all amazing, but sadly the bowl of broth I ordered as my meal was not.
Luckily, Adam shared his burger with me. Yum!
We headed next door to El Dorado to continue our Sonoma Valley dining experience with dessert.
Again, the table split a trio of amazing dishes.
Tahitian Vanilla Creme Brulee
Pumpkin Pie & Apple Crumb Tasting Plate
Smores Tarte — my favorite
Many thanks to Adam for treat us all to both dinner and dessert! It was truly a pleasure to meet you and I look forward to many more visits in the future!
Sadly, that concluded my fun adventures in wine country for the day. *sniff *sniff
Words can not describe how fabulous this weekend has been; I can’t believe it has to come to an end. Tonight I take the red eye out of San Francisco and tomorrow morning I will be safe and sound home in Orlando.
I will miss everything about my experience this weekend, expecially all of the good wine, good food, and most importantly goof friends.
Love you girls!
All the food looks amazing and those vineyards are beautiful!
Glad you had a great weekend
Sounds like an amazing trip. Have a safe flight home!
wow meghann you are one lucky blogger indeed!
Wow BOTH your trips look incredible. I am jealous. I’ve never been out to California. Obviously it’s as amazing as everyone says! Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself!
Man that looks amazing. Wish I were there!
Wow there’s no question why you’d want to stay there forever! It looks absolutely amazing!
What a great day Meghann! I am majorly jealz. While you guys were doing that I was sitting on a stinky plane.
It was SO nice to finally meet you and I feel like we have been friends forever! It was such a great weekend. Thanks again for your inspiration & motivation during my run!!!!! xo
i’m so glad you had a great weekend. i really wish i could have been there and regret not getting the time off to go. next year, swear to it!
Looks like a great weekend!!
hey..I have been keeping up-to-date with your adventures this weekend and it sure looks like it was a great time!! Glad you had so much fun!
Btw, I really adore your hair when it is curly/wavy. It totally suits you!
now do you understand why i said my honeymoon was the MOST AMAZING THING ever??????????????
What a phenomenal couple of days! Also, I agree with caitlin, your hair looks great wavy!
aw, what a fun time! I’m so sad I missed the brunch, but it was SO fun to meet you in person!
Hope you have safe travels back home!
WOW meghann! everything looks amazing and i am super jealous of ya
jenna
Wow! Sonoma looks beautiful. I need to go. It’s only an hour flight away from me or an eight hour drive! I’m definitely inspired.
I am so sad that all things foodbuzz festival are over. it was such a great weekend.
What a fun looking day! I definitely need to get my butt over to the west coast some time
You should consider signing up for your next marathon…SF Marathon, July 2010 or the Nike in October…a great reason to come back to the City.
Looks like you had an amazing time! My hubby proposed while we were vacationing in San Fran, so I love it there!
You had such an amazing adventure! I would want to stay in San Francisco too! xoxo
looks like such a wonderful, fun time! and the pictures of all your girls are so cute!
Love the winery pics!! That Girl and the Fig restaurant looks fun, too!
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The wine tasting pictures look amazing! what a wonderful experience!
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what an amazing trip! thanks for sharing!
Looks like so much fun! I don’t blame you for wanted to stay! Glad you had a great time!!!!
ahhh everything looks like so much fun, and may I say you were looking GORGEOUS this weekend! I loved all of your outfits, and especially the red dress. Man, I hope someday I can go to one of these events!
Love your outfit at the winery! Glad you had such a great time – I may have to join you guys next year!
And that goat cheese platter – YUM!
oh my goodness. Your trip looks amazing. Gorgeous pics. Wine tasting is so much fun! And you just have to do it when you are in the area. Im so glad you had a great time!
Looks like such a fun day with some great food and wine! Isn’t wine tasting so much fun? I love it!