this chicken stole my t-shirt.
Wine, a vegetable garden, and chocolate covered pretzels, who could ask for more? This weekend I stayed with the lovely people of
Wycombe Vineyards in Bucks County, PA. If you like good wine (lord knows I do but I'm not picky) made by good people check out their link on the left. I tasted everything they had in their wineshop this weekend and it was all très fantastique. The vineyard is located close to New Hope, PA which is a cute little town where Andy Warhol and other artsy fartsy types used to hang out in the 60's when they were tired of New York. It is now a nice place to walk around where there are no shortages of Indian and Tibetan dress stores, art galleries, and ice cream shops. Highlights of my trip there included:
- the rock star gallery, where you can look at Jerry Garcia's artwork which is surprisingly not crappy! They have other musicians' artwork too.
- A decently-priced vintage clothing store where I bought really awesome purple high heels! The name eludes me right now, it involves the number 13, it's a small town you'll find it.
- The chicken pictured above, which I saw in someone's backyard while we were walking along the canal.
There's also a bridge in New Hope that connects it to Lambertville, NJ, so you can walk right across the state line. I didn't cross it since I'm going to New Jersey in a couple of days anyways but I sure did look at it!
I also helped my gracious hosts plant a vegetable garden this weekend, which was a learning process for me. Who knew planting vegetables was so pleasant and enjoyable? Hopefully something grows there, the zucchini plants looked particularly hearty to me.
After planting my hosts shared with me chocolate covered pretzels that they made, which I'm sure they regretted because I think I ate every single one of them. They grated fresh cinnamon over them fer crissake! What's a girl to do?
Last item of news: did you know that if you take a couple of original-flavored mentos and drop them into a 2 liter bottle of Coke it will create a coke explosion?!? Neither did I until this weekend! I have no idea why it works, but it's really cool and you should try it! Definitely do it outside though, and get ready for an ant invasion afterwards.
xo
m.
