Thursday, June 09, 2011

Down the hatch!

This evening was spent doing something a little bit different from my everyday routine: I poured wine at The St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. I'd like to say that I was chosen to represent the winery at which I work because of my extensive wine knowledge and magnetic personality, but truthfully no one else was available, or wanted to work this event.
The yacht club had recently completed an extensive face-lift of their dining room and were holding a members only open house to showcase the remodeled eating area. It was a fun event held in beautiful surroundings, complete with breathtaking views of San Francisco Bay, scuttlebutts of wine, lots of yachty-type folk decked out in Sperry Top-Sider deck shoes and nautically themed ties, buckets of shrimp, boatloads of oysters, and last but not least, a jaw dropping sunset just beyond the Golden Gate Bridge. It was worth the 108 mile commute.
Life is good.

9 comments:

About Last Weekend said...

Good on you! I bet you wowed them. Really like that place, my brother had his 50th there, though in the back room...

Unknown said...

Sounds like a good gig!

Thud said...

Britania rules the waves!

monkey said...

im gonna get me some deck shoes there snazzy

Vinogirl said...

ALW: Then you know what a great view this place has.

KM: It was...although the average age of the men was approx. 79!

Thud: That very thought did indeed cross my mind :)

Monkey: I'll save the most up-to-date Sperry catalogue for you to peruse when you get here in July.

phlegmfatale said...

Sweet! That sounds like a sparkling occasion from any perspective.

Affer said...

Err....this wasn't a training run for the new Bunny Club launch was it?

Ron Combo said...

I love that, buckets of shrimp. Yum yum.

Vinogirl said...

Phlemmy: I think it would be hard to have a bad time in such a spectacular setting.

Affer: Is that you Percy?

Ron: I've never seen so many shrimp, big 'uns too.