Last weekend I was driving through Woodinville’s Artisan Hill area, stopping by to visit Sightglass Cellars and pick up wine at a couple other tasting rooms, when I stopped in surprise. I noticed a new wine tasting room sandwich board I’d never seen before. It advertised Lord Lion Winery. I couldn’t resist pulling over and finding a parking space to ...

Woodinville Whiskey Co.’s 2018 Harvest release, Toasted Applewood Finished Rye Whiskey, had been marked on my calendar for over a month, so when the Saturday came around, I decided to incorporate it into a fun date night with my fiancé James. The distillery was packed but fortunately I had remembered to call ahead, and got the ok from Kaitlyn to ...

Late this summer, on a smoky workday, we rented out the gorgeous Zen Lakes property here in Woodinville, to throw wine parties for our friends. Imagine coming back from a long, relaxing walk around the Zen Lakes ponds and Zen garden, and coming across this festive table set up in a meadow. You might think you’d stumbled onto Alice’s Mad ...

At our summertime wine party and photo shoot, Jen set out bottles of Woodinville white wine from Cave B Estate Winery and Tertulia Cellars in the charming Japanese teahouse on the grounds of Zen Lakes. Guests wandering the spacious grounds at Zen Lakes could help themselves when they came to explore the teahouse. We knew the wine would get poured into ...

At our recent wine party at Zen Lakes, I set up one of my pop-up tents for shade and a cozy place to chill and eat dessert. I knew at some point people would need a respite from the sun, and didn’t want the frosting on our cakes and cupcakes to melt. Guests gathered around to chat and drink more ...

On a late summer weekday, Jen and I hosted several of our friends at a mid-week wine party and photo shoot at the incredibly beautiful Zen Lakes property in Woodinville. We rented the property for the day and set out to create a beautiful, memorable summer party. We invited several ladies to come get their photographs taken (whether for their ...

Have you ever knocked off work early on a Friday afternoon and headed over to Woodinville for a leisurely afternoon of wine tasting? You can sit on beautiful patios, feeling the warm sun on your skin, while tasting delicious wines in the open air. This is the new outdoor patio at Cave B Estate Winery, which recently expanded into the ...

On a recent weeknight, I was really in the mood to go have a drink at the Fireside Lounge outdoor patio at Willows Lodge here in Woodinville. It had occurred to me that with autumn approaching, it will soon be too cold to sit outdoors in the evening, and the hotel will safely store away their patio furniture until next year. ...

On my way back from getting a pedicure in Woodinville today (on a workday? Gasp! Well hey, I got lots of Instagram work done while my feet were being worked on!) I stopped by the new Rooster bakery on 202. I’d seen a gorgeous photograph of darling little peach pastries on a Woodinville Facebook group and absolutely had to have ...

One Saturday afternoon, I had friends coming over to visit for a while on their way to some adventures in Bothell. I wanted to offer them a glass of wine and a dessert – something nice to tide them over until their dinner hours later. I decided to bake a quick Meyer Lemon cake from a Trader Joe’s box cake ...