With Kambree and I having doctors visits in Des Moines yesterday Holly took the day off and we made a day of it...left the house before 7:00 am for Kambree's 8:45 am visit with a genetic specialist and my 11:00 am visit with the oncologist and then Kambree had to see the pediatrics doctor at 1:00 pm so we made the DAY and EVENING of it. I met the owners of a lovely fine dining steakhouse in Des Moines that are looking for a new Executive Chef and Sous Chef that are friends of Holly's family in Des Moines. Nice to meet new people. We also managed to visit two of the larger malls in West Des Moines...one was hosting POLE VAULTING in the mall as a part of the Drake University Relays. It was quite neat. Kambree discovered a 6 foot plus tall bulldog that just happened to be "alive" as it was the Drake University mascot Spike. She loved it...
At the other mall I made my big "discovery"...we had bought a bottle of "Red Sled 2006" from Southern Hills Winery in Osceola, Iowa a couple of winters ago and LOVED it. We purchased it in a "seasonal" store in Valley West Mall in West Des Moines. Well, on this trip we get off the elevator and I spot a Southern Hills Winery STORE in the mall! We went in and asked about the 2006 bottle of Red Sled. The girl working had us try the "Outback Zak" wine which is what the Red Sled is marketed as regularly...needless to say I got a bottle and am getting another to take to Holly's Grandmother's on Mother's Day. I also was able to get their listing of all of their wines, with descriptions, and their website... www.southernhillswinery.com or www.shwinery.com.
Can anyone guess where we are planing on going for Memorial Day weekend this year???
At the other mall I made my big "discovery"...we had bought a bottle of "Red Sled 2006" from Southern Hills Winery in Osceola, Iowa a couple of winters ago and LOVED it. We purchased it in a "seasonal" store in Valley West Mall in West Des Moines. Well, on this trip we get off the elevator and I spot a Southern Hills Winery STORE in the mall! We went in and asked about the 2006 bottle of Red Sled. The girl working had us try the "Outback Zak" wine which is what the Red Sled is marketed as regularly...needless to say I got a bottle and am getting another to take to Holly's Grandmother's on Mother's Day. I also was able to get their listing of all of their wines, with descriptions, and their website... www.southernhillswinery.com or www.shwinery.com.
Can anyone guess where we are planing on going for Memorial Day weekend this year???
"Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected, by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table."-Charles Pierre Monselet, French author(1825-1888)