PARIS 2009

Left for Paris out of Dallas Sun night.

Landed Monday morning at 9:40

We went through customs, bought our musee passes

then took the train to our apartment at 44 Rue Montmartre.

We freshened up and then took a bus to the Eiffel tower.

Decided to take a boat cruise down the Seine. This is

the Musee D'Orsay.

House boats on the Seine.

NAPA VALLEY WINE TOUR 2009 DAY 3 AFTERNOON

Clos Pegase is one of our favorite wineries
because they have a great picnic area. Their
wine is also excellent. This year we had a bottle
Cabernet Franc. Soooooo good.

The front of the winery. They have a great art collection

here

View from the parking lot

Picnic next to the vineyard. Good to the last drop.

NAPA VALLEY WINE TOUR 2009 EVENING DAY 3

Wednesday evening we had dinner on the Wine
Train so we stayed in Napa. What a find. We stayed
at Best Western Elm House Inn
800 California Blvd. Easy access to Rt.29.
The innkeepers are Tom and Connie Kearns
and their son Ted. We were welcomed by Ted
told that there would be fresh home made cookies at
6:00. We mentioned that we were doing the Wine
Train and wouldn't be there. He offered to put on in our
Rooms for us. It was absolutely delicious. He also called a taxi
to take us to the Wine Train. Needless to say, the
Wine Train dinner was excellent and a good time
was had by all.

This is the lobby. Behind the couch is where breakfast is served .

There are many choices: bagels, assorted breads, oatmeal with

various toppings, hardboiled eggs, fresh baked mimi loaves of

bread. Thurs. was orange cranberry and Fri was pumpkin pecan

and to top it off either Tom, Connie, or Ted is in the kitchen

creating Belguim waffles to order. All of this was served on real

dishes with real sliverware and real coffee cups.

Also, in the room there is a coffee pot with real mugs and real wine

glasses

We stayed here Wed and Thurs night. It was fantastic, very

much like a B&B, only better. Service was supurb and very friendly.

Everyone went out of their way to make us feel welcome and to insure

our stay was enjoyable.

If you're headed to Napa, stay here. Make reservations as soon as you

decide to go. This is a small hotel and fills quickly.

Phone number is 707-255-1831

NAPA VALLEY WINE TOUR 2009 DAY 4

We started day 4 at the Andretti Winery. They
had several of their wines on sale. We bought
two cases.

Next stop was Black Stallion Winery. Nice place

Our picnic lunch was at Sattui again today and then we headed to

Sonoma to Sebastiani.

We finished off the day with dinner at The Rutherford Grill.

They no longer had ostrich on the menu so I had prime rib.

They still had 209 gin and my martini's were delicious.

NUTT FAMILY REUNION 2009

Laberta and I

Debbie and Josh

Doris and I

Laberta, Doris, Terry and Myrna

The Girl Gang: Laberta, Doris and Carol

This year's Nutt Family reunion was held August 16.

MORE ASHBURN VISIT

The Artist

Audrey Hepburn

Anima Art

Wearing the white and yellow belt

Presentation to the audience after graduation.

SUMMER VISIT TO ASHBURN

Enjoying a glass of wine before dinner.

Nicholas ready for his Tae Kwon Do graduation to his yellow-white

belt.

The Stance

In Action

Graduation