Saturday, August 23
I couldn’t sleep in on this Saturday. I had to get up and work. It was going to be a very long day. I made myself two scrambled eggs with a little cheese, two sausage links, and two pieces of Seattle brown loaf toast. Pairs of everything. Even two small glasses of orange juice. It was all organic, fresh, gluten-free and brunch-worthy.
It was already hot and sunny by 10:00 a.m. I had a put two potential outfits together for the vineyard dinner, a pants outfit and then a dress. I liked having options.
I packed up my car with what seemed like a lot of stuff and headed out to run a few more errands before heading up to the winery. Once I got there, I played florist. I pulled out the little pepper plants and green-white hydrangea and placed them in round glass bowls filled with small river stones. They looked pretty but I feared the hydrangea wouldn’t make it through the hot day.I got into the vineyard and decorated the tables with the pale green-tea colored ceramic pears I had found, along with hurricane lamps filled with larger river rocks and cream-colored pillar candles, and then placed the flower arrangements down the line. We had nine tables lined up with celadon table cloths and a pearlescent runner – a perfect vineyard table. We placed the menus on the silver chargers. The table looked magnificent.
Somehow the day had flown by as we busily prepared for the dinner. I was sweating like crazy. The chefs came up to get ready for the passed hors d’oeuvres. I ran back down to the winery to grab a bathroom to clean up and get dressed. I went with the strapless gray dress and cute pink jacket. By the time I was dressed, it was too early and too hot for the jacket. It was show time! I love the opportunity to make magic for dinner guests. Tonight, in the middle of the vineyard, it would be nothing short of magic.
