Wine Festival. Day 28.

I spent all weekend pouring wine for Big Basin Vineyards at the Saratoga Art and Wine Festival. Good wine and even better people-watching and made for a great time. Yesterday Ramon came and helped out as well, today it was just Jeff and I. Of course this meant that I got no sewing in, which isn't a big surprise given that I am down one sewing machine at the moment, and with the 95°+ dry weather, no one wants to be fumbling around with wooliness, just chilled wine-iness. So no knitting either.

I was very surprised at how little traffic the overall festival had. Yesterday was busier, but still quite slow. Saratoga is an absolutely beautiful setting, and there were lots of great vendors, including the bay-area woman who makes her own shoes, complete with 5-week old kitten in-tow.

One of my favorite people to meet was a police officer, on duty for the event, who has a serious passion for wine. While he might be on the SWAT team, and scream profanities at you while beating you with is night-club, he would prefer to do it with a complex Syrah in hand. My next favorite was this sweet old man, who happily let me take a picture of him and his pup. They were out in the morning, enjoying the art and the the wine at 10 am, before the heat of the afternoon:



Yesterday I wore jeans, and a tank-top, but it was way to hat for that. Today I wore some shorts that I made during the summer, from a pattern that I created, of course, and I got a surprising number of comments and compliments on them! I should take some pictures and post them here. They are the only pair of shorts that I own AND wear.

And then there was this guy. By the way, 1982 wants its shirt back:



I also called in for my Jury Duty information, and it looks like I may not be needed after all. To be honest, I can't say that I am not a little disappointed. I was thinking it could be quite interesting, and certainly a change of pace. So, assuming that this all stays true tomorrow when I have to call back, between 11 and noon, I am really, really looking forward to getting into the sewing lab tomorrow, when I know that the machines will be as free.