quick blog check-in from healdsburg

Danielle and I are in Healdsburg enjoying our "babymoon". We'd never been here before so it's a completely new experience for us. The town is small, very small...but that's cool cause we have plenty of time to check everything out at a leisurely pace without feeling rushed.

We're staying at Hotel Healdsburg, which normally would be way out of our price range -- but we got a good deal. It's right on the main town square. I'm glad Danielle and I both agree that shelling out some extra bucks to stay at a nice place is worth it. The hotel can make or break a vacation, especially if you plan to spend a lot of time there (such as in a quieter, slower paced town.) Looking back to the "crappy" vacations I remember, they all included a "crappy" hotel. But all the nice places I've stayed have always been great trips. Aside from a cool design, another nice thing about this hotel is that everything is included with the price of your room. Breakfast? Included. Snacks in your room? Included. Everything in your mini-bar fridge? Included.



So what'd we do so far? Mainly eat and drink. I've been wine tasting both in town (yesterday) and out at wineries (today) while my pregnant wife plays sober driver. During our winery tour today we also stopped by Lake Sonoma and saw the fish hatchery.



Last night though Danielle said the funniest thing while we were at dinner. Just before we left our room, they had turned down the bed and put out two chocolates for us. Danielle wanted to eat hers before dinner but I convinced her to wait until we got back. While at dinner (I was eating a massive burrito) she turns to me and says, "Maybe if you're too full, I get to eat both chocolates." I don't know why but it was hilarious at the time...and she did eat both when we got back.