{"id":3352,"date":"2017-09-18T18:27:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T01:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2017-09-18T18:27:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T01:27:15","slug":"sunday-funday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Funday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;ll just focus on Sunday from that weekend. \u00a0For one thing I spent the rest of the weekend working, and for another I think I have enough material from Sunday to whip up a sizable paragraph. \u00a0Our Sunday Funday began rather early, when we took off in a westward direction for Sonoma. \u00a0One of our favorite wineries there was having an &#8220;event,&#8221; and we decided we just might as well attend. \u00a0So we headed down I-80, destination <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waltwines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walt Wines<\/a>. \u00a0 We generally stay the night when we head down to the Napa\/Sonoma area, but it&#8217;s really close enough to day-trip and we didn&#8217;t want to take vacation and all that mess. \u00a0An hour and a half later, we were walking in the door for some wine tasting. \u00a0They also provided free food for everybody, catered by <a href=\"http:\/\/rebel-dog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rebel Dog<\/a>, and that was worth the trip in itself. \u00a0(Well&#8230; \u00a0Nothing in life is free, as they say. \u00a0They got their money.) \u00a0It was a great afternoon, I bet we stayed three hours or so. \u00a0After we got bored (or they ran out of tamales) we loaded up and headed back home. \u00a0On the drive we got to cipherin&#8217;, and decided it seemed something of a shame to drive all that way and just go to one spot. \u00a0As we came to this inescapable conclusion we happened to be coming up on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuvaison.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuvaison<\/a> winery, so we made the quick call to make that our second destination of the day. \u00a0It worked out quite well for us, we were very fond of the spot. \u00a0Their wines were very good, and the tasting room was quite nice also. \u00a0It was on the whole much more&#8230; errrr&#8230; &#8220;affordable&#8221; than Walt. \u00a0Much as we like Walt, I don&#8217;t think they really fall into the &#8220;value brand&#8221; category. \u00a0Gotta mix things up a little I guess. \u00a0We hung out there for quite a while, and then continued our drive back up the hill to the homestead. \u00a0We got home around five, much to Quinn&#8217;s delight. \u00a0Poor lil&#8217; fella doesn&#8217;t care to be left all alone so much. \u00a0Matter of fact he was so wound up we got on the phone and made some quick dinner plans with his bestest buddy Rennfield up in Cameron Park, and took him up there. \u00a0While he ran around the yard like a wild, feral animal, we enjoyed a wonderful tri tip dinner courtesy of Rennfields owners. \u00a0Can&#8217;t beat that deal! \u00a0The pups showed no sign of slowing down after dinner, so we hung out and played a few games of cards too. \u00a0Whew, full day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3352 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/sous-vide\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sous-vide-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sous-vide-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sous-vide-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sous-vide-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sous-vide.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3353'>\n\t\t\t\tI&#8217;m getting back to my sous vide experiments.  This was a steak I did for dinner Friday night.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/sear-time\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sear-time-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sear-time-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sear-time-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sear-time-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sear-time.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3354'>\n\t\t\t\tI tried finishing the sous vide steak in a super hot skillet instead of the grill, which quite positive results.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/orange\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/orange-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/orange-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/orange-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/orange-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/orange.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3355'>\n\t\t\t\tThe orange tree in our back yard has gone crazy, it&#8217;s about 15 foot tall.  For all the foliage, it only has this one lone orange though.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/nap-time-3\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nap-time-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nap-time-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nap-time-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nap-time-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nap-time.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3356'>\n\t\t\t\tQuinn trying to get comfy on the patio during the recent chilly snap.  The struggle is real.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/grapes-7\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grapes-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grapes-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grapes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grapes-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grapes.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3357'>\n\t\t\t\tGrapes are ready!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/dinner-time\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dinner-time-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dinner-time-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dinner-time-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dinner-time-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dinner-time.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3358'>\n\t\t\t\tOur well trained dog bellying up to the table for dinner.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/new-winery\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/new-winery-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/new-winery-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/new-winery-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/new-winery-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/new-winery-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/new-winery.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3359'>\n\t\t\t\tThe vineyards at Cuvaison Winery.  Very nice.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/unshaven-bum\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unshaven-bum-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unshaven-bum-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unshaven-bum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unshaven-bum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unshaven-bum-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unshaven-bum.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3360'>\n\t\t\t\tEnjoying some Pinot Noir at Walt Winery.  I forgot to shave.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/sunday-funday\/tri-tip-5\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tri-tip-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tri-tip-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tri-tip-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tri-tip-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tri-tip.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3361'>\n\t\t\t\tOur delicious tri tip Sunday night\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;ll just focus on Sunday from that weekend. \u00a0For one thing I spent the rest of the weekend working, and for another I think I have enough material from Sunday to whip up a sizable paragraph. \u00a0Our Sunday Funday began rather early, when we took off in a westward direction for Sonoma. \u00a0One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3362,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions\/3362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}