My weekend

Hello! I just had a fabulous 3 day weekend, and I have returned to school feeling very well rested. I got my internet set up, and living with a house of all guys, who usually seem to think they know how to do these things by the nature of being a guy, I'm pretty proud of that. I also went on a birthday date to the Firestone Brewery Tap Room, as well as Solvang to go wine tasting. My boyfriend, Kyle, and I have never gone anything tasting. At the Firestone Brewery, we sampled a Solace ($6), which is their summer beer, and a beer sampler ($6.50), which came with 4 little tasting glasses. Our favorite beer was the Solace, because the darker beers are just not our thing. I was stoked that I got to keep a complimentary glass. The margherita pizza ($11) there was delicious, but only just enough to satisfy our appetites. Then we headed over to Solvang, which was very different than anything I've seen in Santa Barbara. Apparently, it's where the movie Sideways was filmed. We went to Sort This Out Cellars which totally appealed to us because it was more contempory and had a younger crowd. It was $10 a person for a wine sampler which included tasting portions of 6 wines. Kyle preferred the Muscat which is a desert wine, while I liked the Chardonnay. It was fun, and because wine is generally expensive I don't usually get to try different ones, so I would recommend it as a fun and unique experience.