Julie and I had a delicious little winetasting last week, perfect for my inner sweet tooth. Al Hernandez, editor of  The Vine Times, came to our office to interview us for his podcast and we all explored delicious dessert wines using WineParty, our colorful winetasting kit.

We tasted some Ports, Madeira, and more, courtesy of our friends at   Montevina Winery,   Broadbent Slections, and  Folie a Deux. (As with many a fun wine party, Julie and Al didn’t know what they'd be tasting, as all the wines were disguised with  WIneWrappers from our WineParty .

No home is complete without a pizza oven
I recently had the opportunity to attend a fabulous party cooking fantastic Niman Ranch steaks in our friends John and Katie's new pizza oven. The party was fantastic ...

We've been super busy this month and apologize for not blogging about our fun food and wine experiences. Instead of eating and drinking, we've been building SmartsCo. We've had loads of help from the Make Mine a $Million Program sponsored by  Count Me In, a non-profit with a mission to help create one million women-owned One-Million-dollar businesses by 2010.

Read our February entry to find our about the ad campaign we're featured in for OPEN by American Express and much more. if you are a woman with a business, check out Count Me In for support (both financial and other) and encouragement ito help your business grow. Stay tuned for more exciting news about this program.