Napa Valley Valentines Day!

Ok so I know it may not be the most original since we went last year also, but we did Napa again for Valentines this year!  We had such a good time last year that we wanted to do it again this year, and Ashley's sister and her boyfriend were able to come with us this trip for their first time in Napa so it made the trip great!

I'm going to have to consult Ashley for the list of Wineries we hit, (I want to say 4 the first day and maybe 5 the second day) but here are some highlights from the trip.

We started the trip at Frog's Leap Winery which is absolutely amazing as it is completely sustainable and I am influenced by my good friend Riley that sustainability is a good thing! Anyhow, they have a barn and a little hoop set up that if you make the shot you win a little prize (A Frogs Leap poster) after watching a half dozen misses or so, I calmly stepped up and hit my first shot since Christmas. Good times there!



Me, Ashley, her sister Tina, and her sisters boyfriend Julian. Posing inside one of the barns at Frogs Leap.

Not as much a fan of the wine so much as a fan of their establishment at Sterling Winery, you take a tram ride up to the estate itself, then the views from there are amazing.  We hit there last year, but just went again primarily for the view, a really pretty place in Napa.

 

We hit Duckhorn Winery the second day there, first thing in the morning and it was the absolute best winery we were at the whole time.  Generous pours, the absolute best wine, and a pretty place too, so glad we stopped there and even though it was a little more pricey than we're accustomed too we got a couple bottles from there and they are DIVINE!

 

Outside of the Duckhorn winery amidst all of the Mustard Plants outside of the winery.

 

A little bright here, I believe this was at Peju, one of our final wineries of the trip, but a great stop nonetheless.

Just a beautiful place in the world, absolutely love staying up there it is a great time always!

Discover Card is Awesome

**Disclaimer**
This post is by no means endorsed by Discover Card and I am not affiliated with them despite the fact they saved me a cool grand.  So thank you to them, appreciate you Discover!

It was just another Monday in my everyday life, get to work, get some projects done.  Sign on to www.Mint.com (another absolutely great site by the way) to check up on my budget and just see how everything was going for my monthly budgets.  Mint.com by the way is a Credit Card and Banking/ everything financial compiling site, so I can see all the balances on all CC's, Bank accounts, Retirement etc.  So I log on here and realize that everything loads, EXCEPT for my Discover card, meaning something is wrong with the online login.  Minutes later I get a call on my cell from random 800 number, but I answer, and sure enough it is Discover Customer Service wanting to verify some purchases for Fraud protection.  Yadda yadda list a couple of places I went to eat the weekend before.  Then... And 10 $100 gift cards for EBay? ... Wait what? Yeah 10 $100 gift cards from EBay.  Whoa whoa whoa, ok no I definitely did not purchase that.  They trace it back, looks like I made a few online purchases recently which any of them could be the place that the person hacked in order to get my CC number.  Nonetheless, this was a little discerning, but they canceled my card immediately, sent me a new one and did not charge me for the fraudulent charges. They talked to me about how to use the 'Encryption' card services on DiscoverCard.com and how to help avoid this in the future. Awesome.

I'm just now getting my new Discover Card, which I'm going to make sure I'm MUCH safer with and watch where and how I use it.  I was always one of those believers that Identity Theft couldn't happen to me, I make sure I use safe approved sites, and I'm pretty computer savvy thinking I was invincible I guess.  I got hit by a Mild Mild form of ID theft, which thanks to Discover Card was completely avoided.

So, good lookin out by Discover, much appreciated and to everyone out there your card number can be hacked from anywhere.  (The only online purchases I had made in the past 2 weeks was www.Southwest.com which I would think would be pretty secure.  But anything is possible!)
Be careful out there friends, and thank you Discover Card!