Glory, glory, hallelujah! I finally made it to a winery.

Apparently, we have wine country in our backyard. Who knew? My husband is a music freak, and one of his favorites is Harry Connick Jr. So, for Father’s Day this year, I bought him tickets to see Harry Connick Jr in the Summer Concert Series at the Chateau St Michelle winery, in Kirkland. Our friends Jen and Andy had previously gotten tickets for their anniversary at the end of May, so we decided to make it a double date night.

Jen found out that they welcome picnic baskets, so we stopped at Trader Joe’s and loaded up on all the essentials [all the essentials = unnecessary amounts of snacky foods]. We got cantaloupe, prosciutto to wrap around the cantaloupe [I know, how classy are we?!], chocolates, salads, a fresh wrap, some sushi, fresh blackberries, cheese, rosemary crackers, stuffed olives, strawberries, and chips/salsa. We didn’t think to actually buy a picnic basket, so we toted it all in in our super classy Trader Joe’s bags.

Turns out, people are professional winery concert-goers. I think they actually study and prep for these concerts for weeks in advance. Almost everyone had the same Crate & Barrel table [did I miss this memo on the ticket, or something?] but it didn’t stop there… they had tablecloths, you guys. And salt and pepper shakers. And wine holders so you didn’t have to set you glass down on the grass. One couple even had a full-sized, freshly roasted turkey!

Ok, I’m kidding about the turkey, but geez. These people are serious about their winery concerts.