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Revisiting the Past
*(revisiting this old post originally posted on bakotopia.com February 27th, 2007 and getting ready for a new Dorpalicious adventure this Sunday!*
This past Saturday was Dorp’s birthday so we decided we were going to hang out all day. We started at Perko’s in Delano, for breakfast. Then we headed to Goochers house. We had a couple of glasses of wine while we talked about anything and everything. Whatever came up. That’s the great part about best friends. It doesn’t matter what we talk about. It doesn’t matter where we’re at. All that matters is that we are together.
Me: “Hey you know what would be soooo cool? Girls road trip. We should take a road trip somewhere.”
Dorp: “Yeah, that sounds cool. But when? Our schedules are always so different.”
Goocher: “Let’s go right now. Today. We already planned on spending all day together, might as well go today. But where?”
Me: “Well, you guys have never been wine tasting. How ‘bout if I take you guys wine tasting? Paso Robles is soooooo close. We could make there and back in one day.”
Me, Dorp, and Goocher: “wonder twin powers, ACTIVATE” and we were off.
At this point it was about 3:00pm, so we had to hurry. We get to Paso Robles and stopped at my FAVORITE tasting room, Tobin James Winery.
Not only is their wine great, but the atmosphere is so much fun and laid back. Other than the mom and pop places you can find if you dare take those long windy roads, Tobin James is the perfect place to taste if it’s your first time. Some of the other places are stuffy and intimidating. Meridian Winery comes to mind. Great wine but a little stuffy. Eberle is also fun. And they do cave tours!
this is me, and my sisters at Eberle.
While at Tobin James we find out that Andrew Firestone has just opened his winery down the road, and he’s there doing the good ol’ “Meet and Greet”.
The lady next to us was so excited as she was describing how hot he is, how sweet and unpretentious, while showing off the picture she took of him. We had just started tasting, but Dorp got excited about meeting Andrew that she insisted we leave right then and then. Dammit. That’s my favorite place to taste. Crap. Well, ok. After all, it IS her birthday. I rushed to the register and bought my husband two of his favorite bottles of wine: Sangiovese, and Syrah.
We get to Firestone Winery and guess what? They are closed. Dammit.
Me: “Awww Dorp, I’m sorry you didn’t get to meet Andrew Firestone for your birthday trip!”
Dorp: “No biggie, I don’t even know who he is.”
Me: “Are you kidding me? You made me leave my FAVORITE wine tasting place and you don’t even KNOW WHO ANDREW FIRESTONE IS?” grrrrrrrr.
Dorp: “Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? He looked cute in the picture. Besides, the lady seemed so excited about meeting him. I wanted to see what the big deal was.”
Me: “Oh well, no big deal. Let’s move on to the dinner part of the trip.”
We decided if dinner ran too long, we’d stay the night in Pismo.
Goocher: “Hey let’s stop at Ross Dress For Less to buy a change of clothes. In case we stay the night.”
Sounds good to me. When we first walked in Dorp got a shopping cart. I thought to myself, “That’s weird, WHY does she need a shopping cart? This isn’t a grocery store. Why would ANYBODY need a shopping cart at a clothing store? Hmmm”
Little did I know I was soon to find out.
I bought two Lucky brand T-Shirts, a set of three chonies (undies), two bras and a sweater for $58.00! Not bad hu? AND I did it in UNDER thirty minutes. Then, I had to wait for their shop-a-holic booties to get done with THEIR shopping… TWO HOURS LATER… my feet hurt, I’m tired, I have a headache. I’m thinking who’s great freaken idea was it to stop at this godforsaken place anyways? Grrrrrr.
I went to pay then sat at a table near the front of the store, set my head down and took a nap. Hey, I ain’t shy. I’ll nap anywhere. Finally I decided to call their cell phones and tell them I had been waiting for them at the front forever… and are they going to be done anytime soon? They both finally came up to pay. It was then that I realized WHY they needed the shopping cart. I’ll be damned if they didn’t fill that shopping cart. WOW! Amazing, is all I have to say. Actually a few choice bad words come to mind, but I’ll stay with amazing and leave it at that. (can you tell I’m not a shopper?)
I was so pissed! As they were waiting in line to pay I was telling them off for taking so damn long.. and they just kept laughing at me for being so grumpy. Thank God for best friends, right? Who else would forgive you after you went off on them like a raving lunatic for SHOPPING!
As we were walking out of the store where I had just made a huge ass of myself by yelling at them and nagging like a bitchy wife, Dorp looks at me and says, “Ummmm Norma, WHY is your sweater on BACKWARDS?”
Ha! What a dummyhead. I’d walked around all day with my tag sticking out. I laughed so hard I almost peed my chonies.
At this point we were all tired. Me from waiting, them from shopping. So we decided to call it a day. We stopped at a mini mart to use the restroom. I bought a Twinkie for dinner, they bought Hot Cheetos. We headed back home. Two bottles of wine, a Twinkie for dinner, and another adventure with my two best friends. Life just doesn’t get any better than that!
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I used to go on spur of the moment road trips with family and friends. Well, I guess I still do...hmm. Went to TX to visit family and friends not too long ago, went to L.A. with my sister and just roamed around, and went to the beach a few times last year, too. Fun times I don't want to forget!! It's cool that you still make time for your friends! Kudos Twinkie :)
I remember when it changed names and I was on my way to visit Earlimart and it was changed BACK..
tee hee. yeah. Actually, I used to work there as a teen. The franchise owner Dave, then bought it out and it was The Fruit Tree Cafe for a while. Now it's Perko's again. Rumor has it he finally realized his dream of moving to the coast and opening a restaurant there.
Is Perko's still in business? My oh my.