D.C. Food and Wine Festival '09

Daniel and Robin at the D.C. Food and Wine Festival.

Carla Hall and Ariane Duarte from Top Chef doing a cooking demo.

Daniel and Robin with Ariane.

Daniel and Robin with Carla.

To celebrate Daniel's Birthday we went to the D.C. Food and Wine Festival on Saturday June 6th. The festival took place at the National Harbor. It was a beautiful day, a little overcast yet warm with a slight breeze. The food and wine were abundant and delicious. The highlight of the day was meeting two of our favorite Top Chef contestants, Carla and Ariane. They were gracious enough to allow us to take some pictures. We had so much fun. It was the perfect way to celebrate a Birthday!

http://www.foodandwinenh.com/

Wine in the Woods 2009

Daniel and Robin starting their day of indulgence.

Daniel enjoying the good life.

Daniel and Robin at Wine in the Woods 2009.

Wine in the Woods is a wine festival that showcases Maryland wineries. It's an all day event with wine, music, artists and roving entertainers. It was nice to be able to taste what Maryland has to offer in the way of wine. Maryland wineries for the most part are still very young. Right now a lot of their strengths are in white wines and desert wines. However there was one winery that had a stand out red. Basignani Winery has a 2005 Lorenzino Reserve that is very Bordeaux-like, and was our favorite wine of the day. All in all we were impressed with what we tasted and had a lot of fun in the process. This will most likely become a summer tradition.

Orioles Game, Camden Yards....Go O's!

Baltimore Orioles vs. Texas Rangers

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Robin and Daniel enjoying the game.

View from our seats.

Nice action shot.

People here in Baltimore love their O's. While we are more passionate about football (Colt's football that is), we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. After all this is "birdland". We have to admit it was fun. The only down side was the 90 degree temperature. We pushed through the heat and had a great time. Everything from the beer guy to the actual game was interesting. We most likely won't ever call ourselves baseball lovers. However, Baltimore is our first home with a baseball team so we will always has an affinity for the Orioles.

Two Year Anniversary 04.21.09

Daniel and Robin about to enjoy desert.

The Milk Chocolate Tiramisu Fondue and Desert plate.

Yesterday we celebrated our second year of marriage and our seventh year of being a couple. We celebrated by having dinner at one of our favorite places, The Melting Pot. It is traditionally where we go for all of our anniversaries. We were able to take a trip down memory lane by partaking in their "Big Night Out - A taste of Tuscany". Daniel and I were engaged in Tuscany and jumped at the chance to taste their new menu. We started with a Quattro Formaggio Cheese Fondue which tasted like pizza....yummmm! Then we both had the Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with a delicious balsamic glaze. For the Main course we had lobster tail, filet mignon florentine, limoncello balsamic sirloin, shrimp diablo, sun-dried tomato chicken, and orange fennel pork tenderloin, cooked in a burgundy wine based broth. Last but certainly not least we had Milk Chocolate Tiramisu Fondue for dessert. (That is what you see in the picture above.) Oh so good! The dinner was fantastic and as usual the melting pot was the perfect place to spend our evening. We were able to reflect on the past two years together, and discuss future plans. While we don't know exactly where we are headed, we know wherever we end up it will be together. Our love and respect for each other continues to grow each day. We love being together and supporting each other. Most of all we just love being Mr. and Mrs. Senecal!

Our love of Wine

Over the years we have grown to really love wine. Everything about it, it's smell, it's taste, the way it grows, the way it's made, everything! We have traveled to see vineyards and meet wine growers. We are regulars at our local wine bar and love to go to tastings. There is nothing like sitting with your friends talking, sharing a bottle of wine. While we both love wine Daniel is the true connoisseur. Daniel is always being asked by family and friends, "what do you suggest we buy?". Well now you can look to his new wine blog. http://danthewineguy.blogspot.com/

He will be talking about the wine we taste and the places we go. We hope you enjoy what he has to say, and remember....good wine is the wine you enjoy drinking!

Congratulations Elizabeth and Andrew!

Elizabeth and Andrew with their New Baby Girl Harper.

Our good friends Elizabeth and Andrew Dobbs just welcomed their first baby into the world. Harper Jane Dobbs was born April 14 at 2:09am. She is 9lbs 3oz and 21 1/2" long. Congratulations Elizabeth and Andrew, and Happy Birthday Little Harper. We love you and miss you all so much!

Spring Break 2009!

Daniel and Robin getting ready to go out for the night.

(Yes Robin has 80's hair, it was humid)

Picture from our balcony, you can kind of see the ocean.

Daniel in the ocean pulling up sand dollars.

A lovely sunset!

We spent 5 days in Ft. Myers Florida and man was it a much needed vacation. Daniel's family was nice enough to invite us. The weather was great and as you will see in our pictures, we are fried crispy. It was great to spend time with family. There were many memories made during this trip, some of which we will leave in Florida :), all of which we will cherish!