Crazy week capped off by a crazy weekend. Monday I went to Maupin on "Official Winery Business". If you don't know where Maupin, OR is, it's half way between here and Bend. Nothing at all to do there but whitewater raft, fly fish and drink. I didn't have time to raft and I lost my fly rod somewhere. There's a small resort/restaurant in Maupin called the Imperial. The rooms were very nice and everything about the restaurant and lounge were great. They even carry WRC Lemberger and Tempranillo on the wine list. There's also a tavern in Maupin called the "Rainbow", but you all know that I don't frequent such places.
Tuesday we hosted the entire waitstaff from one of my favorite restaurants, Solstice. Imagine a restaurant owner who closes his place on a Tuesday and takes his entire staff whitewater rafting and then takes them to a winery for dinner and wine tasting afterwards. Who would ever want to work for such a person. How will he ever get the high employee turnover rate of other restaurants if he actually shows his staff that he cares about them.
Wednesday was the day for the annual White Salmon River Fest. This event is put on by community members and is meant to educate people on the state of God's favorite river. Seminars and lectures took place all day long at Hooba's and the evening gala moved up to the winery. Once again I must taunt the office cubical dwellers with "Ha Ha Ha, I get to live here."
Saturday evening we hosted our first wedding reception of the year. Every time we host such an event I always seem to tell the newlyweds that it was the best ever. Well, I did that for the last time Saturday night because this was the best ever. A new standard of wedding reception has been established. We may just never do another reception again. That's how much fun this one was. Congrats Tom and Meridith and all of you crazy relatives from the South.
Father's Day is next weekend. Bring Dad out for barrel tasting and buy him a chunk of artisan cheese from our wide selection. He'll like it more than the socks and underwear that I'm sure I'll get.
Summer is here! Don't forget to enter our "Win a dream date with WRC employee of the month runner-up, Ryan".
You're the best father in the world, Husum!
Joel
