Favorite Things Goodies!

Our "Favorite Things" Party is only a few days away!  After several days of rain and storms, the weather is looking good!  It's not hard to beat the heat that we had last year for the party however!

This year, in addition to taking home three new favorite things you can also win a fabulous door prize!  One of our prizes has generously been donated by Village Canvas & Cabernet.  The winner will go home with a free session!

Their website says:  
"Village Canvas and Cabernet is Omaha’s “paint and sip” art gallery, similar to shops found in many large cities; created and locally owned/operated by partner owners of the Hot Shops Art Center.
No art experience is needed, whatsoever, to attend a paint party and have a great time! The emphasis is on fun and creative exploration. It’s a great place to gather with friends, enjoy a glass of wine or beer and discover the creativity within ALL of us through art-as-entertainment paint sessions.

You will follow a guiding artist’s step-by-step instructions, surrounded by great local art and inspiration, and paint your own 16 x 20 canvas masterpiece. The paint party is a trendy friends’ or couples’ night out, a great place for networking groups, date night, girls night out, corporate teambuilding or any special event, and a way to meet fun people in one of Omaha’s hottest areas–AkSarBen Village."

Check out their June calendar here.   Thank you so much Village Canvas and Cabernet!!!

June

June is our Favorite Things month!

I hope you will be able to attend our Favorite Things Party this year! We had such a great time last year and are looking forward to more fun this year.

Please RSVP to Amber by May 25th if you are planning to attend.

Click here to read about our party last year and see some pics of the fun

This year we are planning on you bringing 3 of your one favorite thing (unwrapped and around $10), as well as a side dish or dessert.  Hot dogs, smore's, plates, etc. provided.   If you want something special to drink as well~ bring that along!

Looking forward to another fun night relaxing on the patio by the pool!

Blue Planet

Even though there was ice and rain coming down and Blue Planet stopped serving soup and wine....we still had a good time.  A little run across the street after to Jones Bros. Cupcakes made the night a little better!

May 2013

Join us in May for Blue Planet Natural Grill.  We had several requests for this as well.
VSC will be our meetings spot at 6:00 for car pool and plan to meet at Blue Planet at 630-645  if you are going directly there.


Blue Planet Natural Grill
6307 Center Street, Suite 101

Shoot an email to Amber if you are planning to make it.

April

We eat at all kinds- small towns cafes, big O places in black dresses, from sit down to fast food!  The only rule is: it's gotta be good.  Well, not all of the places have been good but we usually do require that we can get a drink or glass of wine!

This April, it's going to be yummy, we just won't be able to get it with wine.  Several requests have been made for a trip to the new Chic-Fil-A.   It's a Monday after all, so maybe we will be okay without wine.  (or make a stop on the way home)

6:30 CFA in Bellevue.
6:00 Car pool

Be There or Be Square

Louie's Wine Dive

Thanks to Stephanie for her fantastic connection to get us the extreme hook up at the brand new Louie's Wine Dive.  Everything exceeded our expectations- service, atmosphere, food, and wine!   Having our own party room was perfect for celebrating Stephanie's birthday.  I think many of us had delicious leftovers the next day, as well as a bottle or two of wine to take home!

*Sorry for the yucky cell pic! 

It was also fun to be joined by a few new ladies!   We hope to see you again!

March Update

Reservations are now for 6:30 at Louie's Wine Dive on Friday!

Car pool leaves around 5:30/45 if needed let us know ASAP!

Picture Update

February - Nosh

January - Orange Leaf

December - Lo Sole Mio

March

We will celebrate March 1st at Louies Wine Dive in West O.

LWD will be opening very soon- check them out of FB here.

We will plan to meet at 6:30 and car pool from VSC at 5:30 if you are interested.  Please RSVP to Amber if you plan to car pool by that afternoon!

February 2013

This February we will be heading out to enjoy Nosh.




It's Friday night and a great time to enjoy a delicious glass of wine with friends.

Car pool meets at 6:30 and meet at Nosh at 7:15.

Hope to see you!

January 2013

January 2013 Orange Leaf

Pictures to come!

Black Dress Night

Our black dress party night was fabulous.  We all looked beautiful and had so many laughs. 

I can't wait for my leftovers for lunch later today from Lo Sole Mio.  I am pretty sure that January was planned by someone last night as Comfy Sweatpant Night at Orange Leaf.  Sounds good to me!

Stay tuned for more details!

December Dress Party

Plans are in the works for our December Black Dress Party!  This year we are lucky to have a Saturday night for our fun!

Book your spray tan, get your nails done, buy a dress, borrow a dress, dig out your feather boa, color your roots--what ever you feel you need to do to get all gussied up!!!

Let us know if you have an idea on where we should go this year!

!!! This post just needs a few more of these!!!

Have you found your dress yet???

Dixie Quicks - part 2

Who doesn't love ordering off the big menu board??? I probably wrote the same thing about last time we ate at Dixie Quicks. I just love the whole experience there! The atmosphere, the staff, the food....

Amber's fave and the only thing she ever gets because it is just that good:

Beautiful!

Until next time, ladies!

November

Join us in November as we return to one of our very favorite dining spots!  Reservations are required so please let me know if you plan to join us. We will plan on meeting there at 7 and car pool from VSC at 6:20.


See the post about our last visit here.

October

     Lots of laughs, great food, loud music, and new friendships!

October

Fall is officially here and October is just around the corner.  Many votes have come in and we will be dining at the Dun.dee Dell.  Several of you mentioned or can't wait to try their fried pickles!

Invite a friend and bring someone new along this month.  We will also start talking about places to dine for our Black Dress Party in December. 

6:15 at the VSC parking if you want to carpool from Gwood- meet at 7 at DD if you plan to meet us there.  Julie mentioned that she has soccer that night and that a few others might as well she thinks.  If you want to take a later car pool with her after the games she has extended that offer, just let her know.

Please message me if you plan to ride with us at 6:15 so we know to wait for you.  Can't wait for another fabulous night!

September Night to Remember

There is no way I will be able to do our night any justice. It was an absolutely amazing evening! Don't worry if you missed it- we will go back for sure!

We arrived at 6 PM and started with wine in the bar room.  After we all selected our glasses for the evening, Elaine and Bob had a wonderful selection of wine for us to choose from. 

Elaine brought two appetizers out for us while we chatted a bit before heading to the table.  She gave us some information on cooking, shopping, genetically modified foods, and more.  She had a hand out on some tips for us to take home as well.

Our dining table

Time for dinner! Jennie is ready with her wine and home made chip

Stephanie and Michaela chat as we wait for dinner.  Bob and Elaine are avid art collectors.  All of the art in their home are original pieces.  She also gave us tips on where to find good deals and shopping for art, as well as showing us some of her favorites.

No idea why Amber is doing this pose... I think it's the couple few glasses of wine before we sat down for dinner.

The bar room

A peek into the kitchen....where the magic happens.

Everywhere you looked, there was something to see.

I am so disappointed that I didn't take a picture of each course.  Every single thing was delicious but the presentation was fantastic as well.

Once we sat down we were served appetizer, soup, salad, entree, coffee and dessert.  For the soup and dessert we had a choice between two different selections.

Several of the girls were impressed by the John Lennon, Picasso, and Gloria Vanderbilt  pieces.

Elaine showing us some favorites and telling us some background on a few pieces.

Their newest piece on the bottom in the red frame. 

One of my favorites...I am such a doggie lover!

After dessert we were joined by Elaine who shared several stories that were very interesting.  She has so much talent and after spending just a few minutes with her you can see her heart of gold.  I am so happy to have had the opportunity to dine in their home.

Before we left Elaine presented us with a basket of wrapped gifts.  She told us to pass them around until we find one that feels like we should keep that one.  I unwrapped a wine bottle stopper (which I collect these...was very excited to see this!) and a darling tea towel.  She also sent us out the door with a packaged bag of cookies to take home.

It was a wonderful dining experience shared by some wonderful ladies! We hope you will be able to join us in October as we dine in the Dundee area.

September Fun

Ladies First is always so full of fun!  Stephanie has set up an exciting dining experience at Elaine Fenner's Home in CB.  Here is what Stephanie has to say on this event:

Just going into their home is a treat because of the amazing art that they collect, it is curated in such a fun fashion, literally floor to ceiling!!!  We will be brought into their bar area and they will serve up drinks and we will chat.  Once we do that for a bit, they will seat us.  During dinner, Ms. Fenner will describe what she has prepared, and she is a culinary delight, whatever we get, will be incredible.  The times that I have been there, dinner was an appetizer, salad, soup, main dish and desert.  The cost is $35 which includes the tip.  I hope that somewhat covers it.  If you have any questions let me know.  I would need a head count to get to her probably by Monday the 27th.  Thanks!

August

We are going to keep it simple for August.  We are meeting at El Portal in G-wood.  Since it is a Wednesday, that also means it is margarita night! 

Several first ladies are helping at VBS and can stop down after they are finished.

Hope to see you on the first at 7!

Please RSVP to amber via text, email, or (blog comment- CrisDee)

Quite possibly an all time favorite!

Our July get-together was full of fun. I don't know why the time goes so fast but I think we could have easily spent a few more hours together- eating, drinking, talking, and swimming! Even though it was crazy hot, I think all of us enjoyed the night and the quick dip in the pool after.

The pile of "favorite things" looked so good.  It was fun to look things over in anticipation of what we were going to get to take home.  We had body scrubs, lotions, body washes, bracelets, water bottles, ear bud keepers, knives, spices, undies, hair oil, mascara and maybe more! I hope I didn't leave anything out, but knowing me... I probably did!

Everyone had a little brown bag to take their new goodies home in!

Everyone brought along a favorite dessert or appetizer to share.  Once again, way too much food but it was delicious!!

Our hostess Melissa had hot dogs and brats for us, as well as a great selection of drinks.  

While we were eating, we played a favorites game.  This was played like the game of scattergories.  The questions that were asked were:
Favorite-
Colors, type of food when eating out, vacation destination, breakfast food, website or blog, holiday, book, time for church, flower, and day of the week.  We had a 4 way tie!  We did a tie breaker and gave out a bag of Godiva truffles and a picture frame.  Congrats to Julie and Cris for being the big winners!

 

 The it was time for the real fun to begin!  Each of us took a turn telling about our "favorite".  We told where you could buy it, how much it costs (between $6-$10), and why you can't live without it!  Then, the ladies opened up the names they had drawn from a bag to see who would be the lucky recipient.  It was like Christmas with all of the anticipation on waiting for names to be called and handed your gift!

 

 

The evening ended with a dip in Melissa's beautiful pool.  The water was so refreshing and the evening turned out beautiful! 

 

Until next month, Ladies!