Destination: WGW Weekend at PSU Day 2

Day 2 (Friday) of our fun roomie weekend started at about 9 a.m.  We girls need our exercise so we can eat our way through the three nights we are together. A one hour walk around the PSU campus fit the bill.  Not everyone loves to walk, so a few stayed back and took advantage of Days Inn's nice gym and pool. The walk featured a trip past the famous Penn State Creamery.  It was too early for us to get ice cream, although we did think about getting some for breakfast.  We opted for some Chai Tea at a nearby coffed shop instead. Karen said it was the best she ever tasted.  I'm a straight tea kinda gal myself. That was delicious too.


Ready for our limo ride!

After a really good lunch at Panera Bread, it was time to board the stretch limo from Curry Limosine  for a stylish ride to my favorite hangout, Seven Mountains Wine Cellars. Cheryl thought we were getting an airport type limo (a van).  Boy was she surprised. First we did a tasting, then bought a few bottles of our favorites and sat outside for a leisurely afternoon relax. There we met Mary Beth and Steve who were staying at our hotel.  We made plans to meet them later that evening for some dancing.

All of us at Seven Mountains Wine Cellars.

With the winemaker

Next was a tour of the winemaking area.  I've seen it many times, but my roomies seemed very interested and Brandon gave a great tour. Scott the winemaker was so busy he only had time to pose for a brief picture before we headed back to the limo for our ride home. We did some "limo dancing" and singing until Jeff pulled up to our hotel. We kept the party going in our rooms and my hubby Bob even stopped by for a few minutes after work. He is a brave man!

Doing some "limo dancing".

Next it was off to Spatz Cafe for some unique and yummy food. I got some kind of Creole casserole with shrimp, sausage and corn. Now off to a yuppy type bar called Inferno for an after dinner drink.  When our waitress came to serve us, it was a girl I used to teach with.  It was so nice to see her I gave her a big hug. Inferno was a nice place to sit and sip, but now it was time for our annual dance party so we headed for the Shandygaff.  This place has been a PSU landmark since 1848.  Hard to believe but true.  I think maybe some of the furniture from 1848 is still in there! We definitely burned off some of our supper calories by dancing until about midnight. The nice thing about the Shandygaff is the 20 somethings tolerate us "seasoned veterans" with much more grace than most other nightspots. Finally we went back to decompress at Mad Mex for a few minutes before bed.

Karen and I at Shandygaff

Check in tomorrow for a trip down memory lane....

Destination: WGW Weekend at PSU Day 1

My roommate reunion was so much fun!  Day one started around 11:30 a.m at the Days Inn where we met and stayed for 3 nights. All of us were there except for Denise, who had the Odyssy of the never ending plane flights.  She had to make two connections to get to PSU and one was late of course.  We decided on lunch at The Tavern.  It has just recently started to serve lunch.  I love the Tavern because you always get a great meal for a reasonable price. It was wonderful to catch up with my girls.  I hadn't seen most of them since last summer.

Kerri (Wanda's friend) Karen and Wanda at The Tavern.

After lunch we were able to check in to the hotel and get ready to meet Denise at the airport.  Cheryl and I stayed at the hotel and held things down while the rest went in search of Denise.  Soon she was with us and the real fun could begin. Gifts were exchanged and plans were made for dinner.

Cheryl gets a "disposable boyfriend"!

Denise gives us all boca clips to keep our towels on the beach chair.

We decided to head to Cafe 210 West. We opted for sandwiches, salads, cold beer or a nice glass of wine. We headed to some local watering holes for an after dinner drink but Denise didn't bring her ID from the hotel and we were shut down! This hadn't happened to us in many years, but I guess in a college town they card everyone. Lucky for us, Mad Mex, the restaurant at our hotel was lively so we just socialized there until it was time for bed. We needed our sleep. On the schedule for day 2 was a ride in a stretch limo and some wine tasting!

Stay tuned tomorrow for day 2....

Destination: Roommate Reunion

The roomies at Mad Mex

Very soon my college roommates and I will converge on State College for our yearly "Wives Gone Wild" reunion. Many years ago (I'm not going to tell you exactly how many, but Madonna was a newcomer) seven of us shared a house at Lock Haven University. I don't remember much about what I studied that year, but I do remember that we all had a blast. Over the years we got together when we could. Usually we never had all of us together at one time.

In 1999, one of our roomies, Wanda, suffered a benign brain tumor and faced surgery to remove it. She decided to have a "tumor party" before she went under the knife. (Classic Wanda) Since then we have all made it a priority to get together once a year. This year we decided to bring some happiness back to Happy Valley. We will be spending three nights together and I can't wait!



Wanda, Laurie, Denise

We have plans (as usual) to enjoy good food, good drink and good company. One thing I am really looking forward to is a limo ride to Seven Mountains Winer Cellars to do a tasting and a tour. This is somewhere I love to go and I wanted to share it with my girls.

Some other plans include eating at some nice restaurants, dancing at the Shandygaff (where the young ones are very nice to us seasoned veterans) and wing night at Tussey Mountain. I'll be tweeting my trip so if you would like to follow along look me up @Adair62

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