Today was so amazing in every definition of the word FULL.
We had lunch at Eppie’s.
We ate gooey brownie at Arch’s.
We tasted wines at Blenheim and Kluge.
We partied hard at the KERF house, complete with a fabulous array of potluck dishes and a pumpkin beer tasting.
I’ve been full since noon!
Tomato Bisque and a Santa Monica Salad with chicken, dates, goat cheese, corn and pumpkin bread!
Matt’s veggie plate was the bomb too
Allie brought me Quaker Oatmeal Squares!!!! A DOUBLE BOX!
Peppermint Patty
+ Brownie Batter.
Heaven.
Germs risked, we shared the standard and extracurricular tasting SEVEN ways. Worked out perfectly!!!
Back at our house, there were so many awesome foods brought!! Goat cheese, lamb salami, PUMPKIN GOAT CHEESE (!!), bacon-wrapped dates, empanadas, kale salad, pita chips, hummus and another batch of the same easy crockpot soup we made at our last party.
I ate lots of delicious things!! Too many 
And two small pumpkin beers, which are now gone!
Coooookies. Heather’s Choco Pecan Caramels were great!
I broke out the gingerbreads from the freezer!
The highlight of the night was an impromtu beer tasting led by Matt!
The beers featured included:
- "America’s Original" Pumpkin Ale – Buffalo Bills (yuck!)
- My former favorite pumpkin ale – Cottonwood’s Pumpkin
- My new favorite – Schlafly’s Pumpkin Ale
I think we split these each 10 ways! Such a fun way to compare.
I had a fabulous birthday celebration and would like to thank the following cast members for enjoying it with me:
- Meghann
- Allie
- Christine
- Sarah + Josh
- Cara
- Brittany
- Heather
- Emily + Joe
- Stephanie + Evan
- Andrea + Brian
- Lani + Eric
- Alex + Eric
- Karen
- [And Emily from afar ...xo]
TO BED!!
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WOW what a day! Great eats, friends, booze,running, what more could a girl ask for?
Wow, it sounds like you had a really, really fun day! All of your pictures look great
I LOVE the pictures! Your food from lunch looks amazing! I’m glad you had a fun day. What a big one, 10k and all huh?
Birthdays don’t get better than wine AND beer tastings! Happy birthday!
what an amazing birthday! matt is lucky to spend the day with a bunch of fabulous ladies LOL!
I am FULL….of wine, beer, pita chips and PUMPKIN GOAT CHEESE!!
Thanks for taking us on a beautiful tour of Cville. I could probably just tell you this right now since you’re sitting 2 feet from me.
what a weekend!
happy birthday
You and Matt should open a B&B! You are such good hosts to guests and you could serve great harvest bread at breakfast. It seems like it’d be a natural fit!
Wonderful company, great food, a very Happy and long Birthday weekend. Enjoy
What a great way to celebrate! Glad you had nice weather as well! Happy Birthday:)
Um, pumpkin goat cheese? Be still my heart!
What a fun day, and a great way to spend your birthday weekend!! I hope your Sunday is just as good
How fun! I can’t believe how many of those girls are bloggers! Glad you had a very bloggy birthday. :p
What a lovely day — so nice that so many people shared it with you!
I need to start my search for pumpkin goat cheese — that sounds amazing!
great day, great food!
And your pictures from the wine tasting are simply lovely!
cathy b. @ brightbakes
I miss that Santa Monica salad at Eppie’s so badly! And then you’re killing me with the brownie batter and cheese… What a wonderful day for you!
What a fabulous day! And beer just makes things better!! (especially pumpkin) Yummm
I love that you gals are all kinda matching – cute!!
Wow what a fantastic birthday!!! I bet you’re wiped!
Poor Matt, the lone bearer of a Y-chromosome… I’m sure he hated it all.
Happy birthday!
That sounds like SO MUCH FUN! Food, Friends, Drinks, a Run…what a perfect birthday!
I would define your day as a “healthy living foodie rager” haha I love it!
Happy Birthday Kat
Love that you incorporated fitness event to celebrate your birthday.
Happy birthday weekend!! I have no idea how you fit that much into one day! Well done!!
Happy Birthday! Your day sounds absolutely AMAZING.
xxx
Love the blog. Please keep up with the fab recipes
mny mny hppy returns of the day
Happy Happy Birthday Kath!
Looks like a super fun day you had!
xx
The photos in this post are stunning, so crisp and saturated with color. Love!
Glad you had such a great day!
Sounds like a fantastic birthday weekend.
Ah! How fabulous. Looks like a tonne of fun
Happy Birthday weekend!
Heidi xo
wow! that is a full day! Looks like a lot of fun!
That caamera has been really worth iy! Those pics are so nice! It seems like you all had a great time! Beautiful weather and light! And the setting!..wish they had oatmel squares here in Spain…but I can´t complain about tje weather here either
Happy Birthday weekend!
I have to ask – pumpkin goat cheese?! Did you buy this or make?!
It was from Feast! here in Cville
Awesome!! Looks like such a perfect birthday weekend.
Glad you guys all had fun celebrating!
What an AMAZING way to spend your birthday!!! I hope you had an awesome day.
On Allie’s post, she mentioned that it was interesting to see the process of blogging from another blogger’s perspective. I’m interested in knowing your method for doing a post!
I might do this sometime!
Any birthday celebration involving a wine tasting is bound to be a good one.
I’m glad you had such a good day!
oh man, what a fabulous birthday spread! Happy birthday!
What a perfect fall day!! The food, the wine, the beer, the friends….that’s really the perfect way to spend a gorgeous day!
Looks like you had an awesome time, happy birthday!!! If you’re ever up in Northern Virginia, you should really check out Barrel Oaks Winery, it is sooooo beautiful and cozy. I love the tables set amongst the trees at the one you went to.
What a beautiful fabulous Fall party! I’m glad you had a fun Birthday celebration!
Looks like a fab birthday! Sorry I couldn’t make it for the festivities… DC was calling me this weekend. Congrats on the swift 10k time (that is my favorite distance too), and cheers to another fantastic year!
OATMEAL SQUARES!! Ahhh, love!
Glad to see you all had an incredible time out on the town!
I’m glad to see you had a birthday filled with friends, food, runs and drinks! It was fun to see what different people brought to the pot luck dinner party! : )
Whoo hoo birthdays are the best. I loooove Kluge! My friends and I went there in April and about half of us decided to get married there. It is so beautiful! The wine was pretty tasty, too.
Sounds like an awesome time… and you still have your actual birth-DAY to look forward to, which is great!! Have a great Sunday
What a fun day. I love all the blog friends. The blog world just brings so many people together.
empanadas! I also ate empanadas yesterday (but i guess that’s a staple in buenos aires)
who made them? was there a fellow countryman or woman of mine??
Bella Eats!
WOW! What a great day! Everything looks so amazing!
It’s so awesome seeing Matt with you & all your lady friends. It’s usually that way with me & my husband too. He’s always welcome (even when it’s ladies night). Love it!
In every shot of Matt from the vineyard visits, he looks so miserable. Poor guy had to spend all day with those lovely ladies.
Looks like you had a perfect birthday!
Looks like a perfect day—-happy birthday, Kath!
Can you tell me where you got the purple shirt you’re wearing at the winery? I absolutely love it!! Thanks
THanks! It’s from LOFT – on sale!
Thanks for inviting me Kath- I’m so happy I was able to help celebrate your b-day!
Just think- you still have 2.5 more days to celebrate.
PS – I agree with Matt’s Pumpkin beer tasting being the highlight off the evening!!
Such an awesome group of people! Happy belated birthday!
Just kidding! How could I forget that its on the 26th! Lucky number birthday. Enjoy!
HAPPTY BIRTHDAY!!!! And what a wonderful way to celebrate – great company, great food and lots of laughs!!!
Oh wow!! What an awesome day. So many great eats, so many great peeps!
This sounds (and looks!) like the perfect weekend. Happy to see you had an incredible birthday. Cheers!
(Oh and I am dying to get my hands on that brownie batter fro-yo amazingness!)
Wow that oatmeal bar is ridic! (in a good way) I read the about Kath section and I have to say what you’ve accomplished (in less than a year too) is nothing short of amazing. I’ve also recently been taking a good look at my health (I turn 30 in a few weeks) and definitely am taking the steps for a healthier more active lifestyle. I feel like I have a pretty good handle on how to eat healthy, but don’t feel like I really know how to cook healthy (if that makes sense). That being said, do you have any recommendations on cookbooks/tools that might help me get a better idea of how to prepare better (and hopefully quick) meals for myself?
Thanks Ruthie
I’d say keep reading blogs for great healthy living tips. And I’m hoping to put that in book form in the coming years
Great party; I had a blast! Happy Birthday!!
I think you are doing great with that new lens – great photos – they really tell the story. Hi from Fredericksburg!