06 May 2015

How We Unwind: Sonoma/Napa

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We recently ventured out of town a couple of weeks as a company for our annual retreat to Sonoma/Napa and it was the best short-term getaway I’ve had in awhile! I obviously need to give myself more vacations. Honestly, it was nice to just get off the grid, unplug (sort of!) and relax. I’m really fortunate that I get to work for a company that cares a lot about doing this for their employees and I’m especially grateful that if I ever want to go up to Sonoma/Napa that it’s never too far away. I’ve probably been up more than a handful of times now with co-workers and always with friends and family that visit from out of town and they seem to love it. I wanted to write this post right after I had gotten back, but when you unplug, your emails and your work catch up with you so I needed a little bit more time to get back into the blogging rhythm. Here are a few snaps that I took and a couple that I “borrowed” from my co-worker Wenwen at the end of the post!

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Leah and I got a little wine-tipsy before dinner and decided to play E.T.

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Every getaway deserves a “What Would You Pack in Your Bag?” photo and here are just a few of my essentials that I couldn’t leave home without.

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I spent my last day of the retreat by the pool at the Meritage. Sunburn definitely included.

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As a company, we had dinner together in the wine cave at the hotel. Super nice and kind of intimate as well. At one point we had a DJ so the wine cave became a cave rave.

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Wenwen’s camera is really nice. We didn’t take any pictures after this really because the open bar was servicing all night! 😀