An afternoon in Yountville

before this cold absolutely took me out last weekend and put me on the train to Sniffles-ville (achoo!), I squeezed in one fun afternoon with my in-laws while they were visiting. We drove up to the Napa county town of Yountville in white wine country to have dinner at one of my mom-in-law’s favorite places to eat. It was for her birthday, so it was kind of a special treat. The place is called Bistro Jeanty, and they serve fancy French comfort food (pricey but delicious). She’s all about their beef stew.

We had some time before our reservation, so we walked around Yountville a bit, and that’s when I bumped into these interesting pumpkins and this substantial zucchini.

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No, seriously, the thing was half my size!

Because it was about 100 degrees that day, I got a very sour, lemony Italian tonic water from the deli in the Napa style store. I, of course, loved it (pregnancy does funny things to your taste buds, I swear), but El Hub said it was just about the absolute worst thing he’d ever tasted…

Right across the street from the Napa style style is a place called Bouchon Bakery, which I always try to check out when we go to Yountville because I love their macarons.

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There’s nearly always a line out the door, but because this was a slow Thursday afternoon, I walked ideal in and straight to the maracons. I got four — pistachio, hazelnut, fig and salted caramel, my favorite macaron flavor in the world.

Honestly, I don’t even know why I bother with the others. I must just cut the B.S. next time and get an entire box of the salted caramels.

After I got my cookies, it was time for dinner! My father-in-law and I bought the scallops with pasta, while El Hub and my mom-in-law got the beef stew…

Not shown: the enormous amount of bread and butter we also had.

All and all, it was a terrific afternoon!

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And now, of course, I’m craving a lot more of those macarons…

Your friendly neighborhood appeal addict,

Karen