{"id":19153,"date":"2018-06-22T19:05:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T00:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=19153"},"modified":"2018-06-22T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:29:26","slug":"carrabbas-wine-tasting-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=19153","title":{"rendered":"Carrabba’s Wine Tasting Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several weeks ago I picked up this silent auction package for a wine tasting dinner for four people at Carrabba’s Italian Grill<\/a> at the SALSA benefit for Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center<\/a> (WASAC). It was perfect because Brian and I love Carrabba’s and the money went to a worthy cause.<\/p>\n

Though there were some exclusions listed on the certificate (no Friday or Saturday), it wasn’t hard to find a time redeem the package. The hardest part was finding another couple to share the experience with. We have lots of good friends who enjoy food and wine as much as we do. <\/p>\n

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We ultimately decided on inviting Jenni and her boyfriend Adam. We thought it would be a nice way to celebrate their recent engagement. <\/p>\n

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Here are a few pictures from our fabulous dinner. <\/p>\n

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It was a ridiculous amount of food! On top of that, we each got dessert! <\/p>\n

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As far as wine went, we really could have taken more advantage but we didn’t want to be wasteful. Plus, Jenni and Brian seemed to really enjoy this bottle of cab and they wanted to finish it. We didn’t get past this bottle. LOL. Perhaps next time we can try at least a couple more different wines. <\/p>\n

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I’m not usually a red wine drinker but I actually enjoyed this cab as well (much to my surprise). It’s rare that Brian and I find a wine that we can both enjoy. Unfortunately, this one is on the expensive end. We normally spend $10 to $20 a bottle. This one is about $60 a bottle so it’s not one that we will buying by the case as we typically do with our other wines. We did find it on sale for about $49 at Groves a couple of weeks ago so we decided to splurge and pick up a bottle (just one) for us to enjoy the next time we have something to celebrate. <\/p>\n

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Anyway, despite Joe not being at the restaurant that night, we still had a fabulous dinner. His team made sure of it. Next time I see one of these packages at the next fundraising benefit, I’m definitely going to try snagging it. It’s worth every penny! <\/p>\n

Until next time. GNG! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several weeks ago I picked up this silent auction package for a wine tasting dinner for four people at Carrabba’s Italian Grill at the SALSA benefit for Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center (WASAC). It was perfect because Brian and I love Carrabba’s and the money went to a worthy cause. Though there were some exclusions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[1267,3080,3079],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19153"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19164,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19153\/revisions\/19164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}