Weekend Update: Wine Festival, Dash Game and Spring Cleaning...

Always one to try and keep you abreast of community happenings, I'll let you know of a few activities taking place this weekend in the Cashion household.

The Salute wine festival began on Thursday, May 20 with several restaurants and local vineyards pairing to bring you customized menus/selections that feature the best of wine and food the Triad has to offer. If you are new to this event the dinners are certainly something to check out. They start at $60pp which is a bargain if you view the selections. If you can't enjoy the dinner portion, then take a moment on Saturday to come to downtown Winston to take part in the actual "street festival" portion of the event. There will be tons of wineries offering tastings and selling their products along with live music and various entertainment. Stay for the after-party which I hope to attend, that will start around 6ish and will host one of my all-time favorite bands Absolute 80's.

Tonight will also be a BIG night in our family, as we are joining some dear friends and attending our first Dash game as a family. Both Jake and I have been to the games, but never together and Maddie has yet to see a game at the new stadium. One of the highlights of the evening, besides spending this gorgeous Carolina night with friends, will be one of our friends' son singing as entertainment with his chorus. As my friend declared, to these kids, it might as well be Yankee stadium...can't wait to hear the performance!

To round out our weekend, because the weather looks to turn nasty, we are going to make a push to Spring clean. Trying to de-clutter to possibly get ready to put our home on the market is a real chore. Slowly, we have made progress getting some of our TO DO list knocked out...so to all of my listing clients out there--I FEEL YOUR PAIN! We have painted our exterior trim, replaced front porch post columns, landscaped, pine strawed, had windows cleaned, painted, had carpets cleaned and the list still has several items that need to be knocked out. Goodwill here we come!

Have a great weekend and I hope that you take the time to enjoy your family and friends regardless of your activity! If you know of anything else fabulous going on in our area, feel free to post for the rest of us to enjoy!

Brooke