Last night Mary and I went to see Carrie Fisher’s one woman show, Wishful Drinking, and the San Jose Rep. I think this is the first show I’ve been to at the SJRep. It’s nice but small theater. We were close to the stage, in the 4th row on the right end, but I don’t think there are any bad seats in this theater. The show is quite funny. It’s basically Carrie telling the audience all about her crazy life, and I mean that literally. In addition to various stints in rehab for various substance abuse, she also received an exclusive invitation to spend some time in a mental hospital, where she was diagnosed as bipolar. In fact, she showed a picture from a psychology textbook showing a picture of her as Princess Leia as a bipolar case study. Carrie also introduces us to her wild “family tree” as a course she titled Hollywood 101. There were of course many references to Star Wars, and she even recited the hologram speech from A New Hope. She seems rather unhappy that she just can’t get the little monologue out of her head. Anyway, the show is a lot of fun.

Speaking of drinking, we took Nick on a tour of Napa Valley on Sunday. Since Mary and I don’t really know Napa all that well, we just picked some wineries off the web. We started out at Trefethen Family Vinyards, which has pretty nice grounds. It’s not all that big, but it’s got a bit of the Napa, over-commercialized feel. Maybe it was just the person pouring. She was nice, but she’s been drinking too much of the company cool aid, or wine as the case may be. Next we stopped at Hagafen Cellars. We all agreed this was our best stop of the day: friendly service and good wine. We stopped for lunch at a deli in St. Helena, then went to St. Supery Vinyards. We mainly stopped here for the self-guided tour, but even at free, I’m not sure it was really worth it. The person in the tasting room seemed thoroughly bored with her job. Next stop was the St. Helena Olive Oil Co. Mary and I like to stop here to taste various olive oils, vinegars and other tasty treats. We finished off the day at PlumpJack Winery. This was one of our more dissapointing stops. The tasting room was small but crowded and the service was weak. The wines were the most expensive we tasted but not as good as most of the others. In all it was a fun day. There are a few more pictures in my Napa Valley gallery.