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September 20, 2009 | Chicago, amazing things, friends, wine makes everything better

I know nothing about wine. I couldn’t tell you about the floral or fruity hints to it. Smelling or swishing it around in my mouth won’t do anything for me. Years mean nothing to me.

I just like drinking it.

So what better way to choose your wine than picking out whichever is prettiest?

I told twitter about an adorable bottle of wine I bought about a month ago and then decided all the wine I would get from now on would be based on labels. Twitter wholeheartedly agreed with me and I was all, “OMG Let’s have a pretty wine label party!” then the awesome Working Girl Two was like “I’ll host it at my place!” which was fabulous because I live on the south side and people are afraid of the south side (and I don’t mean south loop. That is not the fucking south side.) and it’s is hard to get to.

ANYWAY.

Yesterday was our party. And it was amazing!

This is only a small portion of all the wine we had.

I really wish we would have got a photo of all of the bottles lined up. We had some really great ones. But at the time, drinking totally trumped photo taking. Understandable, right?

We basically had the best group of people come and had like 423 bottles of wine and snacks. Porch hangouts led to wine shots in the kitchen with Jess and Erin. Things were getting a little crazy and Lacey was like just stay with me and Nicole tonight instead of driving home and then the party REALLY got started. We killed off all of the white wine while having the most epic dance party in the history of the world.

No, really. Madonna. Nsync. The motherfucking LION KING.

And it only got better from there because POP! There went the red wine and the iPod started burning up because we were playing dj and dancing like crazy.

It was seriously one of the best nights I have ever had in my life. Everyone got along famously and had an amazing time. I really need more time with friends like this.

Thanks so much, ladies, for coming and hanging out.

I’m SO ready for Pretty Wine Party 2.0!

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Woohoo! I’m so glad you made this happen. When I inevitably drag my butt up to Chicago, we MUST have one of these!

i totally need to have a party just like this. my job is at a printing company where we mainly print wine labels. often times the clients give me a bottle with the label i made on it but then i know nothing about wine so i never get around to drinking them.

Wow, sounds like a lot of fun! Very cool.

ooo that looks like a lot of fun!!!!! love wine parties!

I TOTALLY buy wine based on the labels. It’s a little ridic. Jay and I were at Fresh and Easy the other day, and I was all, “Oooh! I haven’t seen this one before! Let’s get it!” Aaaand it was 100% because of the cute label.

I’m awesome.

I adore the idea of this kind of party – wine and cupcakes and amazing ladies? SIGN ME UUUUP. I am borderline going to buy a plane ticket to Chicago for Wine Party 2.0. Seriously, lady.

Officially jealous.

I’ve had Polka Dot wine! Yummy. The whole reason I got it in the first place was because of the cute bottle!

Doesn’t everyone pick wine by the cute-ness of the label?!

Wine+cupcakes+awesome lady bloggers = MAGIC IN A ROOM.

Totally love the fact that you all were singing songs from the Lion King!

Wishy’s comment took all my words. I want to come next time!

BEST DANCE PARTY EVER. And as I tweeted last night – I loved EVERYONE there.

The end.

Last night was perfection. Totally worth the detour through Chicago.

I ADORE you.

Like a crazy person.

I wish you all could have heard how loud the singing was from the street – nothing like belting out Glee/Lion King/ songs from the 90s.

Aw, nights like that are the BEST! I’m glad you had a good time, I don’t know anything about wine either.

I prefer some liquor

How fun! Love all the wines you guys picked, I’m sure it was a blast!

Umm, that sounds absolutely amazing! Really! I wish I lived near y’all to go to a wine party!

And I choose my bottles of wine the SAME WAY. I really enjoy wine, but it’s way more fun to choose based on the label.

That is an awesome idea for a party!!! Can I invite myself to Pretty Wine Party 2.0?

I am officially jealous!

Sounds amazing! I also LOVE wine but don’t know anything about it – I just like to drink it!

That sounds like so much fun, I love wine but know nothing about it. Think they make pretty boxes of wine?

That’s the best idea for a party that I’ve ever heard of!

Seriously, there is nothing more genius than wine shots and a Lion King dance party. Brilliant! I love you!

how fun is that?! and the combo of wine and the lion king? Hakuna Matata! ha ha

Holy crap, I NEED to come to this next one. I was so bummed reading all your tweets and knowing I wasn’t there! Count me in.

I am also ready for version 2.0. It was a great night, thank you for inviting me!

Best. Idea. EVER!!!

I’m so jealous I wasn’t there!

What a great idea! And i’m with you, i totally judge a bottle by its cover

I’m SO COMING to 2.0!

Sometimes all you need is a dance party + wine + great friends and of course cupcakes! Glad you had such an awesome time=)

YEAH!!! I had SO much fun. Love making new friends!

Ahhh! That sounds like so much fun. Polka Dot riesling is my absolute favorite, too!

That’s a great idea for a wine party. I love it!

I feel the same way! My wine knowledge is limited, so I go by which label I think is cutest/prettiest. My bf makes fun of me, but so far it hasn’t failed us! Sounds like a fun party – I just might have to steal your idea

PolkaDot riesling! I picked it out in the store for the first time because I liked the pretty pink label. Now it’s one of my favorites )

Thanks for the invite…you had me at wine party Had such a blast with you ladies – ADORE!!

love this idea for a party! i may have to steal it and have one for myself

fabulous!

This is the best idea ever! Love it- sounds like a perfect way to snap out of the past little while =)

Sounds fabulous. If my friends enjoyed wine a bit more, I’d totally do this. But an NSync dance party? Right on.

That sounds really fun, especially since I see cupcakes too. Never tried wine shots? I would with that many wines though. Glad you had a great time

That’s the best idea ever!

We had Cupcake wine at my last writing group meeting. I didn’t have any, but everyone was RAVING about it.

This MUST be repeated when I am in Chicago.

MUST MUST MUST.

That sounds really fun and something I’d love to do except that almost all my friends here in Phoenix are guys. My girlfriends live in other states. Too bad Chicago’s not close by!

I LOVE this! How else can you buy wine but the pretty labels?!

Pretty labels are TOTALLY how I choose wine.

I am impressed, even though I dont drink I am ready to make an exception for a party like this. Seriously kick-ass.

p.s thanks for the add.

oh, i love picking wine by the label. i think it’s a saying, “don’t judge a book by its cover. but, definitely judge a bottle of wine by it.”

i need to have one of these parties as soon as i can. it sounds like the best time ever.

You have no idea how much I want to do this now.

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