Vintage Indiana 2015 for Hoosier Winos

I haven’t been posting frequently because birthday party and engagement party and birthday party and wedding planning and life. I don’t believe in excuses, but I just haven’t had the time to edit photos and put an entire party post together. I have lists and lists of what I need to post though. Until then, I have a very HOOSIER event to share with you – Vintage Indiana 2015: a festival of wine, food, and fun!

Did you know that Indiana has 80 wineries with the 81st opening later this year? There really is more than corn in Indiana! Indiana wineries produce more than 1.25 million gallons of wine each year. Vintage Indiana is the state’s largest wine festival featuring locally crafted wines. This year 30 of Indiana wineries will offer samples of over 300 wines to festival attendees.

That is a lot of vino – for just the cost of a single bottle: tickets are $25 in advance online or at Marsh Supermarkets, or $35 at the gate. Designated Driver tickets are only $10 and include unlimited soda and water. There are also 1000 special Early Admission tickets for $50 each which provides early admission by 1 hour, a special wine glass, and more. No one under 21 will be granted admission, so book your babysitter now for June 6th.

• What: Vintage Indiana 2015
• When: June 6, 2015, noon-6p
• Where: Military Park, downtown Indianapolis
• Cost: $10-50

There will also be performances by Zanna-Do, Living Proof, and Jennie DeVoe. Vintage Indiana is brought to you by Indiana Wines, Marsh Supermarkets, WZPL 107.9, WTHR and Indiana’s Turkey Farmers. This post is brought to you by Indiana Family of Farmers who provided me with all the information and two admission tickets. See you there!

Check out Tips from a Vintage Indiana veteran at Mom For Less.

Find out more on Social Media

• Event Twitter Handle: @vintageindiana
• Event Hashtag: #VintageIN
• Event Website: www.vintageindiana.com
• Event Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vintageindianawinefest

Sorrow and Support

There are no words, but I am going to try to put together a few. My friend Katy lost her infant daughter suddenly this week. She will never plan a 1st birthday party for Shaundi. She will never plan a baby shower for this daughter. She will always feel that her family is incomplete. There is no “theme” to grief or a theme for this blog. I will wear black to the memorial unless Katy requests something else. We want it to be a celebration for all of the celebrations we will never have. The Indy Geek Girls have already rallied around providing all of the food and more. This weekend kitchens all over the city will be baking cookies and tangibly showing #LoveForShaundi I have been so amazed to see the community surround this family. We intend for cooking and cleaning to be taken care of them for months, but the cost of medical bills and funeral costs are staggering. So many have already contributed to a fund. Would you consider doing so also? No amount is too small because it all adds up. You can donate here.

 

May the 4th be with you!

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Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Star Wars

Today was all about geeking out and mostly for these two who were thrilled to ride on the Millennium Falcon as a part of the preview for the Indiana State Museum’s new Star Wars®: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit.

They put on their favorite (not only) Star Wars® t-shirts (that is a Darth Vader t-shirt with the cape), grabbed the pool noodle lightsabers I made last summer, and spent an afternoon geeking out with friends and learning a bit more about the universe.

Photo by @SpencerSokol

I put my hair back up in my Princess Leia messy buns, but I was totally outdone by all the little girls dressed as Leia (with perfect buns) and Amidala.

The Millennium Falcon experience opens to the public on Monday. The official exhibit opening is on May 24th at midnight. Click here for more official info. Don’t forget to make your own pool noodle light sabers to take with you to protect you from the storm troopers!