Healdsburg - Engagment

Roy (finally) took me to Healdsburg where he proposed.

I've always wanted to go to Ferarri Carano. The Vineyard is absolutely beautiful and I am in love with their Fume Blanc. Roy originally wanted to propose here, but I got so fidgety in the gardens as i was having bug bite attacks (or so I thought).

8761 Dry Creek Rd
Healdsburg, CA 95448
(707) 433-6700
www.ferrari-carano.com/

We then headed off to Stryker Sonoma (randomly passed by). the view of the vinyard is just amazing. If you like Reds (and want to get plastered), this is the place to go as they have a galore of reds and FREE tastings!

5110 Highway 128
Geyserville, CA 95441
(707) 433-1944

Of course Roy, the planner that he is, made no reservations for dinner after he proposed. So we asked the people at the wineries for recommendations to eat. They pretty much all said the same 5 restaurants:

Cyrus
Scopa
Ravenous
Willi's Seafood and Raw Bar
Barndiva

So we call all 6 restaurants and of course, on a Saturday nite, none of them take reservations. So we attempted to walk in. Luckily the only one that would take us is Willi's...but at the bar (not how I expected for an engagment dinner). Needless to say, Willi's was spectacular.

403 Healdsburg Ave
Healdsburg, CA 95448
(707) 433-9191
www.willisseafood.net

We didn't really know what to eat so we had to ask the girls sitting next to us who pretty much listed EVERYTHING on the menu.

Hamachi Ceviche
Maine Lobster Rolls (i thought these were sushi rolls given i've never been to "new England"). DELISH!
Baby Back Riblets - Fall off the bones!
French Fries - perfectly fried and goat cheese?!? yum!
CRAB cakes - ALL Crab!!!

and then we went to Bovolo for homemade gelato. We got the rum and raisin which pretty much tasted like....RUM! it was the perfect ending!