Ever since our 2006 wedding at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA, we had been wanting to go back for concert at the beautiful outdoor venue. Last month we finally made it happen!
Right after our wedding, the Mountain Winery underwent a significant renovation to the whole concert bowl and grounds in general. While it's turned what was a cute but a little outdated venue into a beautiful and very classy concert venue complete with several upscale (read: overpriced) dining options and luxury boxes (to cater to the wealthy silicon valley types), I was a little nostalgic for the simpler, less "shiny" Mountain Winery that I remembered from our wedding. For example, the nice stone courtyard, benches, and little fountain beneath the giant redwoods where we had our ceremony has been completely redone and I think not all the trees survived the construction. Still, much of the appeal of the place is the wonderfully sweeping valley views it provides, and those were still there in abundance. Also, they got rid of that ridiculous swimming pool that used to be there, and the concert bowl (even if it dominates the property now) is really nice. Not a bad seat in the house.
So on to the show - I got lucky with Craigslist again and snagged some great seats for a cheap price that included some pre-show hors d'oeuvres. The Avett Brothers are an energetic folk/rock group from North Carolina that somehow Kate had managed to see once before already (Merlefest)! They put on a good show and as the sun went down we put on all our layers and huddled for warmth (and reminded ourselves of how we were glad we decided to have our reception indoors!) and enjoyed the light show on the historic facade of the Paul Masson winery building. A nice summer evening - we were happy to get back there finally!
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