Reno Wine Walk and new babysitter

This past Saturday, Jake and I were invited to go with a couple friends on the Reno Wine Walk. Basically, downtown Reno has had a huge makeover in the past decade, and this is a joint effort between all the new downtown businesses to show people the "new Reno". On the 3rd Saturday of every month at 2pm, you can visit any one of the 25 participating shops/restaurants/bars and for $15 you get a decorated wine glass, a map and a tasting bracelet. Then you pretty much spend the next 3 hours going from place to place, tasting the different wines and appetizers that each place serves.

Since my parents had gone to Vegas for the long weekend, we had to get a babysitter. Other than friends and family, we have never really used anyone else to babysit. My friend had recommended a 15yr old boy she uses that lives across the street from her. She said her kids love him and that although she has a girl she also uses, she would recommend the teenage boy before her. When I told Jake about this, he seemed somewhat weirded out about having a BOY babysit our kids. He considers it sort of unusual for a teenage boy to be into kids, so he automatically suspected something. Nevertheless, I convinced him to give him a try (afterall, the boy was available and I'd already set things up with him).

When we got home, I was impressed that he had followed all of my directions. Jake then drove him home and had a chance to chat with him. Jake came home saying he was very impressed with him and that he could tell he was a good boy from a good family. Megan and Jacob told us all about how much he played with them and how he didnt watch TV or play the computer at all - he just played with them the entire time. Lexi wasn't as impressed due to her recently developed aversion to boys (lets hope that sticks around till shes in her 20's). She thinks all boys are ugly and she pretty much wants nothing to do with anything boy-related.

So in the end, we ended up having a really good time. I was impressed with the way Reno has been revamped. We got to see the new trendy lounges, some clubs, nice restaurants and shops. I think there were even a few gay bars on the list (gasp!). Although since it was the middle of the day and most of the patrons were wine tasters, it looked like any other establishment. I'm oblivious to that sort of thing though, so Jake had to fill me in as to where we were. We had good company, good food, good wine, and a good babysitter. What I consider a perfect Saturday....