Sunshine, fantastic food, spa days, and time spent with friends is a perfect combination for a getaway weekend! The Scott Resort & Spa hosted us for the weekend in Scottsdale and it was fabulous.
My friends Chad and Donna from The Slow Roasted Italian coordinated everything for this retreat and they did an amazing job with it all; from a beautiful location, to fabulous food around the clock, to a wine tasting and food pairing, spa visits, and time at the pool.
We talked and ate and laughed and then ate some more; the whole weekend was wonderfully relaxing.
It was fantastic to meet so many talented bloggers in person: Christie from Love from the Oven, Anetta from The Wanderlust Kitchen, Ashlee from Ashlee Marie, Kristen from Six Sisters Stuff, Erica from Favorite Family Recipes, Tessa from Handle the Heat, Alejandra from Always Order Dessert, Sara from Mom Endeavors, and Katerina from Diethood.
The rooms were lovely, the property is breathtakingly beautiful and I can’t recommend their service highly enough. I spent each morning (because I’m a ridiculously early waker these days!) wandering their lovely grounds and then reading by the pool with my coffee. My massage at the amazing on-site Jurlique Spa was one of the best massages I’ve ever received.
Entwine joined us on Friday for delicious wine tasting and food pairings. Want to know what my favorite thing about Entwine is? They give a list of food pairings on the back of each bottle.
Check out the back of their wine bottles and you’ll see for yourself! Seriously, did you know that there is a perfect wine to pair with chips and guacamole?
Transportation for the weekend was provided by Uber, and let me tell you, I could get used to that! If you’ve never heard of them, I highly recommend checking them out next time you need a lift for yourself or a group of people.
Their phone app is amazing, just a couple clicks and a very nice ride will be at the door in just a few minutes. I may never take a cab again when traveling!
Friday night we had dinner at Rusconi’s American Kitchen where Chef Michael Rusconi wowed us with five courses that had us grinning from start to finish.
Every single bite of our meal was pure awesomeness and I left the restaurant so very happy that I live nearby. I already have plans to return to Rusconi’s next weekend. I had no idea that such a wonderful gem of a restaurant was in my area!
FireSky’s on-site Italian restaurant Taggia provided our breakfast, lunch, and dinner courtesy of the talented Chef Massimo De Francesca.
All of the wonderful food was followed by the most amazingly mind-blowing chocolate covered tiramisu I’ve ever eaten. If you’re anywhere in the valley, you really need to experience it!
Thank you so much to all of these sponsors for making the #TSRISummer retreat possible.
Anonymous says
gadgets gadgets gadgets they all make cooking anytime more fun
Amanda Pierce says
Love them all! I watched the video from your link to the zester and it looks super cool and useful. Would love to win it 🙂
Anonymous says
The measuring cups are cute, but I would LOVE to have (and would get the most use out of) the silicone cutting boards. 🙂 …..
K.L.
Philly Girl says
the Zester would be great!!!!
Anonymous says
I would love to own the palm green spatula from Le Creuset. It looks very handy and would match my kitchen!!!
My Paleo Path says
The Cutting board from Casabella would be great to add to my kitchen collection. Love your Blog and thank you for the opportunity.
Tina says
Palm Green Spatula…you can never have enough spatulas and why not a pretty one to add to the collection!!
NWBlessedMom says
the measuring cups look awesome!
Mary White says
Would love the zester to give to my newlywed daughter!!! Everything looks awesome though.
Anonymous says
Any of these kitchen gadgets would be awesome to recieve! I love your recipes and info that you give us!
Anonymous says
Hmmmmmm, micro-plane/zester that has an attached tray to catch the items being zester is brilliant 🙂 Love to cook and bake and would enjoy any of the gadgets listed, always looking for things to make cooking easier and more efficient!
Traci says
I love the measuring cups!
LaWanda Ross says
The set of measuring cups from OXO!
3fd7449a-21a8-11e4-aee8-1fa89242741c says
so difficult to choose! the measuring cups! … or the mag subscription because mine just expired.
Calli W says
silicone cutting boards are on my wishlist!
Donna C. says
Yep, the measuring cups. That way, I just might have enough that it won't matter that I leave one in the flour container, one in the sugar, etc.
Joanna says
I love the spatula. I was just noting yesterday that I don't have a good one!
Lainey6605 says
I would love to have the zester. It's something I don' have and I always seem to avoid recipes which want me to use one. This will help eliminate my hesitation! Thank you.