More Information for the Wine Event - Chrysalis Vineyard!

UPDATE:

Unfortunately, due to not meeting a minimum number of attendees, we had to cancel this wine event to Chrysalis. We look forward to exploring different and exciting ways to celebrate our sisterhood in the future.

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Dear Sisters,

Here is more information about the Wine Event to Chrysalis Vineyard on October 4th!

*Price per person for this event will be $65. This price includes transportation to and from the event, admission to the festival, and snacks while we get there and come home.

*Pick-up and drop-off location will be in Fairfax, VA (most likely near Vienna Metro station).

*We will meet at 11:00 AM and should be back at the drop-off location by 4:00 PM.

PLEASE RSVP TO Michele Dominiak (moochichi at gmail dot com) BY SEPTEMBER 15th. We will need a minimum amount of people to make this trip happen, so the sooner we hear from you, the better!

Thank you and please contact Michele D. with any questions. We look forward to seeing you.

SAVE THE DATE!

Dear Sisters,

SAVE THE DATE! Join sisters and friends on Saturday, October 4, 2008 as the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter travels to Chrysalis Vinyard in Middleburg, VA for their Bluegrass Festival (http://www.chrysaliswine.com/begin.htm). Join us for a day of fabulous wine tasting at one of the most popular vinyards in the DC Metro area. This will be an all inclusive event that will include luxury transportation to and from Chrysalis Vinyard (pick-up/drop-off info TBD), entry into the Chrysalis Vineyard Bluegrass festival and snacks to and from the event.

And the best part - you will be doing good! This is the NoVA Alumnae Chapter's Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation fundraiser. Profits from this event will go to the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation (www.phisigmasigmafoundation.org) to aid in their efforts to fund educational grants and donate to charitable organizations.

More details to come, but you won't want to miss this extraordinary event. EVERYONE (SISTER OR NOT) IS INVITED TO JOIN US - SO BRING YOUR HUSBANDS, SIG-OTHERS, BEST FRIENDS, AND PARENTS!

SPACE WILL BE LIMITED, SO RSVP NOW TO MICHELE DOMINIAK AT MOOCHICHI@GMAIL.COM BY SEPT 15, 2008. We look forward to seeing you!

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Michele D.
NoVA Alumnae Chapter Philantrhopy Chair
moochichi@gmail.com

Happy Hour on July 10th!!

Join the sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma NOVA for a happy hour on July 10th at Liberty Tavern in Clarendon!

Liberty Tavern
3195 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201

www.thelibertytavern.com

Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Happy Hour prices end at 7:00!

Liberty Tavern is off the Orange Line - Clarendon Station.

Hope to see you there!!

3rd Annual Wine Tasting a Hit!

On Saturday, June 21st the Northern VA Alumnae Chapter held its 3rd Annual wine tasting event at the home of Katie Vlietstra in Washington DC, and the event was a hit once again. The theme this year was "Wine and Junk Food", which proved to be a popular theme! We had fun trying wines recommended by our wine consultant, Kelly Magyarics, along with junk food such as potato chips, cheese curls, chips and salsa, and buttered popcorn. We tasted such diverse wines as Italian Prosecco, Spanish Rioja, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, California Chardonnay, and French Cotes du Rhone.

We had a great turnout of alumnae in the area along with friends and family. Watch the blog for details on the upcoming wine tour in September, and next year's wine tasting event.

For information on Kelly Magyarics Wine Consulting, visit http://www.trywine.net/.

Check out some pictures from our event!

Holiday Happy Hour at Tallula's in Arlington

It's the most wonderful time, of the year...

To celebrate the season properly, on Monday, December 3rd (6:30 PM) come share a toast with yours sisters (and their significant others) at Tallulah Restaurant (http://tallularestaurant.com) where we hear the wine is fabulous and the food is good too ;-). Don't like wine, that's okay, a diet soda is just as satisfying - we just want to see you!!

Northern VA Alum Chapter Wine Tasting

On August 5th the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma held their second annual wine tasting event. This event is fast becoming a popular tradition with our alumnae chapter for it's combination of food, fun and fantastic wine. We had over 20 alumnae gather at the home of Kim Hildred where we sampled a variety of wines, both red and white, from the Central Coast of California, Napa Valley, France and Germany. Sisters also bought a wonderful spread of foods to accompany the wines, including shrimp, salmon, a variety of cheeses, fruit and salads. Our wine expert, Kelly Magyrics, expertly led us through discussions on the wines themselves, as well as their regions and the best food pairings. As always, Kelly was a wealth of information.

A special thank you goes out to Gretchen Ehle, Christy Smith, Katie Vlietstra and Dotti Shields for providing the food and wine for this event.

We are looking forward to planning another successful wine tasting for the summer of 2008, so keep an eye out for details after the first of the year.

Fall Quarterly Meeting and September Social Event at the National Zoo

The Northern Virginia Alumnae chapter will meet on Sunday September 23 at 11:00 am for the chapter's fall quarterly meeting. The event will begin at Open City for brunch. Following the meeting we will walk up to the Washington National Zoo for the social part of the event. We will plan on walking up to the zoo around 12:30 for anyone that wants to forego the chapter meeting and meet us at the zoo.

Getting to the Zoo

Please RSVP to Gretchen Ehle: gmehle at hotmail dot com so that we can make reservations for brunch. We look forward to seeing you!