Beantown Wine
Yesterday I received an e-mail from my sister. "You have a package arriving today from UPS." I'm glad she gave me the heads up. When the doorbell rang I was sweaty and smelly from exercise and may not have answered, but the thought of "surprise gift!" lured me in.
I signed for the long narrow box and took it back to the kitchen where I ripped clawed chewed carefully opened it. The box had "fragile" marked all over it and as I slid the contents of the box out I could tell it was a wine bottle, even through the layers of bubble wrap. Wine? Why was my sister sending me wine? I like wine, but I'm hardly a connoisseur. I can't tell the difference between a $3 bottle and a $300 bottle. Maybe they visited a vineyard (in Chicago?) and wanted to share the experience. I hoped they hadn't spent too much.
Then I rolled the bottle over to read the label. Oh my God. 
New contender for BEST. GIFT. EVER. It's a wine bottle with a customized label celebrating my run in Boston. "Beantown 26.2 Winery." How fun is that? I'm going to find a special place of honor in the exercise room for the bottle. Wine and a treadmill all in one room - that's how you can tell I'm a serious runner.
Thanks Nicole and Grant! I love the gift!!!
Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 6:20 AM | Dena Harris | 5 Comments | Email Article | Share via Digg | Print Article | tagged Boston Marathon, boston 2010, customized wine labels, gifts for runners, personalized gifts in Home Life, Running
Reader Comments (5)
It turned out really cute on the bottle! Thanks for posting a pic :) We're glad you love it!!! Congrats again on Boston!
Love you,
Nicole
Now that's a great gift!
I'm consulting Nicole on all future gift giving occasions! She's good! So fun.
This is why I told my parents for years that I needed a sister.
Wish I thought of that. Like Trisha, I am going to start using Nicole's creativity for gifts in the future. Way to go Nicole!