D.C. Area Nesties
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Vacation / shipping Wine FYI
We just got back from Napa/Sonoma, and much to my delight, we were able to check our wine back with us on the airplane! We got two containers at UPS that are just regular boxes with styrofoam inserts for $18 apiece. Then it was $25 each to check them on Virgin America. Everything got here in perfect shape, and for a total of $86 -- much cheaper than the $80 *per box* that the UPS affiliate would have charged.
On a side note, thanks to everyone for the Napa/Sonoma suggestions! We had a fabulous time. I'm writing up a trip review that I'll share soon, but in the meantime, many thanks 
Re: Vacation / shipping Wine FYI
shipping from Napa was much cheaper... .did VA charge only $25 for each bag -- not $25 for the first and more for the second?
we opted for shipping bc I wanted the insurance in case anything broke....
"What is a week-end?"
$25 for each bag, but my hubz and I carried on our actual luggage.
Where did you ship from in Napa? That will be good to know for next time ;-)
gtown - thanks, we will! I'm already scheming another trip there, so I need to finish the wine up first, right? ;-)
ah, that's the difference - we were in CA (not Napa only) for 9 days so we had checked luggage. I'm glad your wine made it through -- honestly, that would have scared me. we paid too much to lose a bottle!
we used Buffalo Shipping, right on Hwy 29 in Napa. Was recommended by Cakebread and it worked out fine -- we stopped there on our way out of town and packed it all up and shipped it out. We had it sent UPS ground bc we were not in a rush .... so it hasn't gotten here yet... so I should probably put a big ol' asterisk on this post in case it never gets here, or is broken!
Funny - or sad -- wine story. Our first stop, as I noted in my recap post, was at Duckhorn. We apparently drank SO much that we ordered a $75 bottle of wine. Which is WAY out of our normal price range. That shipment was sent from Duckhorn and arrived yesterday, much to my AMEX chagrin. I'm not saying the guy charged us for something we didn't get -- we did -- or that we didn't order -- bc, again, we drank a lot at that tasting. Just ... wine goggles.
"What is a week-end?"