Chris gets the double-double and I get the grilled cheese animal style since I am a vegetarian. If you're not getting it animal style you're doing it all wrong!
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Valentine's Day 2012 -- our In-N-Out tradition
Our Valentine's Day tradition is to go to In-N-Out for dinner. Many years ago we were frustrated at how difficult it was to get a reservation at a nice restaurant on Valentine's Day. One restaurant owner even encouraged me to come the day before V Day because he said they bring in more tables and chairs because it's such a busy night. Rubbing elbows with a stranger didn't sound very romantic to me, so I suggested we go to In-N-Out to celebrate the day. It was a great idea--the restaurant was empty and the food was delicious. Over the years we've continued the tradition and while some of our friends thought it was weird at first, I know a few of them have done the same thing as well! When the economy took a downturn a few years ago we noticed that there were a lot more people who had our idea and so we no longer get the restaurant to ourselves, but we're going on our 10th year of spending the evening feeding french fries to each other.
Chris gets the double-double and I get the grilled cheese animal style since I am a vegetarian. If you're not getting it animal style you're doing it all wrong!
Chris gets the double-double and I get the grilled cheese animal style since I am a vegetarian. If you're not getting it animal style you're doing it all wrong!
Friday, August 10, 2012
My 32nd birthday
I had a very special treat for my birthday--my friend LeeAnn made a last minute business trip to LA from Madrid so we got to spend some time together! It was great seeing my friend from across the world that I had just seen a month before!
The next weekend we went to the Bacara in Santa Barbara.
Ducks on the beach!
One of our favorite things on vacation: room service!
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| From Bacara for Liz's 32nd birthday |
The next weekend we went to the Bacara in Santa Barbara.
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| From Bacara for Liz's 32nd birthday |
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| From Bacara for Liz's 32nd birthday |
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| From Bacara for Liz's 32nd birthday |
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| From Bacara for Liz's 32nd birthday |
Ducks on the beach!
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| From Bacara for Liz's 32nd birthday |
One of our favorite things on vacation: room service!
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| From Bacara for Liz's 32nd birthday |
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Pacific Grove and Monterey, California
A few weeks ago we drove to Pacific Grove, California to spend the weekend with our friends, Eddie and Jessica. I had never been to the Monterey area and a visit was long overdue.
We woke up one morning to a deer in the next door neighbor's back yard
I was of course obsessed with this deer and came to the conclusion that he must be hurt because why else would he stay in the next door neighbor's backyard when we were so close? I later saw him walking away with a limp:(
We took a drive down Highway 1 past Carmel
March 2010
July 2010
March 2010
Soda Lake dries up in the summer and leaves behind a crust of sodium sulfates and carbonates.
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
We woke up one morning to a deer in the next door neighbor's back yard
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
I was of course obsessed with this deer and came to the conclusion that he must be hurt because why else would he stay in the next door neighbor's backyard when we were so close? I later saw him walking away with a limp:(
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
Some of the charming houses of Pacific Grove
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
We took a drive down Highway 1 past Carmel
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
We kept driving south of Big Sur on Highway 1 to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park to see McWay Falls, a 80 foot waterfall on the beach
On the way back to LA we stopped at Pinnacles National Monument so that I could get another stamp on my National Parks Passport. The "pinnacles" are eroded leftovers of an extinct volcano.
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
On the way back to LA we stopped at Pinnacles National Monument so that I could get another stamp on my National Parks Passport. The "pinnacles" are eroded leftovers of an extinct volcano.
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
We took backroads home through cow fields. Cows were grazing along the roads, not many cars come by here.
We stopped by Carrizo Plain National Monument to see what it looked like in the middle of summer. A very big contrast to what it looked like covered in wildflowers just two and a half months earlier
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
We stopped by Carrizo Plain National Monument to see what it looked like in the middle of summer. A very big contrast to what it looked like covered in wildflowers just two and a half months earlier
July 2010
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
March 2010
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| From Carrizo Plain National Monument |
July 2010
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
March 2010
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| From Carrizo Plain National Monument |
Soda Lake dries up in the summer and leaves behind a crust of sodium sulfates and carbonates.
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| From Pacific Grove with Eddie and Jessica July 4th weekend 2010 |
Thursday, July 22, 2010
San Francisco Bay area--my favorite!
We spent the weekend in the San Francisco Bay area a few weeks ago. It is so beautiful up there! Chris and I stayed in the city of Tiburon in Marin County.
Paradise Beach Park looking out at the San Francisco Bay:
We had fun at a wedding in Sonoma on Saturday night
On Sunday our friends Eddie and Jessica came from Manteca to meet us and we drove to Point Reyes National Seashore so I could get another stamp on my National Park Passport!
We had beautiful views on our hike to the lighthouse
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
The Lyford House in Tiburon. This beautiful home sits on the Richardson Bay Audobon Center's land. The Lyford house was not built here, but sent over on a barge from another part of the bay.
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
We had fun at a wedding in Sonoma on Saturday night
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
On Sunday our friends Eddie and Jessica came from Manteca to meet us and we drove to Point Reyes National Seashore so I could get another stamp on my National Park Passport!
This beautiful ship is located behind a general store in Inverness, California
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
We had beautiful views on our hike to the lighthouse
I love lighthouses and was able to mark another off my list: The Point Reyes lighthouse
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
This was in the living quarters for the former keepers of the lighthouse
The next day was Memorial Day so we drove to The Presidio in San Francisco. American Flags were everywhere!
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
The next day was Memorial Day so we drove to The Presidio in San Francisco. American Flags were everywhere!
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| From San Francisco Memorial Day weekend 2010 |
Monday, April 26, 2010
My 30th birthday
I am so behind on blogging, but I'm determined to not miss a thing. My 30th birthday was a great day (month) of celebration! I spent a week in Spain with a friend--I will definitely post about this later! I also had some friends come in to town to celebrate with me during a weekend that I will never forget.
On Saturday we visited the La Purisima Mission. For those of you not familiar with California history, missions were built by Spanish Catholics between 1769-1823 to spread the Christian faith to Native Americans. There are 21 Franciscan missions in California and I hope to visit them all eventually. La Purisima was founded in 1787 and what remains today is a few restored buildings and some animals.
This is Brea!
This black and white turkey was so beautiful!
That night we had dinner at San Ysidro Ranch which was delicious! The next morning we had breakfast in bed--my favorite!
The weekend before my birthday Chris surprised me with a trip to Santa Barbara to the Bacara. We spent a few days at the Bacara after our wedding so this place has a lot of meaning to us.
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| From 30th Birthday |
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| From 30th Birthday |
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On Saturday we visited the La Purisima Mission. For those of you not familiar with California history, missions were built by Spanish Catholics between 1769-1823 to spread the Christian faith to Native Americans. There are 21 Franciscan missions in California and I hope to visit them all eventually. La Purisima was founded in 1787 and what remains today is a few restored buildings and some animals.
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| From 30th Birthday |
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| From 30th Birthday |
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| From 30th Birthday |
This is Brea!
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| From 30th Birthday |
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| From 30th Birthday |
This black and white turkey was so beautiful!
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| From 30th Birthday |
That night we had dinner at San Ysidro Ranch which was delicious! The next morning we had breakfast in bed--my favorite!
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| From 30th Birthday |
Sunday, April 25, 2010
California Poppy Reserve
Today we went to the California Poppy Reserve in the Antelope Valley. The poppies were at full peak and absolutely amazing.
In this picture you can see a new poppy about t bloom
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
In this picture you can see a new poppy about t bloom
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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| From California Poppy Reserve |
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