Wow! This has been an awesome weekend!!! So yesterday, we woke up and had breakfast at our hotel. Then we watched the olympics for a while.
Next, we went to see (AAAAAAHHHHHHH) Cirque Du Soleil - Quidam! We have never seen a Cirque Du Soleil, and I was so excited!!! it was playing at the Del Mar fair grounds (it is going to Long Beach next!) Oh but it was everythiing I had hoped it would be and more. It was absolutly fantastic! Sigh. So cool.
After that, we drove back towads the hotel on smaller streets that hugged the coastline. We stopped in La Jolla, where there were a whole bunch of pregnant seals hanging out on the beach. They give birth between February and April. Next, we stopped for dinner at this Asian place that was really good. It had Chinese, Malaysian, Japenese, Thai, and Vietnamese dishes. I had this really good lemon grass noodle soup with shrimp, and Grant had a curry chicken.
Then, we walked out onto Crystal Pier, where there is this intereting hotel...actually right out on th e pier there are little cottages. ou can park your car next to them (actually out on the pier) and then on the other side, facing out, is your patio. It is really cool! We walked oout to the edge of the pier and looked at the sunset. The sky went from pink to thisd intense red-orange, and the clouds were so puffy they lokked like they were stuck on as an after thought... they looked so 3 dimensional.
Finally, we went back to our hotel and went out to the pool/jacuzzi for a little bit. Then we came up tp the room with the intention of watching a dvd. Unfortunatly, the tv didn't have the correct cables, so we watched Extreme Home Makeover (they moved away the family's single wide trailer home and buiilt a 4500 square foot home with hard wood floors and two household hepa air filtration systems so that a little girl who was recovering from leukemia and a bone marrow transplant could come home and be safe with her weakened immune system. Yea, real tear jerker for this one.
Then we watched more Olympics and The Thomas Crowne Affair on TV.
Overall it was a wonderful day and an amazing weekend! Yet another reason why I love my Grant! We have such a good time together.
Today, we are going to head back up to HB. We'll probably leave at 11 and get lunch on the way home!
Monday, February 20, 2006
Sunday, February 19, 2006
San Diego, Saturday
Grant and I took the trolly to Old Town today. I had never been, and it was really cool! Its like this old San Diego town with general stores, candle shops, the first San Diego school, a ranch house, stables, and all sorts of histroial buildings.
We went to a mexican place for lunch, and then walked around old town, did a little shopping and looking at the museums. It was neat!
Next, we took to the trolly to Seaport village, which is likie a pier side place with shops, food places, and arcades geared towards the cruise ship crowds. We walked along the bay past the cruis ship terminal and past all of the old boats, and then walked back to our hotel.
Last night, we went to the Lawrence Welk resort for the dinner/show package. We had a buffet dinner, and then saw Andrew Lloys Weber's Evita!!! I have never seen Evita on stage so that was way cool! The guy who played Che was fantastic!
We stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things and then got back to our hotel around 11:30.
We went to a mexican place for lunch, and then walked around old town, did a little shopping and looking at the museums. It was neat!
Next, we took to the trolly to Seaport village, which is likie a pier side place with shops, food places, and arcades geared towards the cruise ship crowds. We walked along the bay past the cruis ship terminal and past all of the old boats, and then walked back to our hotel.
Last night, we went to the Lawrence Welk resort for the dinner/show package. We had a buffet dinner, and then saw Andrew Lloys Weber's Evita!!! I have never seen Evita on stage so that was way cool! The guy who played Che was fantastic!
We stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things and then got back to our hotel around 11:30.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
San Diego
I have a three day weekend, Grant gets that same weekend scheduled off... what's a couple to do???
Spend the weekend in San Diego!!!
We got a great rate at a Marriot Residence Inn. Grant drove down in the afternoon and I took the train after work.
The train ride wwas somewhat eventful... There was this drunk guy wandering the cars. A lady told the conductor that he had thrown up by the cafe car, and some other guys were saying that he was being pretty unruly, and weaving about. A few minuted later he came back, followed shortly by the conductor, mumbling about how some guy bought him the beer becasue he was impressed that this guy was s uch a profesional skateboarder. Aparently the conductors were concerned, among other things, becasue he was drinking the beer our of a bottle that was broken on top (his response? "I've done worse!" The conductor took him down to the cafe car to get him a cup to pur the beer in and to make sure it wasn't stolen. He came back a while later looking for his stuff and a lady said, "weren't you sitting in another car?" anjd he goes, "oh yeah, thats right, I was..."
We finally get to San Diego (after a few stops "to let other trains pass us on the tracks..." which could possibly be true.) As we were getting ready to get off of the train there was an announcement. "Please be patient, as the doors will not be opening right away. The doors will not open until the Police get into position." Sure enough, the arrersted the guy!!!
Anyways, Grant met me at the station, and we walked back to our hotel together. After dropping my stuff off, we drove over to Bala Hai, right on the bay, where we ate dinner. It was really good! We had an appetizer sampler with coconut shrimp, egg rolls, a crab cake, coconut ribs, and pele's nachos, which were wantons with cheese, sour cream, and pineapple salsa.
For dinner, I had grilled shrimp and macadamia breaded chicken, and Grant had a fish combo with macademia breaded Mahi-Mahi, seared Ahi, and something else. For dessert, we had a macademia nut brownie topped with coffee gelato. A ton of food (we took a lot home!) but really good!!!
By the time we left, it was raining! We went back to the hotel and watched TV.
Our hotel room is cool. Its like a studio. There is a full kitchen with a stove, fridge, microwave and dishwasher, a nd a bar to eat at, a desk (where i a m now...) an L-shaped couch in the sitting area, and then the bed. The TV us in a dresser in the center which can be turned to face the couch or the bed, which is nice, Our room overlooks the pool courtyard. We are very near the trains, which go by frequently and nlow their horns during the day, but were fine at night.
We have some exciting things planned for this weekend, so stay tuned!!!
Spend the weekend in San Diego!!!
We got a great rate at a Marriot Residence Inn. Grant drove down in the afternoon and I took the train after work.
The train ride wwas somewhat eventful... There was this drunk guy wandering the cars. A lady told the conductor that he had thrown up by the cafe car, and some other guys were saying that he was being pretty unruly, and weaving about. A few minuted later he came back, followed shortly by the conductor, mumbling about how some guy bought him the beer becasue he was impressed that this guy was s uch a profesional skateboarder. Aparently the conductors were concerned, among other things, becasue he was drinking the beer our of a bottle that was broken on top (his response? "I've done worse!" The conductor took him down to the cafe car to get him a cup to pur the beer in and to make sure it wasn't stolen. He came back a while later looking for his stuff and a lady said, "weren't you sitting in another car?" anjd he goes, "oh yeah, thats right, I was..."
We finally get to San Diego (after a few stops "to let other trains pass us on the tracks..." which could possibly be true.) As we were getting ready to get off of the train there was an announcement. "Please be patient, as the doors will not be opening right away. The doors will not open until the Police get into position." Sure enough, the arrersted the guy!!!
Anyways, Grant met me at the station, and we walked back to our hotel together. After dropping my stuff off, we drove over to Bala Hai, right on the bay, where we ate dinner. It was really good! We had an appetizer sampler with coconut shrimp, egg rolls, a crab cake, coconut ribs, and pele's nachos, which were wantons with cheese, sour cream, and pineapple salsa.
For dinner, I had grilled shrimp and macadamia breaded chicken, and Grant had a fish combo with macademia breaded Mahi-Mahi, seared Ahi, and something else. For dessert, we had a macademia nut brownie topped with coffee gelato. A ton of food (we took a lot home!) but really good!!!
By the time we left, it was raining! We went back to the hotel and watched TV.
Our hotel room is cool. Its like a studio. There is a full kitchen with a stove, fridge, microwave and dishwasher, a nd a bar to eat at, a desk (where i a m now...) an L-shaped couch in the sitting area, and then the bed. The TV us in a dresser in the center which can be turned to face the couch or the bed, which is nice, Our room overlooks the pool courtyard. We are very near the trains, which go by frequently and nlow their horns during the day, but were fine at night.
We have some exciting things planned for this weekend, so stay tuned!!!
Camping in Santa Barbara
In January, Grant and I and Belle and Kanga went camping in Santa Barbara. We went to the Jalama beach campground which was really nice...it had a playground, hot showers, a store, and of course it was right on the beach. The major drawback was all of the campsites were quite close to eachother and ddin't offer a lot of privacy. Luckily, there weren't a lot of people there.
The weather was nice... not too cold as we feared. The first night is rained and Belle wigged out and tried to sleep up on t6he airmatress with us. Which might not be so bad had we not been in sleeping bags... Belle would get on top, pushing us to the edges up against the zippered part of the bag... not comfortable!!!
The next morning, we woke up to the sounds of what sounded like thousands of seagulls... (well, we are on the beach right???) Well, sure, and if you are on the beach and you want to attract seagulls, leave the dog food out!!!
The nixt night, after carefully putting away the dog food in the box and sealiong down the lid, we slept peacefully until about 4 AM when a loud crashing sound woke us and Grant dissciveres a racoon knocking over the bok to get into the dog food.
By the third night we were smart enough to leave the dog food locked in the van. Hee hee...
All in all, it was a lot of fun and very relaxing, We read, walked on the beach, and had yummy camping food. It was a good time!
The weather was nice... not too cold as we feared. The first night is rained and Belle wigged out and tried to sleep up on t6he airmatress with us. Which might not be so bad had we not been in sleeping bags... Belle would get on top, pushing us to the edges up against the zippered part of the bag... not comfortable!!!
The next morning, we woke up to the sounds of what sounded like thousands of seagulls... (well, we are on the beach right???) Well, sure, and if you are on the beach and you want to attract seagulls, leave the dog food out!!!
The nixt night, after carefully putting away the dog food in the box and sealiong down the lid, we slept peacefully until about 4 AM when a loud crashing sound woke us and Grant dissciveres a racoon knocking over the bok to get into the dog food.
By the third night we were smart enough to leave the dog food locked in the van. Hee hee...
All in all, it was a lot of fun and very relaxing, We read, walked on the beach, and had yummy camping food. It was a good time!
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