flew into San Jose, CA Thursday morning and took the Monterey shuttle down - nice/easy.
Jamie met me later. It's ridiculous expensive to stay in Carmel (maybe cause it was memorial weekend?) still....it is a nice town and really good food. Leans heavy on wine not cocktails. Best part...high of 62.
Day 1 - 17 mile drive/Pebble Beach/Spanish Bay - Mary's cafe for breakfast, yes good. The rest...pretty ...just so tamed/touristy with the golf courses. We sat at pebble beach over looking the golf course for lunch, then Spanish Bay for 4 hours waiting for the bag piper. The 3 hours before everyone started showing up was the best part (even with the beyond ridiculous priced cocktails). It was beautiful out, apparently the sun for that long was unusual. I'm golf coursed out. And everyone I saw were terrible golfers (dressed/outfitted to the nines of course). Loads of tourists...walking the greens even. Grasings for dinner. Didn't do much for me. Jamie loved the fish.
Day 2 - drive down to Big Sur - stopped by Point Lobos first, worth $10?...eh i guess? We saw a few otters. Not 20 minutes later they shut down parking for being so full. Lookout spots on the way down..i lost interest. Jamie got good bridge shots. I liked the bridge before the bixby bridge from far away. Lunch at Nepenthe, beautiful spot...don't get the burger. The Shrimp was delicious. Do we need to go back...i don't think so...but don't regret going.
Came back and walked down to the beach to see the Frank Lloyd Wright house...walked along the beach sidewalk...and then about died going up the hill back to the hotel room. Seriously...out....of....shape. My kidney's hurt. Went to dinner at Montrio Bistro...a best meal we've ever had.
Day 3 - fruit stands on the way to San Jose (high five) /Henry Cowell Redwoods/airport. I had on the way to stop by Santa Cruz but it just reminded me of Gatlinburg or Niagara...."tourist world" we didn't even park. No "Lost Boys" nostalgia there. Even the redwoods were tamed....though we only had 45 minutes "loop" so maybe it our fault that we didn't make time to go deeper.
Overall...a lovely place "the Central Coast"...can't help but wish to have seen what it looked like before it was tamed.
Speaking of - I'm on book 3 of Court of Thorn and Roses (Sarah J. Maas)...I thought it was a YA but the sexy times say otherwise. There a few irksome things but overall a good story...we'll see how it ends...
Dallas gal - books, Texas music, travel, being married and stories on being newly involved in local politics *gasp*.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
second sight
The Duke Who Knew Too Much - Grace Callaway - not gonna lie, skipped through the "dangerous/murderer" plot. Otherwise I liked the characters...chemistry was good.
Second Sight - Amanda Quick - paranormal-ish, I finished it, it was okay...
Blood Fury - JRWard - i forget how she intertwines stories. I was talking to a book club girl that literally skips chapters to read one story line through...and then starts again with the other story line. I like Novo's better...I still feel it was missing backstory for both. It's like 75%.
Leave for California tomorrow - San Jose (Silicon Valley) and Carmel (where there's apparently a "very important" golf course) - I tried to see if I could sit in the Facebook lobby to people watch for a while
but it was confirmed that I'd need an approved access badge. Boo.
Tried blockwalking. - not a fan, but at least now I can say I tried it.
In an hour we hit 24 houses and it was freaking hot, the majority of the houses had "no soliciting", since we didn't want to piss people off we moved on. Of the 5 people that actually answered their door we got: three confirmed republicans, one confirmed Republican that's "not happy and closer to voting dem than you might think" and another independent that needs to "think about it".
I've been on a Kacey Musgraves roll the last couple weeks
Second Sight - Amanda Quick - paranormal-ish, I finished it, it was okay...
Blood Fury - JRWard - i forget how she intertwines stories. I was talking to a book club girl that literally skips chapters to read one story line through...and then starts again with the other story line. I like Novo's better...I still feel it was missing backstory for both. It's like 75%.
Leave for California tomorrow - San Jose (Silicon Valley) and Carmel (where there's apparently a "very important" golf course) - I tried to see if I could sit in the Facebook lobby to people watch for a while
but it was confirmed that I'd need an approved access badge. Boo.
Tried blockwalking. - not a fan, but at least now I can say I tried it.
In an hour we hit 24 houses and it was freaking hot, the majority of the houses had "no soliciting", since we didn't want to piss people off we moved on. Of the 5 people that actually answered their door we got: three confirmed republicans, one confirmed Republican that's "not happy and closer to voting dem than you might think" and another independent that needs to "think about it".
I've been on a Kacey Musgraves roll the last couple weeks
Thursday, May 10, 2018
racing
it's been almost two weeks.
already forgotten a lot of what's happened so...highlights.
Jamie's part owner of a race horse now *eye-roll* - we're gonna check it out tomorrow.
Derby party was work/tiring but mostly good and couldn't ask for better weather! my Texas district house and senate candidates showed...i'd invited them obvious with no expectations... so that was neat. Rest of the day was fun until "one" guy drank too much and came real close to starting a fight (I swear people on the day of their first born should just sign something saying "from this day on especially, you are aware you won't be able to handle drinking alcohol like you used to could. Don't try. "
Heading to Houston for Mother's Day this weekend.
Whole lotta stuff happening next weekend - block walk (oy), bar, crawfish, band
Trip to CA-Monterey Bay is planned for Memorial weekend.
Books
High Voltage (Fever) Karen Marie Moning - glad i waited for the library here. I finished it but I think she went wrong with Dani and I especially feel Ryodan deserved better.
Hello Stranger: The Ravenels, Book 4 Lisa Kleypas - the gal doctors story, he was intense. Not my favorite of hers but not bad.
already forgotten a lot of what's happened so...highlights.
Jamie's part owner of a race horse now *eye-roll* - we're gonna check it out tomorrow.
Derby party was work/tiring but mostly good and couldn't ask for better weather! my Texas district house and senate candidates showed...i'd invited them obvious with no expectations... so that was neat. Rest of the day was fun until "one" guy drank too much and came real close to starting a fight (I swear people on the day of their first born should just sign something saying "from this day on especially, you are aware you won't be able to handle drinking alcohol like you used to could. Don't try. "
Heading to Houston for Mother's Day this weekend.
Whole lotta stuff happening next weekend - block walk (oy), bar, crawfish, band
Trip to CA-Monterey Bay is planned for Memorial weekend.
Books
High Voltage (Fever) Karen Marie Moning - glad i waited for the library here. I finished it but I think she went wrong with Dani and I especially feel Ryodan deserved better.
Hello Stranger: The Ravenels, Book 4 Lisa Kleypas - the gal doctors story, he was intense. Not my favorite of hers but not bad.
Bet Me (Lucky in Love Book 2) Lila Monroe - has a bit of that "contemporary" immaturity problem..but I finished it.
The Paper Bag Princess (Classic Munsch) by Robert Munsch - this was a reco from the fb book club thread. i was curious how children's books read now. Not what i expected. Pretty funny. Nostagic for Roald Dahl.
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