So, I forgot my blog’s second anniversary or birthday or whatever you want to call it. I don’t feel bad though since I prefer factors of three and plan on having a mini-celebration next year.
If I remember.
A Valentine’s cake for the husband, which just happened to be two days before my blog’s birthday.
FRE
Posted in Cooking & Eating at Home, Food, Life, Random
Tagged bad photography, being random, birthday
View from our room.
Two weekends ago Victor and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary by taking a mini vacation to the Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta. This was our first overnight trip away from the kid who was lovingly cared for by my mom, aunt, and cousin. I have to admit that it was difficult to leave him at first, however the stream of pictures and videos I received on my iPhone made the vacation away from baby Nicholas much easier to handle.
Anyhoo, we arrived at the resort an hour later than we expected due to the insane traffic caused by the last day of Santa Barbara’s Fiesta and the forever road construction on the 101. We had originally scheduled a 5pm tee time at the Sandpiper Golf Course, which is located on a cliff overlooking the ocean next to the resort, but had to move it back an hour since we arrived late.
Victor and I first bonded through our love of golf. In between our work shifts at Hiro Sushi, we would head to the River Ridge Golf Course and hit some balls at the driving range. That was like 11 years ago and we haven’t played since, which clearly explains why our game at the Sandpiper was so horrific. Needless to say, we did not finish all 18 holes, not even close. So before it got dark, we decided to end our game early and take a joyride through the whole course to enjoy the sunset.
When we returned to our comfortably appointed room at the Bacara, we were surprisingly welcomed by a nicely chilled bottle of champagne (accompanied by a sweet thank you we saw you on twitter card), which we indulged in before our late dinner at the Bistro.
Here are some pics of our room with a view. Note that we had a fireplace, free wifi, as well as, a Sony HDTV with a full line up of cable channels!
For the remainder of our stay, we enjoyed eating at the Spa Cafe (they have awesome smoothies!), dining at the Bistro (unfortunately Miro was closed while we were there), walking the grounds, and strolling on the beach. We did not partake in any spa activities or pool time, but we did check out both and they looked dreamy. Definitely will have to put in some pool and spa time the next time we stay at the Bacara.
Overall, we truly enjoyed our mini vacation at the Bacara and have plans to come back again, this time bringing little Nic and Sami since the resort is very family and pet friendly. Oh, and for those of you that are celeb obsessed, the Bacara hosts a slew of celebrity guests at their resort. The day we arrived, Michael Jordan and his crew had just checked out and the a couple weekends after our trip many of Kim Kardashian’s wedding guests were staying at the hotel. Ooh la la.
The most famous celebrities of them all.
Posted in North America, Travel
Tagged Anniversary, bad photography, Beach, Goleta, iPhone, Mini Vacation, No Baby, Resort, Santa Barbara
For Mother’s Day, my mom and I decided to treat ourselves to a last minute mini vacation in Ojai.
We opted to stay at the Ojai Valley Inn to relax and take in some new scenery.
This was the first time my mom visited the Inn, whereas I’ve been here many times with my best friend, Cher. Her mom is the Spa Concierge at the resort, and we’ve spent many days lounging around the spa and indulging in tasty alcoholic beverages by the pool.
Anyhoo, my mom really enjoyed our stay and hopes to go back again for a longer visit. There is so much to do and see while you’re in Ojai that one day was just not enough to take it all in. Hopefully I can convince the family to stay at the Inn for Christmas. It’s always been my dream to get away for the holidays to relax and NOT cook a thing!
Posted in North America, Travel
Tagged bad photography, family, iPhone, Mini Vacation, Mom, Ojai, Pregnant, Resort, Spa
6 more weeks to go! The little critter is moving around like crazy, and is probably feeling very cramped in my belly. I have a friend that had twins a couple years ago, and I can’t imagine what it must have felt like to have two of them little boogers squirming in there.
…that I’m pregnant and not just fat.
I really need to break out my Digital SLR camera. I’m tired of all these sucky iPhone pictures I’ve been posting on my blog lately. But, the thing is, I hate going out and about with my day carrying the camera. I feel like a geek, but I guess I need to get over it. Maybe I’ll just start by using it to take pics at home.
On a side note, I really think they need to develop a DSLR that wirelessly allows me to transfer pics to my computer. I have a MacBook Air, and I have to plug in my little chip reader and then pull out my little chip from the camera and then put the little chip in my computer.
Now that I think about it, that’s really not that hard. Damn I’m lazy!
And I didn’t realize I had a USB cord for the camera until now. I’m also quite stupid.
FRE
Feeling plump.
I grew up eating fried rice and eggs for breakfast every weekend. Sometimes we even ate it for dinner since it’s a quick meal to make with leftover rice. So, it was no surprise when I woke up this morning craving for some comfort food (a.k.a. fried rice and eggs). I know this picture of my breakfast isn’t the greatest, you can blame it on my iPhone and my lack of composition skills, but damn it was mighty tasty. But that’s all that really counts, right?
Posted in Cooking & Eating at Home, Food
Tagged bad photography, Cooking, eating, food, getting fat, iPhone
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