A weekend in San Francisco ~ February 2016

Kraig and I spent a weekend in San Francisco in February. This was more of a trip to catch up with family instead of sightseeing everywhere.  We were visiting with Kraig’s Dad and Aunt and had a great time.  It was so nice to spend time with Kraig’s Dad and Aunt because we don’t get […]

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September 1, 2012 – Hike at Point Lobos State Reserve.

Our third day in the Monterey area started off with a hike along the coast at Point Lobos State Reserve. Look really hard. Can you see the two deers below? Don’t mind the dorky outfits below. We checked out Carmel River State Beach and had a quick lunch at Hog’s Breath Inn which is a […]

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see you later cali – may 2012

The last day of our trip in Cali was basically just a travel day. We grabbed some iced coffees for our drive back to LAX from OC, returned our car rental, and boarded our plane back to BOS. We’re very lucky that we had two sets of generous and fun couples to host us during […]

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Welcome to The OC – May 2012 – Day 3

Day 3 in OC started off with a trip to Top of The World Park…we think. It was basically near some elementary school and had some cool views of the Laguna area. They even had a parking space reserved for me! We coincidentally drove by Laguna Beach High School, so I decided to take a […]

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Welcome to The OC – May 2012 – Day 2

I forgot to mention that our first night in OC was spent at a brewery/restaurant near Patrick and Michelle’s. I tried the blueberry beer because I was in the mood for something refreshing and girlie. 🙂 Day 2 of our trip in OC started off with a trip to Capistrano Beach. It was so nice […]

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Welcome to The OC – May 2012 – Day 1

Our time in Santa Monica was over and it was time to pick up the car rental at Avis. Why does it always take so long to pick up a car? Even though our rental car was a KIA Soul, I was THRILLED when I saw the license plate was from Washington State because I’m […]

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Let Donna Martin Graduate! – Santa Monica and LA Area – May 2012

Memorial Day Weekend was spent in Southern Cali with Kraig. We aimed to check out LA, Santa Monica, San Diego, Orange County, and Malibu, but didn’t exactly get to pack everything into a long weekend visit there. We spent the first two nights of our trip in Santa Monica. Kraig’s cousin Matt lives there with […]

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