Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Nipomo Visit #2

January is (apparently) my month for visiting loved ones. Upon my return from Emily's, I promptly packed a bag and got ON THE ROAD for the Central California Coast (Nipomo specifically) to visit my best Adventuremate: Gan. I didn't arrive until fairly late on Friday night - we had just enough time to chat it up, have a snack, and watch some really high quality television. PERFECTION.Saturday we went to San Luis Obispo to have lunch at the Big Sky Cafe (which came highly recommended and DID NOT FAIL US). It is an interesting little place - a lot of organic and healthy food options mixed with an outdoor atmosphere. The food was DELICIOUS and it wasn't too pricey either. We then wandered through Thrift Stores (looking for one specifically that we NEVER found - FAILURE #1) where we found the FIND of a lifetime (which offically used ALL of our luck for the weekend) - The Adventure in Odyssey BOARD GAME! AMAZING!After perusing all the thrift stores on the street, we grabbed coffee at a darling little german cafe decorated entirely with books lining the walls.Then hit up Sephora in search of some fabulous polish. We didn't find EXACTLY what we were looking for (the Katy Perry OPI line) so we tried to find a beauty supply. IMPORTANT NOTE: when looking for a beauty supply, write down more than just the street name...or you may end up in the wrong city on the wrong street with the same name - FAILURE #2. We gave up and went back to Gan's house where we joined her parents for dinner (BREAKFAST) and then went to church.

Sunday we slept in (BEAUTIFUL) then went to see THE FIGHTER starring Christian Bail (who never fails to make me think of Newsies!) - it was an EXCELLENT movie and we all really enjoyed it. It was the only film Megan hadn't seen that was up for a Golden Globe...so it seemed ONLY appropriate that we fit it into our "BUSY" schedule. ha. Sunday night we had a DELCIOUS dinner of tri-tip and potatoes while watching the Golden Glober. Megan and I are total suckers for Award Shows and have kind of a tradition of watching them together - so it was PERFECT that the Globes fell on my weekend visit! Monday we spent the day in Arroyo Grande...we had lunch at a Mexican place (you really can't go wrong with Mexican food) then shopped a bit in the Antique Mall and a couple other cute stores on the strip. We ended the afternoon with coffee at our favorite little place (which I must admit, serves the BEST blended coffee beverages I've EVER had) and then headed north to see the apple farms and a GORGEOUS view of the Coast. It was a lovely and delightful day.

I was sad to leave....but we're in the process of planning Kenz's birthday extravanganza at Gan's this year...so there are many more adventures to be had...

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