Parents' Holidays '09

For Fathers Day this year dad was landing at the San Diego Airport at 10:30am. So instead of trekking all the way back up to Orange County we decided to give him a surprise and explore a little of San Diego that we didn't know. We had lunch at Sally's Seafood which is behind the Hyatt in the Harbor, overlooking the water. The location is fantastic! And we were all very pleasantly surprised with the quality of the food. Mom at a fresh lump crab sandwich with avocado, dad took the portobello panini, and I ordered edamame and the Hawaiian roll with poke tuna. We topped that off with a lemon cream mousse cake which was a perfect end to the meal.

After the meal we decided to walk along the water. And to our great surprise we stumbled upon Seaport Village. It was very cute, and the ambience with everyone out and about enjoying the sun was great. There were street performers, odds and ends shops, and music playing. It was really a pleasant surprise.

And for Mothers Day this year we took a day to ourselves and enjoyed the coastline. We took mom to Huntington Beach and enjoyed the sun and the nice weather. First we went for a drink at the Huntington Brew Co. while we waited for out reservation. And we walked the pier, and enjoyed the live music at the small amphitheater area, along with seeing artwork at the fair.

We then went to dinner at Duke's which was very good as well. It has more of a Hawaiian fish theme. Mom ordered the halibut cooked with many spices, I had seared ahi along with asian vegetable salad and dad ordered some specialty ono. Everything was really cooked extremely well. We ended the meal with a slice of key lime pie, and a chocolate molten cake!

Unfortunately we did not take many pictures of the three of us on Father's Day. Blonde moments yet again, both mom and I forgot our cameras!!! But at least I found some pictures of the places that we did get to enjoy on these two very special days. I hope that both of the days were special and look forward to coming up with more ideas for next year :-)

Site-Seeing in Boston on my own

While out in Boston, I took the commuter rail to go Downtown. I attempted at following the freedom Trail, but I suppose I was having many a "blonde moment" and therefore walked around town completely by memory and found all the sites. I think that doing it that way really made the day more interesting, and made me feel like I was a local just walking around making the most of a sunny Boston day. Without a map and refusing to look at Google Maps on my Blackberry, I just walked around and found all the sites. Boston really is such a great city, with all its public transportation and rich history.

A Bostonian Weekend

For Memorial Day, I was lucky enough to dart on over to the East Coast and visit the "Bostonians!" It was such a great time, and we did so many activities. The first full day, Saturday, we went so Isabella's swim lesson, then played at the park all afternoon. On Sunday, we went to the zoo in the morning and luckily made it home in time to watch the rain and the hail finish out the day. Monday, we picnicked and flew some kites. Well attempted, let's just put it at that. Tuesday I took the commuter rail to Downtown Boston and played tourist. And Wednesday we did a long lunch out near Arnaud's work, and I got to visit his lab. So instead of trying to write out all the festivities and try to recount all of the endless fun times, I have put up a slide show that is self explanatory. It was a fantastic week, and I cannot wait to see the munchkins again!