My friends are getting married! I have to admit that I have been very lazy with my camera lately, and today was not an exception. Wedding was tons of fun though and we got really cool party favors – custom made coasters!
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Sunday Brunch
Sunday birthday brunch is always good, after a Halloween party, it might be even better! Someone ordered a kick-ass Bloody Mary – I ordered an IPA.
I am starting to like Egg Benedict more and more, though I still could do without the English Muffin.
KCRW Masquerade Ball
I did not grow up with Halloween and don’t care to much about it, but it is fun to socializing with friends! We went to KCRW’s Masquerade Ball this year.
We all dressed up as zombies.
A bunch of bands and DJ’s were playing, Z-trip did an amazing set!
Santa Barbara
My friend is visiting from Sweden for a few weeks and we drove up to Santa Barbara for the weekend. We went out for a few drink last night so she was not feeling so hot today. We also went shopping in at the outlets on the way up to Santa Barbara yesterday and so today she wanted to wear all her new cloths and shoes all at ones, even though the fashion police told her not to.
We were trying to catch up with sleep on the beach for a while before I got hungry and thought we should go for some lobster rolls on the pier. She was not really feeling it though, I had to take a photo…. the best part is that this photo was not at all staged, I started to feel a little sorry for her.
After some fuel, I thought she might be feeling a little better, but she wanted to go back to vegetate. I didn’t really mind as I didn’t get much sleep last night either, I was tired as well, but did not feel quite as bad as she did. After a while I got a little bored though and started to take photos of the palm trees…
Still an awesome weekend with a lot of fun!
Santa Barbara
We had a chill morning on the campground, deciding what to do of the day.
We took off to Santa Barbara, and the Brewing Company for a beer flight.
I like Santa Barbara a lot and today was a beautiful day. It was two days since I showered, so it was nice to jump in the ocean!
Had an awesome lobster roll for lunch out on the pier.
Santa Barbara harbour.
Wine Tasting in Santa Ynez
It was already dark when we came to the campground last night, so we set up our tents, had a small BBQ and headed off to bed. The nice thing with camping is that you tend to always wake up bright and early!
On the schedule for today was wine tasting in the Santa Ynez Valley, outside Solvang. We had no real plan, just drove around to see what we could find.
We started off with Andrew Murray Vineyards.
A kind of hidden location behind the big Firestone vineyard, or actually, Andrew Murray Vineyards are renting a spot on one of Firestones big fields and it was kind of difficult to find, but it was well worth it once we got there.
Since we were already in the hood, we thought we’d might as well stop by the Firestone as well.
You can get Firestone everywhere, I think they might even export their wines.
We had one more stop scheduled, but were gonna meet up with some more friends and they were running late, so we stopped by Curtis Winery as well for some tasting and picnic. Turns out Curtis is also a part of the Firestone Wine Family.
We were all a little tired and tipsy and felt it was nap time, but we had decided we were gonna meet up with our friends at the Zaca Mesa Winery. We were still early so I was wandering around a bit.
I found their steel barrels that were recycled Pepsi Cola barrels.
Zaca Mesa was the last stop for the day, and also the best wine!
Labor Day Camping
We have a 3 day weekend and decided to go camping, super excited!
Puerto Nuevo
We took a day trip down to Mexico to eat lobster, something I’ve been wanting to do for over a year now!
They have Gringa Cerveza on the menu.
I settled for a more local version though.
I had two lobster and a beer for US$20
Nice view from the restaurant.
We stopped by a taco stand on the way home. I did not really feel it though, so I passed.
Wine Tasting
My room mate found a deal for wine tasting at the Winehouse that was expiring today so we had to use it. Never done this type of tasting before, when you get a value card and get to go into a room and get to taste away all by yourself, kind of like a vending machine!
Dental Work
I had some dental work today and came home still a little drugged. I thought this was hilarious!
