Last weekend Mike and Laura came out to visit. Susanna and I picked them up and we headed to hollywood. We hung out there and saw the sites and then met up with my brother and his roommate. Eric and Evan show us around Mulholland Drive. We saw Nick Nolte's house (and there were cops outside, but we never figured out what was up). Then we saw two houses and at least one of them was either Steven Seagal's or the governator's. We also drove by Monica Lewinsky's house at some point. The view from Mulholland drive was incredible. We then went down to Burbank and drove by some of the studios. Thanks Eric and Evan for showing us around.
The next day we took off to Santa Barbara wine country. Thanks to some suggestions we were able to find some good wine. At some point I think we did enough tasting that it should really be called drinking. We had dinner in Solvang, the food was nothing special, but the town is cute. I almost forgot - before we headed off to wine country we went to the avocado festival in Carpinteria. It was a bunch of booths selling food, most of which was avocado centric and then a lot of booths selling crafts and such. Ate some good avocado related food. Thanks Susanna for being the designated driver.
Monday we took it easy. We headed to the beach then of course the hot tub. Then took the top down on the mustang and cruised down to Ventura to get some lunch. I tried Peruvian for the first time - pretty good stuff. The restaurant was Peruvian and Thai food - no idea what the link is between those two countries. Then cruised up to Santa Barbara where we walked state street. Even though I've been to state street it was a new experience being there on a week day since it was almost empty instead of packed. I also do not think it struck me before just how crazy fancy that street is. We stopped by the pier and watch some people fish - I didn't think you'd catch anything from there, but one guy was pulling them in 5 at a time. Then we found a restaurant and Susanna met up with us for dinner. Thanks Mike and Laura for visting.
Friday, October 14, 2005
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Thanks for having us over and playing tourguide :). CA is awesome, and spending time on the beach sure beats a week of rain. Especially one that makes your roof leak water into your living room.
You guys are more than welcome to stay at our place if you ever want to come back to Boston (the roof is in the process of being fixed...or so I'm told). And while I don't own a convertible to go for scenic rides in, my car can be just as much fun - I'll even let you dig it out of the snow :).
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