I’m busy and lazy

So posts have been late. And this is a week late.

The girls and I went on a weekend getaway trip down to SoCal. Luckily, the weather was weirdly nice. Sunny days and hot springs. Though the air gets a little chilly at night, it is still better than SF.

Day Uno

We started our journey around 10 AM. We stopped by Carmel after a 2 hour drive for some quick shopping @ the Coach store and had lunch at a cozy Italian restaurant we picked randomly. I want to live in Carmel. If I am rich and retired. The downtown is so clean, compared to SF, where we have all those homeless bums littering around.

I must always eat Bruschetta at an Italian restaurant.

My pasta was really yummy

A sweet little park in Carmel

Then we decided to take Highway 1, which is a phenomenal but winding drive. A little intimidating as if you go down, there is the 90% chance you will end up floating in the Pacific. But it is beautiful, driving in the day makes it so much nicer and safer I would recommend.

I saw the Moo-moos along the way, and smelled them too...You can't tell where Heaven & earth meets or ends.

We finally reached our Morrow Bay hotel check-in, where they MUST screw up something with our reservation (god forbid you have a smooth check-in). We silly girls booked the ValentinesVomitines’s day special (which is available throughout the month of Feb), and after some hassling and haggling, we finally got what we wanted.

Complimentary Choc-dipped strawberries (not sweet) and an ugly shell-rose.

So we missed our hot springs appt for 530 PM due to the hotel issue and also this inconsiderate elderly couple who drove at the speed of turtles along the ONE-lane highway caused several cars to accumulate behind them before they finally stopped at a vista point so the whole world can continue to spin!!! Gosh!

We went to Santa Barbara instead and it was a good thing. Another 2 hours of driving (who’s complaining? I wasn’t driving throughout the whole trip!) and worrying as we were running outta gas and there is no gas station all the way. WTF right? Have to keep that in mind the next time I go down there again.

Sunset

Dog art.

Cute shops

And I like Santa Barbara, except for the name. hahaha. It is a slightly bigger Carmel with even more goodies. We drove in and went around until we finally found the downtown. Shopped a little but the stores all close at like 7PM. Then we ate at this yummy Indian restaurant (it was a struggle between Indian or beloved Chipotle for Mexican). I was hoping the curries will not give me a burn internally as we are going for the hot tubbies tomorrow!

So good~

On our way back to Morrow Bay, we saw so much stars! In the sky! So happy! There was no civilization along the freeway, no buildings thus no lights. Thus we are able to see the stars twinkling. I know they are always out there, just waiting to be discovered.

Got back really late but we die also have to use the (kinda lame) jaccuzi we have in our balcony. We paid more for it! It was freezing and the water didn’t get very hot either. However, it was really funny as Shinta shaked the Champagne bottle before popping it open!!! Try to imagine the eruption of the champagne and how much was wasted!!! So silly.

Ugly but better than nothing.

The bed.

We are a messy bunch.

Day Dos

Nothing, really nothing beats waking up between ultra fluffy pillows and a crackling fireplace right at the feet of your king size bed! Nothing! It was heavenly.

Had a R&R breakfast by the bay before heading out to Avila Beach (30 mins away) where the mineral springs tubbies are. The staff were so nice at the Sycamore Springs and we were treated to a private mineral spring called, yes you guess it right, “Tubby”. They all had different names but I am glad ours is named the way it is - a tub!

Good, but a bit slow~Walk up to your private tubView while lying IN the tub

Tubby beauties

Even after a shower, we still smell like mineral water, or rather sulphur. But that didn’t stop us from driving to San Luis Obispo (SLO) where we met Sayaka’s friend Paul who brought us to have a delicious Mexican dinner. THE HOMEMADE GUACAMOLE IS THE FREAKING BEST IN THE WORLD. And I stuffed my face with as much food as I can, as always.

The Guacamole. Le sigh~

Paul lives in SLO so he was naturally the best guide to show us around. The creek that runs thru the downtown, the local bar, and the very first Mission in California (or USA?). we eventually ventured into this store call “The Nest”, and I wanted to buy everything they sell!

Pet store with a wall covered in polariods of dog pics

Serving fresh baked goodies for doggies.

The creek

I could've gone crazy in there.

Finally, we have to head home. It is a freaking 4 hours’ drive back to SF. I napped or daydreamed in the back of the car. Took some really nice photos of the rainbow we saw. Ahhh…. The rainbow. What a nice way to round up the whole trip. The rainbow. Gave me a little hope about the things I was daydreaming about.

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high... ...