Santa Barbara

     For Presidents Day Geoff had a long weekend, so we decided to take a road trip.  We wanted to try out the Amtrak, so we hopped on and went to Santa Barbara for the weekend.  It was nice to not to have to drive through LA traffic and we got to see some good views.  Geoff enjoyed not having to drive and getting to zone out and look around.  I was loving the reading time and people watching!!  There are some interesting people in the train!  It was a comfortable, quiet, and smooth ride.
     In Santa Barbara, we walked around, shopped, and ate.

     This weekend we tried out a restaurant from Diners Drive Ins and Dives.  It was a hamburger place in Ocean Beach called Hodad's.  The owner was big friends with Guy from the show.  He recently has passed away and we just had to see if this burger was really that good.  When we got there, the line was crazy long!  Geoff asked if I wanted to wait, and I'm like I'm already here sure why not.  Usually in San Diego the weather is really nice, but of course its windy and chilly this weekend.  Wasn't fun standing out waiting in that, but the wait went fairly quickly.  The food was good, but I don't know its a burger!

 Train Time

 From the train

 Big Tree

 On the Pier

 I thought this was funny!  Thought I looked like my mom! LOL

 Selfie Stick!!!

January Time

   Well I know this has been a long time with no blog, but I have just not been thinking about it much.   There hasn't been too much going on with us, so I just don't write.  We spend time catching the latest movies or trying out new restaurants.  Of course, I am still trying out new things to cook and bake!  During January, we did go to this restaurant called Wine Vault with James, a guy Geoff works with, and his wife.  This place had a menu where you chose between three options for each course.  They also would pair a wine with each of your choices.  I chose the jambalaya as my appetizer, the gnocchi main course, with bread pudding for dessert.  I had never had bread pudding until Chris made some at the Seidel Christmas and now it's one of my favorites! Of course, Chris yours was way better than this place but still tasty!!  After dinner, we went to check out some improv at the National Comedy Theater.  It was kind of like Whose Line is it Anyway; pretty funny stuff.
     We also went to a restaurant down by the water in Chula Vista one weekend.  Geoff took out the camera and was experimenting taking pictures.  We walked around the pier and water down there, so he could experiment different settings.  
     At the end of this month we had the first ultrasound.  We found out we are having a boy!  Of course, I was expecting a girl, so I had the girl name ready.  Time to find a boy name!

  1-24-15