Back from California, Back to Work

What we did in California!

• Drove all over creation (622 miles on our little Nissan Versa from Budget)
• Went to the play Den of Thieves, by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Susi Damilano, at the SF Playhouse in San Francisco.
• Ate at the Big Sur Bakery and Restaurant in Big Sur (check that website! Whoo!)
• Drove along the coast on Highway 1
• Climbed Mount Tamalpais
• Ate at a nice little seaside cafe in Sausolito
• Went to the movie “Ghost Writer” in Mill Valley
• Visited the Pigeon Point Light Station, an old lighthouse
• Spent several hours at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium, where we enjoyed the special exhibition of seahorses
• Hiked in Muir Woods—those redwoods are BIG!
• Went to “Poetry at the Pottery” at Jered’s Pottery in Berkeley on Friday, March 12
• Visited the San Juan Bautista Mission (where Deana stood by the seismograph!)
• Had lunch in San Juan Bautista—ask Deana about the Quake!
• Bought some wine from Al Guerra of Guerra Farms
• Went to a party for Jered and Sarah at the Pottery on Saturday, March 13
• Had breakfast with Melanie in the Haight-Ashbury district
• Visited Melanie’s workplace, Eric Trabert Goldsmiths, on Fillmore Street
• Helped Melanie set up her lovely jewelry at the events at the Pottery
• Rode the city in one of the open-topped busses that tour the city (and were in a small, mirror-buster)
• Drove up to Twin Peaks and looked out over the city
• Ate at a good Thai restaurant
• Jogged along the beach in Monterrey
• Stayed at the Sand Castle Inn in Seaside, CA (cheap! not bad!)
• Bought some cups from a potter in San Juan Bautista (sorry, Jered!)
• Visited the John Steinbeck Center in Salinas
• Visited the birthplace of John Steinbeck in Salinas (thank you, kind lady, for letting us in the house after visiting hours!)
• Heard lots of good music from brother Joe, his wife Mary, and the Levins.
• Watched (and blubbered over) "The Blind Side" on the flight home.
• Shopped

What did I forget, wife?