california, here we come {again}: paso robles wine country & the pch
after a relaxing night, we got up fairly early. if there’s one thing we learned from northern california wine country, it’s that the tastings start early. like 10am early. we packed up & hit the road, winding through the countryside until we hit justin winery. the wineries are pretty spread out in this area, but [...]
california, here we come {again}: paso robles
oh hi. remember the time we went to mexico & california & i totally forgot to finish recapping the trip? here’s the rest… from montrose, we drove about three & a half hours north on the 101, through santa barbara & the wine country from sideways, up to paso robles. somewhere among the winding road [...]
california, here we come {again}: LA
after parting ways with our friends outside of lucha libre, tom & i set off a little ways north to spend the night in escondido. i was a little nervous about the place we had booked…a two star rating, $55 a night, the word “motel” in the name, but it was the #1 rated hotel in [...]
{baja} california, here we come: back to the states
i was seriously surprised at how bright eyed & bushy tailed everyone looked the next morning, considering the marathon margarita/tequila/mexican wine/tecate fest of the previous night. the line to check out of the hotel was a mile long, so the girls & i sat outside with our luggage & almost ran up to hug tino [...]
{baja} california, here we come: the wedding day
after indulging in little more than beer the night before, tom, our four friends & i gathered fairly early with one collective goal: find. food. we headed, in a hungered stupor, around the corner from our hotel to las bugambilias where we sipped on the freshest, most delicious, freshly squeezed orange juice, while waiting for [...]
{baja} california, here we come
the next day, we grabbed lunch at the hotel restaurant, finished up the rest of our sculpin & boarded a chartered bus for ensenada, where all the wedding festivities would take place. we were hoping for an uneventful border crossing, with everything going on in mexico right now & it was. but not five minutes [...]
california, here we come {again}: san diego
so, the one advantage to traveling really freaking early in the morning, is that a little after 10:00am, we had landed in san diego. by 11:30am, we had our luggage, rental car & were well on our way to ballast point brewery. the first people in the small tasting room, we set ourselves up with [...]
