25th Anniversary dinner at Lunada Garden Bistro, Cayucos

I am going to jump around with my posts and the timeline a bit...why? Because I can dammit.

Bert and I celebrated our 25th Anniversary this year and took a family road trip to the Central Coast.

Instead of doing sad ass takeout and eating it in our room out of styrofoam containers...

The new House Roots Coffee + a quick stop at THH before heading home

In another strip mall not too far from Ninong's Pastries...

is the new location for House Roots Coffee...

Return to Ninong's Pastries

[Note - Ninong's Pastries has since relocated to Northridge. This post is at their original but now closed Granada Hills location. The current business in this old spot is another Filipino bakery/cafe, "Hopia Like It"]


We are hardly ever in this area...

so we could not pass up another chance to visit this shop...

Return to Bree'osh, Montecito

There didn't seem to be any stoplights in Montecito...

The main road is a bitch to cross...

Sunset @ Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve

We were on the outer edges of this very preserve earlier this afternoon...

and wanted to catch the few remaining rays of light.

Bree'Osh, Montecito

There was a bakery I wanted to check out in the upscale town north of Carp...

we took a wrong turn and I noticed this vintage sign...

Lunch @ Rincon Brewery, Carpinteria

There were three breweries in Carp...

During the course of our stay, we managed to do two of them...

Carpinteria Summer 2017

We were finally back in Carp...

having been there the previous year...

Sea Cliff + coastal overlook in Carpinteria

It's the return of the Carpinteria road trip posts...We haven't even gotten to that point yet, but bear with me as I painfully eke out these posts...

After our short stop at Beacon Coffee Co. in Ventura,

As much as we enjoyed our trip to Ventura the previous year, we needed to move on....

Last few road stops + Tustin's THH & Cream Pan + Spring Break Road Trip 2017 post round up

I drove my leg of the trip...

and we stopped at Kettleman City,

Spring Break Road Trip 2017 - Day 8: Heading back to San Diego

Bright and early,

our time was short in Sacramento but it was a nice capstone to our Spring Break road trip...

Vampire Penguin, Sacramento

TC remembered seeing this dessert place in Berkeley (which has since closed as of December 2017)...

since there was a Vampire Penguin near our hotel...

The State Capitol + Return, Sacramento

Earlier that same morning after seeing the historic district

we drove by the Capitol building, intending to come back later that afternoon...

Jim-Denny's, Sacramento

Trying to erase the images of leeches, prosthetic eyeballs as well as the cat and pig fetus from my mind...

We made our way from the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Museum" back to downtown...

Old Sacramento Historic District, The Tower Bridge and Candy Heaven

As mentioned in my previous post, the wind was pretty strong that morning.

We had walked back to our hotel to drive to this tourist attraction...

Bangkok @12 Thai Restaurant, Sacramento

Fresh from having seen Fuller Poles and Prince mural nearby...

it was time to call it a night but first...

Painted utility boxes + the "Fuller Poles" & the "We're all in it together" mural in Alley Q

We had already put our stuff away at the hotel...

(awesome poster at the bus stop)

and soon set out again to do a little exploring before having dinner...

Arriving in Sacramento

Davis to Sacramento...

wasn't too far off and while we did hit a few snags in traffic...

Temple Coffee, Davis

Davis wasn't that far off

while on the way to Sacramento...

City Sports Bar & Grill, Vacaville

In this large complex,

is a recreational area/sports bar...