Part Two
On Friday, we did a small hike-just an hour or two and then went wine-tasting at Chateau Montelena (mentioned in Bottle Shock) and sparkling wine at Mumms-which has a beautiful seating area and some great wine-it was really nice. For dinner, it was Go Fish, which was really good. I had new England clam showder (more brothy than thick but tasty) and D had a salad. For dinner I had soup and noodles with tempura prawns and D had bronzino-and both were great. It was only marred by my trying to spill all my water on her and the fact that there was so much of my soup I couldn't finish it. But it was really good.
Saturday we headed back but took a little detour to the touristy town of Sonoma. We agreed that a few years ago it was probably great, although a lot like Mendocino but without the cool art galleries. What it DID have were billions of tourists in their bad clothes, all of them overweight and clogging all the restaurants.
we escaped and went to D favorite plant store and then headed into Palo Alto, where we got our nails done at Gorgeous Nails in -the best place to get it done in the whole area, I swear. It's actually in Mountain View and they have the best mani-pedi ever. When they told they had not won the 2008 poll for best nail salon, I was shocked-all the women that work there are great but Nancy in particular is awesome. How could this be? And then dinner at Fiesta del Mar-great Mexican food and very cool.
And Sunday was the hike. I've done this hike before but it was awhile ago. And I remember the parts that were tricky-rocky and steep but I was fine, eventually. But I never had to actually climb because there was no trail. The trail had gotten washed out and so we had to find handholds and purchases for our feet-it wasn't pretty. And i was first, so I was a little concerned-but it was odd because I wasn't scared. I looked at it and thought for a few seconds about where I needed to go where I could put my hands and feet and then I did it. It wasn't very far and then i saw where others had gone and since they presumably hadn't fallen, that's where I went as well. And after a break to catch our breaths, I felt really good. It's been awhile since I had a workout that I felt good after, so it was nice to know it was still there.
And then went to Whole Foods. I have a love/hate relationship with a Whole Foods in Palo Alto-I always feel like I'm not wearing the right thing-my tevas are either too beat-up or not the right shoe-everyone is wearing something else. Or I wear high-heeled boots and nice clothes and everyone else is in expensive yoga clothes. So it was funny that I was wearing grubby shorts, tevas with dirt all over them (and on me as well) a t-shirt with a dirty hoodie over it and my hair in a pony tail and it was the first time that I felt like I actually fit in there. Maybe it was me and I just didn't care anymore. Maybe the endorphins were still kicking in and I felt good so I didn't care-but it was interesting. And the guys who worked the cheese counter were awesome.
Dinner was at a Spanish/Tapas place in Menlo Park called Iberia-and it was like a little slice of Spain. we sat in a tiny booth, the waiter didn't really speak English, the food tasted wonderful-and not like any part of it came from the United States. It was very cool, although I think next time if we go there, we should just have dinner and an appetizer.
And Monday I came home-there will be more later on the books I read.
Saturday we headed back but took a little detour to the touristy town of Sonoma. We agreed that a few years ago it was probably great, although a lot like Mendocino but without the cool art galleries. What it DID have were billions of tourists in their bad clothes, all of them overweight and clogging all the restaurants.
we escaped and went to D favorite plant store and then headed into Palo Alto, where we got our nails done at Gorgeous Nails in -the best place to get it done in the whole area, I swear. It's actually in Mountain View and they have the best mani-pedi ever. When they told they had not won the 2008 poll for best nail salon, I was shocked-all the women that work there are great but Nancy in particular is awesome. How could this be? And then dinner at Fiesta del Mar-great Mexican food and very cool.
And Sunday was the hike. I've done this hike before but it was awhile ago. And I remember the parts that were tricky-rocky and steep but I was fine, eventually. But I never had to actually climb because there was no trail. The trail had gotten washed out and so we had to find handholds and purchases for our feet-it wasn't pretty. And i was first, so I was a little concerned-but it was odd because I wasn't scared. I looked at it and thought for a few seconds about where I needed to go where I could put my hands and feet and then I did it. It wasn't very far and then i saw where others had gone and since they presumably hadn't fallen, that's where I went as well. And after a break to catch our breaths, I felt really good. It's been awhile since I had a workout that I felt good after, so it was nice to know it was still there.
And then went to Whole Foods. I have a love/hate relationship with a Whole Foods in Palo Alto-I always feel like I'm not wearing the right thing-my tevas are either too beat-up or not the right shoe-everyone is wearing something else. Or I wear high-heeled boots and nice clothes and everyone else is in expensive yoga clothes. So it was funny that I was wearing grubby shorts, tevas with dirt all over them (and on me as well) a t-shirt with a dirty hoodie over it and my hair in a pony tail and it was the first time that I felt like I actually fit in there. Maybe it was me and I just didn't care anymore. Maybe the endorphins were still kicking in and I felt good so I didn't care-but it was interesting. And the guys who worked the cheese counter were awesome.
Dinner was at a Spanish/Tapas place in Menlo Park called Iberia-and it was like a little slice of Spain. we sat in a tiny booth, the waiter didn't really speak English, the food tasted wonderful-and not like any part of it came from the United States. It was very cool, although I think next time if we go there, we should just have dinner and an appetizer.
And Monday I came home-there will be more later on the books I read.
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