Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Saturday, April 5, 2025

the garden at Three Birds


As nice as the other spaces are, it's great to have this third option of a remote, shaded, peaceful garden sanctuary. Perfect solution to the overflow seating problem. 

Seneca

Indian tribe, Roman philosopher, street name and brand of cigarettes. 

unpaved

 

Unpaved sections persisted until they were paved. 

the paving of a bike path


Happened around this time.

the Scrabble game of 12-11-24

Bart's Books


Quite shocked to realize that I never blogged about Bart's Books on this particular blog (but I did on Adventure Talgache back in 2012). So there you have it. Or rather, here you have it. https://adventuretalgache.blogspot.com/2012/06/open-air-ojai.html

the vista


...the way it looked in December.

Peasants Feast


We finally made it to Peasants Feast in Solvang and it did not disappoint. Plus I learned the word "boquerones" which means anchovies in Spanish.

morning walk


The morning walk one takes when staying at the Stables Inn in Paso Robles.

Friday, April 4, 2025

Paso lights, part 4





Paso lights, part 3


The wonderland continues. Or the magic continues. Or the magical wonderland continues.




Paso lights, part 2


After dinner we checked out the lights, which were mesmerizing. Or should I say mesmerizingly delightful? Or delightfully mesmerizing? You decide.




Thursday, April 3, 2025

Hatch Rotisserie


We finally dined at Hatch Rotisserie - the epicenter of fine dining in Paso Robles. The food was good but we didn't feel the need for a $50 cocktail - the $9 mocktails worked perfectly.


Paso lights


We had no idea that Paso Robles had such a fabulous holiday light display in their town square, but we were very happy to stumble upon it!


Tarpy's revisited '25


Hard to argue with a colorful drink shimmering in the sun.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Steller's jay

 

Instead of monarch butterflies, we saw this Steller's jay.