Thursday, July 31, 2014

Thursday, It's Much Like Wednesday, Minus the Traffic


Slept on a giant marshmallow last night!
We have a Temperpedic at home which is NOT anywhere near marshmallowish (I just made up that word)
Yet.....it was a great night sleep! I was very surprised, I didn't move all night. 
A good nights sleep, something that is cause for thanks, the gift of sleep....

I think we left paradise around 9:30 and headed toward town to the Big Sky Cafe.
Yes, if your thinking it...I chose it because I thought  there may be a connection to my Big Sky Montana.
Well, there was no connection. Read the cup.....




This here is my Blue Cheese (mixed with sour cream) Apple-wood Bacon, with Sauted Apple Omelet..with a side of fresh fruit.
There are really no words...but I did hit the breakfast jackpot!










Very nice place ...
Can I just say, though it was top notch, the sky was not the same as my Big Sky....

We left breakfast and headed to the famous Splash Cafe for Clam Chowder to take back to our awesome place we are currently calling home for dinner......
 Now I have had plenty of great clam chowder along the coast...but we were told to check it out so we did.
I will be sharing photos as I get to that time of day in this here blog.



We hit the market on our way back to Paradise for some Cal Poly Cheese, a baguette of french bread, and something called,  "The Original Cowboy Ike's Syrah Wine Jelly".  I thought it might be good atop some brie ?? I will let you know.



Meanwhile pool side in Paradise (thanks for the name Rebecca Jo) we assumed our positions for the day, the whole day......


I think Buster is getting the hang of this......


I have to throw in a couple, pretties!


Loved the shadows.....

Note the little bug on the left...  :-)




Now back to that clam chowder, served in a fresh bread bowl.... this stuff had a truck load of  
some butter in it!






Geeze....it was so good ! To bad they don't have a club, if they did we'd join....

Knew it was going to be a great day....
 Moving on to a great night.

 
Same old thankful me, is what echos from my heart today...

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

This Isn't Our Average Wednesday~


For the record,
traffic was horrible for most of the trip.
We purposed to leave at 9:30 A.M. thinking on a Wednesday after rush hour traffic
shouldn't be too bad...
So that didn't work out.

I've started to get over it...

Our first stop was Pismo Beach... 


Stopped in to see Ash and Lissa, owners of 
Tastes of the Valleys, wine bar ~tasting~shop.  
We met them last year and they really are some wonderful kinda people! 
Last year we joined their wine club, which has been a fun experience.  
Today we met a lovely couple for Vancouver Canada while there.... had to share that I have some blogging
buddies in Canada and I just adore the photos I've seen from there.
We tried a new wine, and bought a couple of our favorites...

They recommended Palazzo Giuseppe Italian for lunch...the place was really nice.
Buster had a great burger (yes, in an Italian restaurant) I had an wood fire Margarita Pizza that
was yummy...Still sad I left the left over box there, a very bad habit of mine. It sure sounds good 
right about now.



Now...the icing on our little get away cake...
We are staying on the property of a lovely couple on their twenty acres!
They are staying in the 5,000 sq. foot main house, we have the little guest cottage that is about 900 sq. feet.
One bedroom, nice bath with walk in shower, and a separate living room with frig. microwave, T.V. (so far has remained off) and while here, OUR private pool and spa.
Here she is!




Our interior house....




Living room looking out toward the pool


 
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Here lies the main house!
(the people we want to come work for ) 
Smile~



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The pool  and spa :-).....






The grounds are amazing, my camera loves it here!



















This is the sky reflection on the pool....




He rests!


The night sky....




I know you'll feel badly that I have to blog from this little spot....


I got over that little traffic issue ( that consumed much of day one of our trip...)
I feel much better now that I've eaten, had a swim, enjoyed spa jets on my traveling back...
Tomorrow is going to be great....I can just feel it!

Our good night to you!


How awesome is our quiet retreat....?



Yep, for sure over the traffic...
Thankful for time away, it's what echos from my heart today!