Tuesday, April 17, 2012

mid-holiday monterey

after celebrating christmas in southern california, i traveled a bit farther north for new year's.

i headed out to monterey, to visit my best friend. we met up for dinner at my favorite pizza place in monterey - giannis (YUM!). after a delicious dinner, we headed back to her place to relax and catch up. the next morning, after i slept in a bit, i met her down at the monterey bay aquarium, where she works. the aquarium was a bit too packed with tourists for me to enjoy myself, but my friend did take me up to the roof to see the green sea turtles who were not currently on exhibit. we watched them swim around in their rooftop pool, and although she wouldn't let me jump in and join them, i still had a good time :)

while she finished her work day, i wandered cannery row and walked down the bike and pedestrian trail heading towards carmel. i stopped at a bench overlooking the ocean and enjoyed some bayside reading. it was a beautiful place to read, relax, and enjoy the ocean.


after a relaxing (and chilly) reading session, it was time for happy hour at a fun and delicious hawaiian restaurant. YUM! we had a nice little group and decided to extend the happy hour fun for a game and cookie night. we ran a quick errand to the store for cookie ingredients and a couple of new wii games. i loved baking and taking my turn singing and dancing to broadway hits on the wii!

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