This weekend was my godson, Tristan’s 2nd birthday. Because of his current obsession with balloons, we decided to go with an UP theme. I apologize for the quality of my photos. I promise that once I get the lens I want on my DSLR, the photos will be fun to look at. Until then… deal with it.
The next day, we had an early start. We got some reflexology done, got our smoothie fix from Juice It Up, and had a mini date at Downtown Disney before we headed back home.
And we ended up taking this little guy home from Build-A-Dino. Meet our new friend Jose, the woolly mammoth!
Last week The Gent and I wanted to take a breather and venture off to a new land. (Well, new to me anyway). We decided to head to Sausalito, CA after we got off work to explore more of the Bay Area. By the time we arrived, it was already dark. We were on the search for this restaurant called Le Garage which we both haven’t experienced. We ended up driving past these buildings, towards the dock, with no sign of civilization. As we crept a little closer to the sail boats, we turn to our left and there it is! A dimly lit area that literally looks like garage! (Hence the name, Le Garage). This place was poppin’ more than we had expected. The wait wasn’t too long and the menu looked like it was in a foreign language. That’s what you get for coming to a French restaurant though.
I know what you are probably thinking… What the fudd?! This is just a recap of my weekend apartment hunting. I’d like to start by saying that it isn’t easy. No siree! Luckily, with the support of my love and craigslist.org , the battle was won. I found the needle in the hay stack. I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I crossed the finish line. Well, you get the picture. I did it! And we had fun along the way. Here’s proof!
We ate at The House. The food was amazing. You can read my review and see pictures of what we ordered on Yelp.
It was all so scrumptious that I couldn't handle it.
The next day I was ready to hunt. Itinerary & all :)
We attempted to have brunch at a Farmers Market in San Ramon. That was a fail since there was hardly any food there. There was, however, something GREAT that came out of visiting the farmers market– we encountered this:
Little guy!!
We ended up having brunch at Whole Foods :) … It never disappoints.
see how much we love it?
Later we found a waterfall to dive into. But then we changed our minds.
After this, the search continued. We went to the appointments I had made over the past few weeks. We drove up and down the streets of Walnut Creek. To be frank, though, the Carriage House was in the back of my mind, so we killed time downtown before we explored that final destination.
Before I found, what is now my apartment, we tended to my crave.
Again, after visiting many different apartments and condos all around Walnut Creek and even as far as San Ramon, my heart was set on the Carriage House. The gents hand was set on it too! So much so that he was stuck by a couple of splinters from the barn-wood-accented wall. I came to the rescue, of course.
Splinterectomy
After the successful splinter removal and deciding on taking the Carriage House, we celebrated by eating random things.
Such as this.
The next day we didn’t have to hunt any longer. I had accomplished what I needed to do on this trip. I was super happy! So… we ate ramen :)
Last Sunday was extremely unplanned, random, and ridiculous. It was, however, probably the best day I’ve ever had in my 25 years of existence. I got to see the lights! But before I get there, I might as well share how the adventure began. We (GuyGuy, the gent, and I) had planned to grab brunch in San Jose. We thought we would meet up there, maybe grab some custard-filled donut holes on the way, eat, and then the gent would accompany me to Walnut Creek again to continue the apartment hunt. None of this happened. Mainly because a lot of leasing centers are closed on Sunday. Instead GuyGuy ventured with us to Walnut Creek. We ended up eating at Cheesecake Factory (you can view pictures of what we ate in the last post). Afterwards, the decision was made to explore Berkeley, since I had never been. We hopped onto the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) for my very first BART ride. The gent suggested we get cupcakes at Love At First Bite. Somehow or another we got off on the wrong stop. We decided to walk instead of getting back on the BART. I’m not exactly sure if that was the smartest idea. We found ourselves walking the streets of Berkeley, passing some of the creepiest homes. Like this one:
I hope you (the reader) don’t live here. If you do, then I’m sorry. We sped up our walking strides when we came across this. After about a mile, we finally arrived at the cupcake shop. Unfortunately, we devoured the cupcakes and rice crispy treat before we could take a picture of it. As we were scarfing down the sweets, the gent was suddenly struck with the idea that hot dogs would be delicious. We were all in agreement.
We google-mapped our way to Top Dog. This happened to be right near Berkeley’s campus. It wasn’t as close as we thought. We walked and walked and the air grew colder. Not to mention we were being followed by a Santa/Lumberjack hybrid. We think he was after Guyguy. Naturally. Anyways… we took a detour so SantaJack wouldn’t be able to follow Guy. It was a huge relief after we lost him. We were getting really worried. We came across a Cal Berkeley store and each decided to purchase a sweater to keep us warm.
This is what we bought. Coincidentally, they all look very similar. Oh well! As we were walking towards Top Dog, someone voiced, “Good ol’ Bears!”. I took that as a compliment. Who wouldn’t like our matching sweaters? They’re so neat!
After we had our hotdog fix, we were in dire need of rest. We found a boba shop nearby to sip on milk tea and veg out a little.
This was much needed to regain energy to make it back to Walnut Creek.
When we finally got to the car that was parked at the top of the BART parking structure, the gent started the ignition. I thought we were heading straight back to Sunnyvale. I was wrong. He drove a little further up to the highest point on the rooftop of the parking structure and parked the car. He got out and opened the truck. To my surprise, he busted out floating lights! My heart sank. He went back to the car and started blasting “I See the Light” from Disney’s Tangled. I must’ve said “Are you serious?!” a million times. This has been a dream of mine. I totally didn’t see this coming.
I couldn’t believe this actually happened. I cried like a giddiot. This day was amazing. There really is no other way to put it.
