My plane landed in San Jose around noon on Saturday. The gent picked me up and we were on our way to explore Walnut Creek, CA in order to find a place for me to call home. But of course, not before he gave me this:
Nothing says I love you more than a donut!
When we arrived in Walnut Creek we were pretty hungry. We were able to avoid starving pains because he knew exactly what he wanted. Walnut Creek was the home of his favorite salad. EVER.
Cabo Chop Salad w/ Tri-tip from Buckhorn Grill in Walnut Creek. Inevitably, it became one of my favorite salads.
The next day we went back to Walnut Creek and ate at The Cheesecake Factory along with GuyGuy.
GuyGuy ordered the Chicken Castoletta,
I ordered the Luau Salad,
and The Gent ordered the Miso Salmon on brown rice. After lunch we were too full to order dessert. I know. Shameful!
Later that day we went to Berkley, CA (which I will share more about in my next post). But here’s what we ate in Berkley:
Yup! Hot dogs from Top Dog. Honestly, I’m not quite sure what kind of dogs we each got. What I do remember is the bread being perfect. We walked a long way to get here. It definitely hit the spot.
Over the course of a week, the gent rekindled a friendship with an old friend from his hometown. Online chatting, of course. Pssh, duh. What better way to reconnect with someone than over blogs, food, & design. This resulted in.. you guessed it! A double date. Oh, how we love double dates. The two we’ve been on have been fantastic. Full of fun & excitement. And by fun & excitement, I mean discussing where to get sofas upholstered and “how we met” stories while fine dining (i.e. Red Lobster). The lucky couple (us) got to hang with the cool two people in the second banner to the left… Chris & Kristine from “The Birds & The Beasts“. Check them out!
What we wore:
What we ate:
That’s right kids, we came to Red Lobster for their AMAZING CHEESE BREAD. Seriously. That’s why we went. I don’t know about you, but this is what I call gourmet :) We must’ve had at least 6 baskets. Not including the 2 baskets we took to-go. Dip these babies in the Lobster Bisque, and you got yourself a full on dinner.
We ended the night by going over to The Cheesecake Factory after Red Lobster closed. We ordered the Banana Cream Pie cheesecake ( our fave), and the Wild Blueberry White Chocolate cheesecake with blueberry muffin crust. Yum!
Cue regret… We didn’t take any pictures with the cheesecake, nor did we take any pictures with the couple. I know! Unbelievable. How did we miss taking pictures of the cheesecake? They were so delicious. I guess we all are going to have to go back. Best excuse ever :)
These pants will make you fly. Get it? ...no?
I’ve wanted these dress pants for a while. But mostly for the colorful lining. What’s that about? I’m a sucker for details. Stupid Indochino.
Maybe next paycheck. Sigh, I always say that. Stupid bills.
Hand-made tweed + yarn bow necklace. Compliments of Bows by Nessa Rica :)
