The Weekend
This weekend was all about the three F's: friends, family and food.
Friday
Markets closed on Friday = my office closed on Friday = no work on Friday! So I spent my morning driving to Fairfield for a house tour that I'll hopefully write an article about. I was a bit early, so I popped into the local Starbucks. I mention this because this particular Starbucks had a ridiculous amount of pastries. Like mango-papaya empanada. Crazy, right? Later, on my way home from Fairfield, I decided to stop in Berkeley. Lunch was at O Chame, which serves up delicious, steaming bowls of udon noodles. That evening, Jon and I went out to dinner with friends at Sebo in Hayes Valley (amazing sushi — I'd never had monkfish liver before!), followed by a trip to Bi-Rite Creamery for dessert (flavors I loved: roasted bananas and salted caramel).
Saturday
We went to the last Sharks game of the regular season. Sadly, they lost. But the hot dogs at the HP Pavilion aren't bad! There may have been a Dippin' Dots incident that involved my six-year-old nephew getting super-excited when the Sharks scored a goal. Ice cream pellets flew everywhere, resulting in little pools of cookies'n'cream.
Sunday
Our friend Nick's parents host a somewhat-annual Easter Egg Hunt in Santa Cruz. There's usually an awesome curry egg salad, as well as other good eats. This year was no exception. And I did not fill up on too much candy. Earlier in the day, to fuel up for the Hunt, Jon and I lunched at the Crepe Place — which is one of my all-time favorite restaurants in Santa Cruz. I go partly for the food, and partly because I just love their patio/garden area. When I was a student at UCSC, I ate here all the time, so I suppose there's a bit of nostalgia at play as well.