Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Pismo Beach


Monarch Butterfly
Originally uploaded by sweetpeameg
My birthday was great this year. I did work, but that's ok. After work, 7 of us met at Kabuki for sushi. I haven't eaten much in the past three weeks and I hadn't had a drink since Italy, so I was really excited to stuff my face with some yummy sushi and mojitos! They sang happy birthday to me in Japanese which was highly entertaining to Ale and Liz and pretty funny after two drinks!
The next afternoon Jeff and I drove up to Pismo Beach to meet my parents for the weekend. Had an AWESOME Italian meal at Giuseppe's in downtown Pismo. What a great place to have an Italian meal after coming back from Italy...it was very authentic and the best Italian meal I've ever had in America!
The next morning we went to see the Monarch Grove. The Monarch's are in Pismo from October/November - February. It's the biggest Monarch Grove in the state and it's absolutely beautiful! I've never seen so many butterflies in my life and they were amazing. What an experience - especially as a photographer!
Then we headed back downtown for a little shopping and eating before heading out to Paso Robles for some much needed wine tasting! Went to J Lohr, Tobin James, and EOS. All were fantastic and inherited 5 more bottles of wine from it!
Later we had dinner at F McLintock's - a huge steak place in Pismo. Fun experience and the food was good. They took my picture with my birthday cake and ice cream with a Polaroid, so I have it forever. :-)
We had a great weekend and enjoyed the sea air and views from our hotel. It's so beautiful up there and I definitely want to go back! Not only to see the butterflies, but to eat at Giuseppe's!

1 comment:

The Routh Family said...

I'm so glad that you had a wonderful birthday weekend with Jeff and your parents. We miss you!