Friday, October 22, 2010
Yoga: standing warmup practice, beginner practice 2. Weight training: advanced, one-legged push ups. Breakfast at home: organic oatmeal with fresh, diced Bartlett pear, cinnamon, honey; 10 ounces of fruit juice. Cut my hair, showered. Finished packing. Picked up fresh maps and tour books at AAA. Filled up gas and got an automatic car wash. Drove to Pacifica Taco Bell, had a cheesy bean and rice burrito and vegetarian nachos. I haven't eaten fast food in a while and it tasted terrible but I ate it anyway. Drove through Half Moon Bay, gray skies, pumpkin patches. Road accident on Highway 1 just south of Bonny Doon Road. Detoured through Bonny Doon, got in to Santa Cruz at 2:40 PM, checked in to the Holiday Inn Express (2009), waited for Tina to arrive. She hadn't eaten lunch, so we shared a small meal at Hula's: Dr. Funk, iced tea, vegetarian spring rolls, luau pork sandwich with sweet potato fries. Back to the hotel. Tina settled in with her things. We drove to Colleen and Pedro's. They gave us a house tour, served drinks. I remet Alysia, met or remet Antonio. Dinner at Caruso's: lasagna (Antonio), filet mignon special (Pedro), mushroom pizza (Col), risotto pescatore (Alysia), asparagus soup (Tina and me), Caesar salads (shared), vegetarian pizza (Tina and me). We have a red wine but I can't remember which one. For dessert Tina orders one of everything on the menu: vanilla gelato, chocolate gelato, tiramisu. dessert arrived as Pedro drove the kids home. Afterwards we had a drink at Bay Bar and Grill. Back to their place. Tina drove us back to the hotel.