An interesting thing has happened - although we usually have a few weddings to attend here and there, this year we will have attended 8 weddings, from San Diego to the Central Coast, in the span of 9 months! Who needs vacation plans when you get a built-in weekend away per month for a whole year? In fact, I'm thinking of starting a Calendar. It will feature Jordi and I in our wedding attire, each month. Here's a preview:
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August saw Jordi's youngest brother get married, the event being held in his grandparents awesome backyard in the hills of Encinitas (north county San Diego). Our culinary experience here was taco carts. I don't know exactly where they found them, perhaps off the street in Michoacan, because they were incredibly authentic and soooo delicious! If you have yet to experience street food or food trucks, I highly recommend finding some.
As for San Clemente, street food comes in the form of a grocery truck that pulls up on our street every evening at 6. You can get produce, roasted corn with mayo, cheese and chile, or fried pork skins. And our little town even has food trucks! Every Monday night at the San Clemente High School, as a fundraiser for the band, you can find 4-6 food trucks ranging from lobster to BBQ or crepes. Check out the schedule here.
From 9-2 every Saturday at the OC Mart Mix in Costa Mesa, not only can you enjoy the Farmer's Market, but also a selection of awesome food trucks. Definitely worth the drive one of these weekends! Plus check out the OC Mart Mix while you're there! Portola Coffee Lab is worth the drive itself, and Local Fare sells Roney Macaroni cards! :)
(And the taco carts mentioned earlier are actually from the catering company in San Diego, Taquizas El Unico)
In October we attended a wedding in Paso Robles. On our way home we stopped through Los Olivos, north of Santa Barbara off the gorgeous 154 pass. If you've never been here, you definitely owe it to yourself to stop next time you drive past. Even if you only have an hour to spare, you can have a truly romantic date. Park anywhere, walk through the quaint town, taste wine at one of the many small and friendly tasting rooms, get a giant sandwich at the Deli, lay in the park, poke around the shops, and there you have it! We always love a little stop here - feels like spending a weekend when it's just an afternoon.
In November, we were honored to be a part of a gorgeous wedding in Balboa Park, San Diego. Beautiful architecture and stunning gardens made for quite the experience. If you've never been to Balboa Park, I wrote about it here on a trip we took there last year.
December we attended a winter wedding in Morro Bay. The rain didn't keep anyone from enjoying some homemade brews and steaming Mexican food. We stayed in Cayucos, one of our favorite little enclaves on the whole coast of California.
I wrote about Cayucos on my blog a while ago, entitled Small Town Bliss and mentioned it once again about a year ago, called Taste of the Central Coast.
And then, to top it all off, we got to meet our new nephew this winter as well. Here we are with precious Zachary. He loves drinking water out of glasses, and is eying that one on the table very intently....
Cheers to 2013 and all the adventures it will bring!
(On that note, we actually already went on our first adventure of the year, up to Big Bear, so a new blog post is SOON to come!!)
