Solvang! Los Olivos!

We headed into Solvang just after we fed the Ostrichs and Emus. Before we went for more Abelskivers at the same restaurant as yesterday we had some nice bicyclists take this picture of us in front of the bakery where we found those buttercreams I blogged about.

This time I remembered to take a picture of the Abelskivers before I inhaled them.

Here it looks like I'm comparing them to my breast size, but I'm not intentionally doing that. LOL. But hey, you do get a good idea of their size. The pancakes, not my boobs.

Not long after breakfast. Perhaps immediately afterward, (shhh...) we started wine tasting. We went to a few places, some of which we visited on our honeymoon. I think we went to 3 different tasting rooms, but to be honest, it's a blur.

This cracked me up! In a lot of the tasting rooms that they had these set ups for the kiddies. LOL!

Here, you can see we were a little toasted. The wine was awesome. My favorite place was Royal Oaks. Tasted two of the very best wines I have ever tasted (I bought one), and I will be joining their wine club this fall. We tasted there on our honeymoon, and I loved it then, too. 6 years now, and I still remember their Reisling.

The gentleman at Royal Oaks told us we would get half off tasting at Lucas and Lewellen if we went there the same day, so off we went. Funny thing was we were already so warmed up we walked right past it while looking for it. This guy here had us laughing so hard that I thought we'd float to the ceiling ala Mary Poppins. He was sincerely one of the funniest men I have ever met. He made our whole trip for us!

After we sobered up enough to drive we went to the neighboring town of Los Olivos for lunch at one of my favorite places. Good thing I took a picture of it, because I didn't even remember what we ordered by the time we got home. This brie was so delicious!!!

This would have been better without the aioli (sp?).

And I want you to tell me... did I eat lunch next to Woody Allen? He came in, asked if anyone was sitting in the single stool beside us. He was reading papers, scripts for a film school class. I cuaght a quick look at the title page on one of the packets. He ordered his food on seperate plates, so it would not touch. He said very little, but even in my drunken state, I thought he looked familiar. I took this picture when I was browsing their wine selection. What do you think? I should add, outside we did see a limo-type car and a driver waiting.

Here are a few pictures from our trip back to San Pedro.

I was in a state of sheer bliss on the drive home, I thought I'd share.

Thanks, mom, for watching the kiddos and letting Theo and I forget we're full time parents for a brief 2 days! Theo, I enjoyed our time so much!!! I love you!

Big Ass Birds.

We slept until we woke up, with no specfic timed plans in mind. We went to the breakfast buffet that came with our room, grabbed some decent coffee and a muffin for me on the main road in Cambria, and headed down the coast again. It was foggy, and cool. So nice.

This was most we paid for gas our whole trip.

I did drag Theo to this place on the side of the road between Buellton and Solvang.

On one of our visits to Solvang we stopped at this crazy Ostrich farm and fed the critters. They are pretty funny. Back then, the place had no walls, smaller fences. These birds were PEE_-OUR-PANTS funny, taking one bite of food, and then one bite of Theo's arm, repeating as necessary. The establishment must have had trouble with people gettting hurt or something (Theo came away with bruises for sure last time) because this time around we had to pay an entry fee, and a fee to feed them. But, it was still worth it. They're some funny animals.










Then we headed into Solvang.

Back to the Lodge

After our nice dinner, romp on the beach, and stroll through town, we headed up to the lodge for the night. Last time we were here, on our honeymoon, I was sick by nightfall. We went to the lodge bar and they served me up some strong alcohol to sooth my throat, like a brandy or something. I don't remember much about it. This time, we were wide awake, and had wine to enjoy.

The pines:

This is the front desk/main lobby, and restaurant.


The front porch.

Walking into our room.

I wanted a picture of us in the room, but I had drank quite a bit of wine. This is what I did, took a picture of the room with me in it, in the mirror. Laugh with me, I look pretty silly. Why am I standing like that?

We took our wine glasses, full to the brim, and went and walked around the lodge gardens.


We sat a long spell in the secret garden. Remember? With the door?

Pines. Sunset.

It was cold enough for a fire in the fireplace. :)

More about our morning back in Solvang coming.