On Saturday, around noon, my parents arrived at my apartment. We promptly left to go to lunch, eating at Harry’s, a place my dad is particularly fond of. After lunch, we went shopping at Paseo Nuevo. We also stopped at the nearby Scrapbooking store, so that my mom could go crazy buying up all kinds of special paper and stickers to commemorate our trip to Hawaii. I had already bought her a bunch of Hawaii stuff, but apparently you can never have too much!

After the shopping we went to hang out at the Alice Keck Park gardens to watch the funny little turtles and chat while sitting outside on what was a particularly lovely day in SB. Later in the afternoon we headed down to the wharf to have some ice cream, as it is a little more scenic than some of the other locales from which you could purchase dessert.

After ice cream, we came back to my apartment for a bit, until my parents departed a little before 7:30. It was a nice visit, although I think they were a little disappointed that they didn’t get to meet Ben, as he had a prior commitment. Oh well, I’m sure there will be a chance at some point in the future.

Later on in the evening I met up with Claire and Megan at Tonic, since I haven’t gone out too much, and especially since I don’t think I had seen Megan since her birthday. I had a nice time, although Tonic was PACKED full of people for some reason. More than usual it seemed. The dance floor was packed, the outside was packed too—in fact, they would stop letting people outside until enough people came back inside. Not sure what the deal is, as it’s not like it’s Fiesta weekend—that’s next weekend!

Anyway, today was a lazy day. Not sure why I didn’t write this sooner, but I do like to procrastinate sometimes. On a somewhat side note, I did spend a little bit of time looking at the full moon tonight, which looks red due to the nearby wildfires that have been raging in the Los Padres Forest since the 4th of July.

Posted at 10:19 PM |