A vacation

[firecat]

The OH and I went to Babbling Brook Inn in Santa Cruz for an early anniversary (5th/11th) celebration.




The water wheel


The "FMRS Garden" room (named after a former owner)


Mo the cat host


The view out our window



We visited Firecat Pottery (thanks pyrzqxql!). The artist/owner was tickled to find out that her gallery was being discussed on LiveJournal, and she told me that her tuxedo cat cookie jar showed up on Google Images if you searched for "cat cookie jar" (which it does, on the second page of results).

We also visited a tea house, a restaurant that had a fabulous cheese plate (really good artisanal cheese seem to function something like a BDSM scene for me, in terms of generating lasting endorphins), and a restaurant whose owner cares a lot about the campaign to get the British to return the Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles to Greece.

Comments

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Well I had *intended* to, even invited someone else to go with me, but then I found out that a talent show type thing one of my children is in will be at the same time. Shelley and Barry Phillips are local and I know them, but every time they're in some event that I'd like to see it's like something always comes up -- some other event, or we have company over, etc., so this is just more of the same in that regard. However, this isn't the first time Coleman Barks and the Phillips have done this kind of event in town, so my guess is it won't be the last, either.