My husband and I went on a little mini vacation this past weekend to one of our favorite places, Monterey. This place is quite special to us - it is the place where he proposed a little over six years ago - and the place we continue to visit regularly. We have so many amazing memories that we consider it our second home less the $700K mortgage.
To kick off our mini-vacation we began by grabbing a little lunch at our third home, Whole Foods. I ordered the vegan whole wheat wrap. It was light and just what I needed since I knew a day's worth of calories would be happily consumed at dinner :)
A trip to Monterey is never complete without a little shopping. Our next stop was Del Monte Center. I always manage to make my way into H&M (we don't have one where I live so this is a routine stop for
It was such a beautiful day! The view was incredible and the weather was absolutely perfect!
I love spending my days with this guy, he is pretty amazing! He brings out the best in me and I love that about him. :)
Sorry about the not-so-clear pictures. I remembered to pack the camera but forgot the memory card - blogger in training.
We caught a pretty amazing sunset on our first day.
We had dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant where they serve an out of this world delicious eggplant lasagna. The best I have ever had :). Not to mention the marinara sauce, I am confident it was grandma's recipe. Dessert was from Whole Foods...just another reason why I like this place so much.
Have any of you ever sampled Zico's chocolate coconut water? I did for the first time while on vacation and I was pleasantly surprised. This is coming from someone who doesn't really like anything too sweet.
Now, I think my husband will agree with me when I say that the highlight of our trip was definitely this little Mediterranean restaurant. I had been wanting to eat at this place for a few years now but we could never get in because it was always so incredibly busy. But not this time, this year we got lucky as we were able to finally get past the door...sweet destiny.
Even before reading through their menu I knew I wanted an order of their famous hummus. I would consider myself a hummus expert based on the amount I've consumed and this is by far the BEST.
Here is the famous hummus. You should have seen my face when the waitress brought this to our table, sheer delight.
And few seconds later...yes, it was that good!
This falafel wrap was out of this world delicious, too!
After a wonderful lunch we headed to the beach again for a little romantic stroll and to burn off some of those extra calories consumed during lunch.
Here I am taking a picture of my husband who is taking a picture of the waves crashing in. May I add that he got splashed while capturing the photo to your left, it was quite hilarious (to me at least).
After two incredible days, we headed back home where this little one was anxiously awaiting our arrival. She was so happy to see us after being gone for only a couple of days. But then again, she gets excited to see us after being gone for a couple of minutes.
Here are my cool finds - blazer from H&M and this lovely top and bracelet from Express.
Tragically, our vacation is over. Two days is never enough but we'll be back soon enough. Feel free to let me know what your favorite place to visit is and share your experience. Hope you enjoyed coming along with us!