then suddenly ~ it's summer........
Exquisite perfection: Squash flowers at Wednesday's Santa Monica's Farmer's Market
I haven't been at a loss for words.
Plainly, I have been spending too much time in the sun and neglecting my *flat screen* duties.
We played for about two weeks in southern California visiting family, friends and old haunts.
Beginnings were innocent enough ~
a farmer's market, raw food restaurant, the beach....... Bill and I at one of my favorite beaches: Nicholas Canyon, a bit past Zuma......
with the munchkins enjoying the sun setting over the Pacific Coast Highway ~
It is almost an impossible task to exactly capture the light that radiates around us when the sun is setting. Lunch at Juliano's Raw Restaurant in Santa Monica. Isn't this pretty? Lunch was quite busy there. More photos to follow on this visit too.
We ordered the raw nachos for the kids and they wouldn't go near this once it arrived. Hubs and I enjoyed it ~ though it was a bit heavy for me. I'm not used to the heavy *nut* cheeses + creams. I've never been a fan of heavy dairy in my cooking and I think this dish appealed to more of the meat n' potatoes crowd.
Don't get me wrong ~ I am a former meat n' potatoes girl.
Grew up in a deli in S.F. totally surrounded by a huge deli case stock full of roasts, humps of ham, head cheese, liverwurst, Salamis and so forth; you name it and it was there.
I am just into the lighter scene these days.....he he he..... Will tell more later: Miley Cyrus citing. My paparazzi shot of Miley/Hannah Montana in action. At least it was *behind the scenes/backstage* type shot! I have more......this is just a tease. Oh I am good......I was at least trying to be a polite paparazzi!
Yes do tell ~ at Santa Monica Pier one day they were shooting an episode of Hannah Montana. My girls went completely nutz~zoid when they found out.
Boy, can girls really scream ~ like loud. In N'Out Burger: an absolute sheer weakness of mine. Well what do you think happened? It was bound to happen. If you spend enough time hanging out in southern California; it will happen. Look at this thing........mine is the one on the upper left hand corner. Hey at least I asked for extra lettuce.
Thanks so much for returning, reading, viewing and salivating.
I'll be back on the roll very soon, visiting my fav blogs, chatting, blogging and all the fun stuff in no time.
Hope you've been having a *grande* summer as well.
Oh, and I thought to share some pictures of myself and those dearest to me.......including the veggies + burgers........
More pictures, words + escapades to follow very very shortly.....
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