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If I could clone this weekend and do it again and again all year long, I totally would.
You may have noticed that we go on what might be considered a bizarre number of day trips, and it’s true: I have this thing about getting out of the house on Saturdays and Sundays that verges on the pathological. I used to love just hanging around the house and relaxing on the weekends, but now I actually get depressed if an entire weekend comes to an end and we haven’t gone anywhere new. And I think the reason why is that a big part of relaxing is getting away from your workplace, and when you work from home your workplace is…your couch (or theoretically your desk, but I know very few work-from-homers who actually work in the spot they’ve designated for it, and if we’re being honest, I spend most of my workday – including right this very minute – sitting on my bed with my laptop planted on my lap. Which I know you’re totally not supposed to do because feng shui and the bedroom should be for sleep, not work and et cetera et cetera but whatever).
I’ve got to get out. So every Friday night, I get on Google and search around for fun, kid-friendly events taking place in our general area (because there is no “enjoyable perusal of potential trip options” on Saturday mornings; what there is on Saturday mornings is madness and waffles).
What we discovered was happening last weekend (with a helpful tip from Morgan): a sustainable seafood festival in Half Moon Bay. It was both fun and a ridiculously big Bay Area stereotype (ironic band, check; Google-sponsored raw bar, oh yes; you get the idea). We ate octopus (or rather our children did, because they are aliens), listened to Air Supply covers, hit the wintertime beach, and finshed up with some puddle-jumping that ended it exactly the way you’d expect: with mud. (Fortunately our cross-country flight disaster was exactly the impetus I needed to never, ever again forget to bring along changes of clothing, so: problem solved.)
P.S. I totally want to try making those tiny china succulent cups. Aren’t they the cutest? So cute. So wedding-favor-y.
P.P.S. Related: 11 Inexpensively Awesome Bay Area Dates.
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On Goldie (who gets her own little widget because I have never gotten as many where-did-you-get-that’s as I did on her outfit on this day):
