Weekend before the long weekend :)

BBQ is one of our favorite sunday activity ,if we have nothing else to do we BBQing !

The Baja Vacation !!!

Our first summer vacation this year .. and loved it to death :).
The sunny San Deigo was such a relief from the cold and gloomy weather of bay area then .
The beaches were warm and sunny .This was our first road trip through the beautiful CA 1 route .This route is supposed to be one of the most beautiful drives in US and it sure didn't disappoint .It was beautiful all throughout .Our first stop of the trip was , at the Bixby bridge,we just couldn't pass without stopping .Then the Peiffer state beach ,finally we found it ,we made a couple of unsuccessful attempts before to go there but never found the place .I took some picture of the white horse from the car at a farm near the beach ,it has such a soulful eyes .. gosh !!!We stopped at few of the vista points and headed towards Pismo beach .
We couldn't get parking , so had to pass the place .Stopped again at couple of places in LA like Malibue and Santa Barbara .We stayed over night in LA in this Spanish inspired hotel and loved the places , included a couple of pictures from the same here .Next day headed towards San Deigo .Loved the Balboa park there ,San Deigo version of the central park ! and sunset cliffs and Torry pines state reserve .We had planned to Snorkel in La Jolla but couldn't find parking there ... duh !!!We never even made it to the beach itself !!!Did i mention our memorial day BBQ lunch ,loved loved loved it .....That was just the glimpse of our vacation .. i simply do not have the patience to go into the details .. lol

I heart this picture of Vasu , he kept telling me then how much he loved this vacation :)



Such soulful eyes

Strawberry Picking - Davenport

Spent a lovely afternoon picking strawberries in Swanton farm , Davenport .It was fun but a bit windy in the farm .During the drive there was this program on radio about "your favorite weekend getaway place in bay area " .Vasu called up and requested Meghalalo Thelipomanadhi song from Gulabi . He did tell about our favorite places here, Carmel and Big Sur and how much we love exploring new places here .When he requested this song the anchor was like we were already on cloud nine .. hahah .Anyway here is the best line by line translation i could do for the song .

(The hero )My heart sure feels like on cloud nine
feels wild like storm inside my heart
my heart flutters with my girl next to me
my heart beat is sure on a high

We went to the shark fin beach after that and spent 2 hours or so snacking and reading the book Marley and me .Btw did i tell u that i got few compliments for my dress and necklace .. haha .... tried my best not to include that in this post .. hehe .. couldn't help ....one was from a 7 years old or so ,two days and i am still blushing .. the little one sure made my day haha ....

Organic farm fresh strawberries :)... don't they match my dress ..



One of the vista points we stopped at



Here is the song

Carmel City beach

Needless to say , I have been quite loud mouthed about how much we love Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur .Off late i have been running out of names for our picasa albums consisting of pics from these places , we already have Carmel,Point Lobos,Big Sur,17 miles drive ,Montarey ,Montarey long weekend etc ,i can never get enough of this place :)... As always loved the drive .I was telling Vasu that after a couple of years we should come to California to celebrate our silver jubilee or something like that .Visiting all these places again . Ahh love bay area feels like a extended and never ending honeymoon ,can't get enough of bay area and for that matter can't get enough of each other !!!! Saw this wedding going on at the Carmel river state beach ,isnt it romantic !!!



We found this awesome beach called Carmel city park beach ,trust me its the holy grail of all bay area beaches .Such clean aqua blue water ,though the water was bluish only when the sky was clear :) ..... So sad i don't have photos to justify that !!! We ran out battery as soon as we reached there thanks to my mid week photography attempt !! Got down into the water after a long time the water was cold like all other bay area beaches :) ... Here is a silly line on beaches here "Beaches beaches everywhere , but can not get down anywhere " haha ..Played in water for sometime and went for a second round of lunch again did some window shopping too and again stopped for some time at the beach .

A rendezvous with certain Mr D60 and Miss Walk In Closet !!!

I decided to make the best out of a bugged bored afternoon , my first attempt ever at photography :) ......Here it goes


The Jaipur Maharani !



Give me some wind,give me some sunshine i want to fly again !!!



Om Shanti Om !!!



Too cute for there own good




Its all about the detail :)



Too sexy for there own good !!!



Did i mention its all about the detail !!!



The Indian bridesmaid ,grand yet subtle !!!



The devil wears these...not me !!!



Glimpse from a Paisley addicts wardrobe !!!!



An Indian summer



East meets the west !!!



The Jaisalmer Dream !!!



Nobody is perfecct !!!!



hail the detail !!!



Parde mein rahene dhoo !!!

Caramel and Montarey Drive

We had plan to visit Queen Wilhelmina garden which is part of the Golden gate park to catch Tulip bloom ,but i changed my mind and we headed towards Carmel for a drive .I wanted to visit the Montarey sand dunes for quite some time,but never figured out how to get there.Finally we figured out a way to get to the sand dunes ,though we had to Tress pass private property for the same !!After that we spent some time in borders to catch a drink and flipped through few photo books on Big Sur .After that we headed towards Carmel Beach City Park ,such a lovely beach .One of the cleanest beach in Bay area ,love the turquoise blue water here .Played for some time in water .I was watching the waves and people and dog playing while Vasu was catching some sleep with a Nap.We headed towards Carmel down town shopping area afterward , but most thee of the shops were closed already .Had dinner at Cicero's pizza in San jose .To me pizza means pretty much this place in bay area and the only other place i would eat pizza is New york .

A fling with the Spring

Thanks to the march madness we were not taking advantage of the spring lately !
So finally we came up with this plan to go for a drive to Davenport for a beach therapy .



Davenport is lovely city 10 miles drive from Santa Cruz , has a small town feel to it , a refreshing break from the crowded bay area . We made a plan to visit Panther beach ,wall beach and go for strawberry picking .We ended up visiting other places but not these .The worst part was the the beaches were not marked , so it was kind of difficult to identify them .Nevertheless we had fun , we visited this beach called Shark fin beach , such a lovely place it was .There was a high surf warning on the Pacific coast . The shark fin beach is kind of rocky beach , the waves were creating dramatic effect against the rocks .
There were literally few hundreds of surfers on the Santa Cruz boardwalk beach .It was fun watching them .




On our way back had our dinner at Siam Thai in Santana row and food was just wow .