Pismo Beach

This past weekend Mitchell and I decided to take a much needed vacation and head north to Pismo Beach.  After a 3 hour car ride complete with traffic, ocean scenery, and sunshine, we arrived!!  At first we took things easy and watched the World Cup, but after the USA lost, we decided to go enjoy the beach. After finally finding a parking spot, a random guy came up to us and gave us a free parking ticket (score!!  I am so sick of paying for parking everywhere I will gladly take a free spot anyday!!).  After we parked, we walked up and down the streets looking at the shops then we found the candy store.  This store was part of the reason we came to Pismo Beach because it was owned by Mitch's uncle.  I say "WAS" because little did we know, but apparently Mitch's uncle doesn't own it anymore.  We found this out from the current owner and Mitch's uncle's former partner.  Mitchell recognized him so he struck up a conversation, but things quickly turned awkward when he informed us that Mitch's uncle no longer owns the store and in fact owns another store at a different beach.  It was clear something has happened there, but we decided to bypass anymore awkwardness and just get outta there!!  But first, we bought some of the famous salt water taffy and I was glad because it is DELICIOUS!!  Then we finally made our way down to the beach.  It was quite windy and cool so we just walked around and went out on the pier, but we did see a guy building an amazing castle on the beach - so cool.  After about an hour things started warming up so we decided to take advantage and lay out on the beach.  It was delightful because since it was on the cool side, the beach wasn't busy at all.  That night we ate at a great steak house called McClintock's - so yummy!!  All in all it was a great trip and I am glad we went!!  Too bad we had to come home!!!

Me and Martin

On the way home from celebrating my birthday, Mitchell and I decided to stop by a burger joint by our house for a quick bite to eat.  It is a small little establishment, but it is well known for having great food.  We walked in and who was there waiting for his food?  None other than one of my favorite actors - Martin Sheen.  He was all by himself just chillin'.  The booth next to him was open so I snagged it, but we didn't want to bother him while he was eating so we just sat there eating.  I kept trying to conspicuously monitor his eating so we could catch him on his way out, but before we knew it he was done and on his way out.  We didn't want to run out after him so we just decided to chalk it all up to a nice star sighting.  When we finished our food we walked out to our car and who was walking out of the bathroom at that exact moment?  That's right Mr. Sheen.  Mitchell was kind enough to go up to him and ask him if I could take a picture with him.  He said "sure, bring her on over here!"  I walked up to him and he shook my hand, asked me what my name is and wished me a happy birthday.  We posed for our picture then he turned to Mitchell and asked him if he wanted a picture with him too and of course he said yes!!  Unfortunately we only had Mitchell's blackberry (hence the poor quality) and I had no idea how to take a picture on it so Martin told Mitchell to "go on over there and show your wife one it is done!"  I figured it out and took the picture.  If you notice Mitchell's head is cut off, but I didn't want to make Martin stand there and take a bunch of pictures so I just went with it (sorry Mitchell!!!).  Then Martin wished me a happy birthday again and we were on our way.  What a nice guy!!  If you couldn't tell this made my birthday!!!  I was so excited I could barely sleep that night.  If you watched the West Wing you might understand my fascination with him.  If not, then just know he is a nice guy and enjoy the pictures!!  Who knew he is so short?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

This last weekend was my 27th birthday. This year I decided I would make my own cake. I wanted a cute cake so I decided to try and make fondant. I made it from scratch and used food coloring to make it the perfect shade of pink and yellow. Then I made a flower and yellow and white pokda dots and bam I had a very cute birthday cake. It was a lot of hard work, but it turned out great and it even tasted good!!