The rest of our trip to California

As you read from the last post, Shane and I went to CA for Alexa's wedding and since we don't get out there very often we made the most of it, in typical Thereasa style (aka: Whirlwind). We flew into town, went out to SMC to show Shane my college campus, headed up to Napa to do some tasting and purchasing of some great wines. We met up with Liz, who again, was an amazing hostess. She took us to Franciscan and Cosentino (my all time fav winery). And hooked us up with the industry discount. We headed to dinner where Tracy and Phil met us for a great meal. It's always such fun for me to catch up with good friends, and even though I am 3000 miles away from my good girlfriends, I cherish the time we get to spend together.

The next day we headed up to Grass Valley for Alexa's Wedding and had a great time! On Sunday we took the long trek down to Santa Cruz/Capitola to see Ross and Amy and Elsa. Ross and Shane did gymanstics together for many years when they were growing up, and now they have Elsa, their 16 month old beauty of a daughter! We had a great time at the beach, enjoying friends, the warm weather and a little dip in the Pacific.

Sunday night we were hosted by Kendra and Jason at their place in the East Bay. The night was filled with great conversation, a love of good beer, pizza and an exciting energy for politics. I do wish they would come visit, but they can be sure that the next time we are out in their neck of the woods- we will be stopping!

All in all it was another great trip to California, and as much as I love it in Boston, no one can replace good friends I have met along the way!