Travel-a-thon

This weekend we are being absolutely lazy. Yesterday we slept in until 11am, strolled down the street for brunch (which probably could have been called lunch since it was at 1pm) and then spent the afternoon relaxing at home enjoying the beautiful sunny day.

Today we are enjoying Sunday football and catching up on all the little tasks that have been pushed to the side over the past few weeks.

Marc is in the middle of the his four cities in four weeks travel-a-thon, which started the week after our friends wedding in Charlotte with a trip to Chicago. Last week he was in Kansas City, this week he is going back to Hanover to recruit at Dartmouth for John Deere. Then next week we are both headed out to London to celebrate our marriage with family and friends who couldn't make it to the wedding. Thankfully we have a week off before we head out to Vermont to celebrate Thanksgiving with Marc's mom, siblings and extended family.

I'm looking forward to December when, hopefully, we'll be able to get back into a routine at home.

Potatoes and Pinterest

Thanks to my sister-in-law Carly I have been spending quite a bit of time recently on pinterest. It is an online pin board where you can collect and sort items you find on the internet. What I love about it is that there are tons of craft ideas and even more recipes.

One recipe I found on pinterest is a non-traditional baked potato. Not only is it crisp on the outside and soft on the inside but it definitely dresses up the plate more then a regular baked potato.

Slice potato almost all the way through and rub with olive oil

Bake at 400F

Melissa and Justin's Wedding

This weekend Marc and I flew out to Charlotte, North Carolina for Justin and Melissa's wedding. Melissa was the first friend I made when I moved out to Washington DC. We spent a lot of time exploring the local bars and restaurants, cooking in Melissa's apartment and discussing jobs and career paths. Marc and I were lucky enough to witness the beginning of Justin and Melissa's relationship with Justin and even more lucky to have them come visit us when we moved out to San Diego.

The wedding at the Van Landingham Estate was absolutely beautiful. We are so happy we were able to spend some time with Melissa and Justin and can't wait to visit them in DC.

Q'ero Peruvian and South American Kitchen

Last weekend one of my college buddies stopped by for a visit. Turns out she had a work meeting on Coronado Island for the week and then stayed with us for the night at the end of the week. Having a friend in town meant we were finally able to try out Q'ero, a restaurant in Encinitas which we have been meaning to try out for a while but can never get reservations.

I knew the restaurant was on the smaller side but I guess I never realized just how much that factored into the inability to get reservations. We split an appetizer of empanadas, one of my favorites, and then each had a delicious entree. Marc had the pork shank, Erin had the short ribs and I had a bite of theirs and the steak special. All of the food was delicious! Although I have to admit the sauce was a little on the spicy side for me.

The best part of the meal was the tres leches cake that we all shared. In all honesty I think it might have been the best tres leches cake I have ever had.

Let's go Dolphins!

This past weekend Marc and I finally got the chance to watch his Miami Dolphins play football, live and in person. It was his first time watching the Dolphins play and my first time watching an NFL game.

on the train

We decided to make an adventure of it and headed out on the Coaster train from our house to downtown San Diego. I really enjoyed sitting on the upper deck and watching the ocean pass by. I think Marc really enjoyed seeing other Dolphins fans on the train sporting their game day gear. In all honesty, I was pretty surprised just how many Dolphins fans were around us all day long.

Once we got to downtown San Diego we hopped on the trolley to Qualcomm Stadium. The trolley was definitely more packed then the train but luckily Marc and I found a seat next to some Chargers fans. These gentleman had been coming to games for years and shared some of their insight on when we should leave the game to beat the rush. All in all the transportation to and from the game was pretty easy and painless.

found our seats!

Once inside the stadium we made our way to our seats. It was a pretty good game to watch despite the Dolphins losing and the Dolphins quarterback injuring himself on a bad play. From what we hear he may be out for the rest of the season. I'm just thankful that Marc has some good friends whose wedding present to us made this trip possible.

coin toss

run play

The Ocean Glows

On Friday my coworker told me that we should head down to the ocean this weekend to check out the bioluminescence. Having no idea what it was but trusting that it was something cool we headed down to the water on Friday night with our friends and took in the show. Sadly I didn't have my camera with me last night so tonight I said to Marc that we had to go back.

And boy am I glad we did! Not only were the waves brighter tonight then they were last night but I also had the chance to remove the spider webs from my tripod and learn more about night photography. Check out the highlighter party in the waves!

At first I didn't know whether I would be able to capture it on film.

But patience paid off, as did having a tripod.

It was amazing to watch the sets roll in.

Wave after wave of blue.

Moon, blue waves, and stars!

Love the boat heading off to the right of the picture.

It acts as a great horizon line.