August 2012 – the meandering mates

Ojai Farmer’s Market

Ojai hike and a day of California culture

Today was a fun yet long and exhausting day… I started the day out at 7:30am with my new (beans hand delivered yesterday after pre-ordering it Sunday from the farmer’s market!) Organic Peruvian roasted Centri Coffee. I filled my mug to go, packed a day pack and beach bag, and headed for the trail head….

Shopping in Santa Monica, night out in downtown LA, lunch in Malibu…now back in Ojai

Met up with Pernilla last night–my favorite Swedish girl–in Santa Monica and stayed the night in downtown LA. We ate Nutella crepes and found a dress for my brother’s wedding…spotted Swedish movie star Malin Akerman (turns out Pernilla has already met her). Finished the day having sushi on the 21st floor at Takami Sushi and…

The enchanting Orcas Island

This is our last day amongst the San Juan Islands. We decided to take full advantage of the ferry and went to the second island of our choice, Orcas Island, but just for a day. It is very pretty, open, and natural here with some breathtaking views. Surprise, surprise, we decided to sample the island…

Always “sleepless in Seattle”…

I love this city and wish we could have spent more time here. After our first 2 days in Washington, I have decided this is one of my top 5 favorite states. The first Starbucks! Admiring the cool retro style Starbucks circa 1971 The Pike Brewing Company- Cyrus knows this place quite well…The majestic towering…

San Juan Winery and a foxy sunset at Southbeach

The creepiest looking foxes I have ever seen! Have you ever seen a black fox (not to mention the white tipped tail?!)?

Pelindaba Lavender Farm-Friday Harbor

In heaven…bumblebees honeybees I challenged Ru’s photography skills, so he declared a photo shootSoo fun…Love this smell…may be slightly obsessed with Lavender?? “I do”

Stanley Park

We rode our bikes around here on this beautiful day for a few hours to explore the pretty waterside park. Irritatingly, we kept running into one way bike routes and a lululemon race that was taking up most of the scenic ocean-side trail but was fun overall! We even met one person–we ran into twice–that…