Jen came to town!

My dear friend Jen came to town in February. She was on an awesome, super-secret business trip to LA from NY and decided pop up to the Bay Area to say hello. It's not every day you're in California when you live in New York, so we were SOOO happy to have her come visit!

I've mentioned Jen a few times here on the ol' blog, but here's a quick recap: I call her "Jenny from Georgia" in conversation because it seems I have heap of friends named Jen! Funny thing is, I've never actually seen Jen IN Georgia...unless you count the Atlanta airport, which I guess you could if you get technical. However, I've only ever seen Jen in Australia (the place we met), Kentucky, Indiana, London, Ireland, Washington and California. And now she lives in New York. Good golly!

Although we only see each other every few years, we can hop on the phone any time and talk as though we live across the street. 

It was a quick visit, but we got in some sight seeing and shopping before getting Jen back to the SF airport Sunday morning. It was a good time to have a visitor because there was one last place I wanted to go in California before we left...I wanted to go to Pescadero when it wasn't work related and I wasn't tromping through a chicken ranch with a film crew (which was fun, by the way...if you want more details, look up my employer on YouTube). 

Pescadero is on the coast between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz...a little more of a secret than the two aforementioned tourist hot spots! Pescadero is also home to the legendary Duartes Tavern, made famous by its olallieberry pie and artichoke soup. It's one of the first places I was told to visit when we arrived in California, so it's fitting it's the last place we visited before leaving. 

Jen and me on a log.

Jen and me in a cave (we have a similar pic like this from when we were in Sydney)

Justin's awesome ocean pic, courtesy of the new camera

Again

A windblown Jen and me

The California coastline

Pigeon Point Lighthouse

We went to the lighthouse to see the sunset...it was way too cloudy to see the sun, let alone see it set, but we braved the wind and the salty sea air for a while

Thanks so much for visiting us, Jen! Thanks also for helping me find a pair of boots!! I love our quick reunions and cherish our friendship. 

Oh yeah. Boots? That's right...I finally joined the boot bandwagon, folks...you'll just have to take  my word for it because my maternity pants don't necessarily allow me to wear the boots on the outside like all the cool kids. I'm not sure how I feel about wearing skinny jeans while pregs..."skinny jeans" and "pregnant" don't necessarily go well together in the same sentence...but...we'll see if I change my mind. I'm really diggin' these boots!