Our first visitor from Texas came to visit us. Mad props to Tiffany for making the short trip! We enjoyed every minute of it and had a lot of fun. Our first place to eat with her was the best. It is now a requirement that every person that comes to visit must eat an Umami Burger. Grass fed, USDA beef. It's such a good burger, you'll probably come back to CA just to eat there instead of visiting us...
Here are a few pictures to entice you (pictures could never do this burger justice though)
Oh I forgot to mention the ketchup it was also to die for.. along with the sweet potato fries..
While Tiffany was here we decided to do some "touristy" things. A major disappointment was the Hollywood walk of fame. Not near as glamourous as I had hoped. We were there for a mere 45 minutes and we all agreed we had enough. If dirty streets, people wearing costumes from party city, and charging you to take pictures of them is your thing...then you will have a fantastic time.
In other news we learned another California lesson the hard way. I needed to go to the mall to get some face wash so Caleb and I went to the Santa Monica Promenade. We ran in for about 15 minutes...came out and Caleb couldn't find our parking ticket. So we tell the attendant we lost our ticket. That will be 9 dollars sir, What 9 dollars for 15 minutes of parking??? Needless to say Caleb was not a happy camper. We are also now in the market for lanyards that we can wear around our necks at all times to put our parking tickets in.
We have a Farmers market every Saturday morning within walking distance of our apartment. We love going there because it makes us feel healthy with all the organic choices of fruits, veggies, beautiful fresh flowers, & healthy food vendors. Well we happened to find the one unhealthy food vendor there, The Crepe Cafe. Caleb and I are both in love and this is going to be a major problem. Who doesn't love a "bad girl" crepe (their title not mine), a mouth full of strawberries, dulce de leche, & powdered sugar, all in a hand held crepe? Its like the Texas state fair every weekend in our very own backyard.... This is going to be bad...very bad..
This last weekend we also finally found a church that we really enjoyed. It's a smaller church than we are used to, but it is mostly people around our age and seems to have the exact things we love...A passion for Jesus and loving people! Can't ask for much more!
On a final note, a funny thing has happened lately regarding Caleb's iPhone case. Both of us have the "Otterbox" on our phones and these are really popular amongst our friends and most people in Texas, they are great, though large, they are pretty much indestructible . Evidently the Otterbox hasn't marketed to California people because he came home the other day and said he pulled his phone out at a meeting and his phone became the topic of discussion with questions like, "Is that thing radioactive?' or "what is that thing?" We've gotten a pretty kick out of it...but Caleb said not to worry, he's still the "cool new kid on the block!"
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