Jen's Birthday was on the 2nd, and we filled the weekend with as much crap as we could. First we went to the Ritz Carlton for Breakfast by the pool. We were met by Jen's father and brother. We ate a great meal, and then stumbled around the grounds and had a great time. Jen and I then headed over to the Huntington to walk around there for awhile. We both wanted to check out the new gallery that's now housing the main gallery artwork. As the main gallery is refurbished, the permanent collection pieces are on display in their temporary home. When everything is complete the art is going back into the house, and the New gallery will become the Huntington's modern art wing.
We headed home after about and hour, then just relaxed before we got on the road to head down to San Clemente. We drove to Anne and Darren's to meet up with them, then hopped in Anne's car to drive down to Splashes in Laguna. We met Kim and Russel at the restaurant. As far as locations goes, this place is great. We got a table with a perfect view of the water and again had a great meal.
After dinner we headed down to the bar and hung out there for another hour or so just talking and having a good time. The bar itself is almost on the water, and the windows are all open. It ends up making the spot just a perfect location to hang out.
After dinner and drinks we headed back to Anne and Darren's and spent the night there. We got up today to and had breakfast at Tommy's with Anne. Jen and I then headed down to the Rip Curl store down by Trestles, and then back up the coast to Selva. The old trailer park has been long gone, but they've finally started to bulldoze the grounds and dig up all the old plumbing and electrical. Its actually really depressing to see the old hillside just stripped down to the dirt. The grounds are going to be developed into a huge resort, so i never think the beach is going to be the same. Jen and I walked down to the south end of the beach and picked a spot to sit on our asses. We sat there for about an hour and then we both started looking at this one guy in the water. Jen and I both think he looks like her cousin's kid Justin. But we've not seen him in awhile, so we can't be sure. I've got my sunglasses on, and i scramble for my real glasses, so i can see clearly, but then his friend screams, "HEY JUSTIN". Jen and I are laughing our asses off cause we always seem to end up on this beach and bump into random members of her family. So i get up and walk up to justin. I keep my head down and my hat covering my face. About 5 feet away from him, i can tell he's thinking, who the fuck is this guy? So we laugh about bumping into each other, and talk for awhile. He's got an apartment up the road right off of Crown Valley, so we gotta stop by and see the place. Jen and I sit for a little longer and head over to check the spot out. Nice little apartment about 5 minutes from the beach.
Oh, and we got home in record time (for a holiday weekend). We never hit any traffic at all, even when driving the 5 the entire way.
Tomorrow we're just relaxing by the pool with Jen's father and brother, and then BBQing for the 4th.
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