Get Away

We stayed at a marvelous little place called, Inn of the Spanish Garden. We loved it. We got a great deal here, which caused us to change from our original plan of staying at the Canary Hotel. We don't regret staying at this Inn at all.

It was wonderful!
We forgot to take pictures of our room. But, it was a gorgeous mission style - Spanish tile floors, dark wood doors, great stucco work...

Me & My love

Mission Santa Barbara was lovely.


The Courthouse is incredible! The tiles inside were beautiful.
Our first night here, we ate at a great place called Elements.
We both had some of the best fish ever. I had Sea Bass & he had Halibut.
The view is the courtyard, all lit up. It was so pretty.


We got a great view of the city from the top of the clock tower.

Santa Barbara Historic Park



Stearn's Wharf

The sand was so soft here. I loved that.

Our second night we ate at a very busy place next door to the theater - Opal Restaurant.

Scott said the pasta he had was the best ever. I had a tasty pizza.

(I had a lot leftover, but then dropped half of that on our walk back to the hotel. Ah!)

All the food was a success. We lunched at Paradise Cafe. I had a perfect burger. I got it & was amazed how big it was - a 1/2 pounder. But, then I ate it in about 4 minutes.

Scott ate his Ahi Tuna salad almost as quickly.

We had breakfast at Tupelo Junction. Scott loved his scramble & we were both very impressed with my french toast. They made it from baguettes!

We happened to be in town for the Farmer's Market. It was a really good one. Scott was especially glad to get to buy some Cherimoyas & Sapotes. We didn't buy any of the artichokes, but, they were cool looking.

We had a great time of rest & fun, but we were so glad to get home to our kids.

They were apparently pretty good from their grandma. But, we missed them a lot!

Addition: I forgot to tell you of the things we did, that we didn't take pictures of...

We also went to the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. It was a very pretty walk/hike, but not what Scott was hoping for as far as the garden. It was very wild & wooded - not a whole lot of manicured grounds. He has now decided to open the kind of Botanic garden he has been looking for himself. We are presently looking for investors...

On the last day, we drove a little more south, before our trip home, to visit the Reagan Library & Museum. Scott went with his company last year, and has been wanting me to be able to go. It was very neat. What an amazing man Reagan was!