Memories..... :)

So this last week the hubby's sweet sister Wendy and her family paid us

a visit. That's her sitting between us. She is my hero:)

That woman has fought breast cancer 3 times.

Yeah. 3 TIMES. Like a boss.

After a fantastic week with us, her family headed south to 

San Clemente CA because her girls were playing in a

tennis tournament there:)

Well we decided to take the train down to watch the girls play. We were

sooo excited for the almost 4 hour train ride! Reading, eating, looking at

the beautiful coast and napping...

Well.....

Somebody (who shall remain nameless) mixed up our departure

times and we missed the train:( :(

After we stood staring at each other in disbelief and laughing hysterically,

we jumped in the car and headed their way:)

You see, San Clemente and Dana Point were our stomping grounds for

over 17 years! We hadn't been back since we sold our place a few years

ago, so I was excited to watch the girls play some tennis

and visit all our old haunts:)

As soon as we exited PCH into Dana Point, we drove past our 

old house (of course).

I always get a little nervous to see if the new owners of our old

houses love them like we did.

Wow!! The house looked sooo happy!! They added that

cupola with the mermaid weather vane and redid the

front porch and it looked

adorable!!!

After the neighborhood tour, we headed to one of my 

favorite eats in San Clemente- Nick's on Del Mar Street.

I had been dreaming about their roasted chicken for the

entire car ride. Roasted chicken is one of my favorite things

ever and I couldn't WAIT to chow down on Nick's.

Well....

We got there and sat down and I didn't even look at the menu,

because duh- I already knew what I was getting!

So I ordered the roasted chicken and the waitress looked at me

all puzzled like and said

"yeah, we don't have that anymore"

I'm pretty sure the room went black and silent.

I just sat back and said...

well ok.

Just give me a minute to look over the menu and drown my

sorrows in some bacon deviled eggs then...

Have you ever romanticized something you ate so much

that absolutely NOTHING on the menu even comes close

to your favorite dish?

Yeah me too.

I ordered the Sea Bass. 

And I don't even really like fish:(

I pretty sure I was still high from the bacon deviled eggs.

I will say that I sure perked up when my lunch arrived though.

I mean come on! what's not to love about that adorable

mesh bag over the lemon??

I reeeally had to stop myself from "accidentally" putting

that little thing in my purse!!

Can anyone tell me where to get them??

I must have!

Ok, and I'll be honest.

THIS here is what I was dreaming about the entire car ride.

Nick's butter cake.

Oh me oh my I LOVE this dessert and after romanticizing

it in my head for all these years...

it did NOT disappoint!!

So our quick little trip to San Clemente was a fun trip down

memory lane. The extra time with family was awesome:)

Now I gotta go roast me a chicken....