finding color running errands...

looking for a little grass shack...

the leader of the pack

 

 

a nice crowd

 

mister sings along

A few weeks ago, the mister, nephew, a sister a-go-go, and I headed out to Baywood Park to hang out with the Baywood Ukulele Social Club. After lunching on yummy sandwiches at The Back Bay Cafe, we headed out to the lawn near the bay to lay out a pair of blankets before settling down for the entertainment. Jim D'Ville, our fearless leader, is a right nifty uke leader. He teaches you to play by ear and encourages even the lamest of us uke players (I'm refering to myself here) to play along. Mister and I did not bring our ukes but will definitely bring them along for the August meeting if we haven't left for our mini road trip. Ukuleles are still proving to be the hipster instrument. Check out your city to see if there is a social club floating about, you never know.

*cross posted to goin' with the a-go-gos because...well...we went somewhere fun! 

I wasn't a winner

this became a $30 cake

let's play!

free coffee and two cards

bingo 

so close!

happy coffe house decor

But we did have some fun! Ya gotta love a good game of BINGO.

a rose by any other name...

Back in mid December, us girlie a-go-gos headed out for what we imagined would be a tea adventure. There was a crazy mix-up (all sorts of I thought, you thought, didn't they and all that....) and no tea was adventured but we did finally make it to Ruby Rose, a lovely vintage shop in town.

 

So lovely, I lost myself in taking pictures and chatty-chat-chatting with the shop goddesses themselves. There were globes and lovely paintings and a crazy awesome hot pink wool tapestry that if not for my allergies would be under my feet in the new tiny casa right now. I was not able to make a purchase that day but goodness know I will be back. Everything is all dreamy-swoony and the ladies of the shop are just as delightful. If yer ever in the San Luis Obispo area, check them out.

 

{mis}adventures

always love an arrow

surprise pinecone

on Garden St.

 I'm currently camped out on the sofa sick with an ick that I hope is only a cold. Gah! There are still craft boxes to sort. I got two of them open last week and started sorting items into groupings of similar things but those groupings have decided to throw a rave and are now ALL OVER the darn place. I have way too much crafting stuff and should never step foot into a craft store again. Oy.

at Nautical Bean

the holiday carousel

christmas carp

Before I got sick, we lady a-go-gos headed out for a {mis}adventure where we thought we were going for tea but it was all a misunderstanding (more on that later). Instead, we split sandwiches at a favorite cafe, wandered about downtown (which I really never do), discovered a nifty retro store with walk-in brow waxing (whoo-hoo!) and enjoyed our day. I also picked up (and since returned) a pair of shoes (the search continues).

We wandered around and passed by the mission where I admitted I still needed to visit. Looks like the mama a-go-go and I will have a date soon as she hasn't been either. We live in a pretty nifty town. Wandering is always pretty and parking is a deal. I need to wander more often.

And, because I rode my bike from the tiny casa to the homestead, the mister tied my new shoes down for me and I pedaled back home to wrap gifts and work on projects (and let the mister get back to monkey making) before the light faded away.