Saturday, May 19, 2012

Laguna Beach


I love this photo of Thorne because it captures her in motion.  She's constantly in motion ready to run, hop, skip, jump, climb, slide, swing, or dance.  Anything to move her body!  I also love that the wave looks like a frilly blanket rather than water. 

We went on a mini-vacation to give us some space between Steve's teaching jobs.  Considering there was virtually no planning done, it turned out fantastic.  We left Sunday and headed south to the Orange County Museum of Art to view the Richard Diebenkorn retrospective.  His work is gorgeous so if you're in the area check it out.  On the way we stopped for noodles at Santouka - our favorite noodle joint.  We love their shio ramen with special pork - mmmmmm pork belly.  Definitely not for those with high blood pressure or gout.   We stayed in a hotel south of Dana Point for one night just to complete the feeling of getting away.  Thorne LOVED it - when we left the next morning for breakfast she kept saying she wanted to go back home meaning the hotel.  About a week later, Thorne was staring out our front windows and out of the blue said to herself, "I want to go to hotel."  I was the same way as a kid and well frankly even now I love staying in hotels.  The next day we hit one of the beaches just south of down town Laguna Beach that was sparsely populated being a Monday.  It was a perfect, sunny but breezy southern California day.  The kind that envelops you and reminds you why you never want to move. 

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