Sam's Chowder House in Half Moon Bay

Is it possible to be jet lagged when you haven't been on a plane or changed any time zones?? Stuart and I just got home from a couple of back-to-back weekend road trips, and call me crazy but I am exhausted! We had the best possible time visiting friends in the Bay Area and Santa Monica, and now I am ready for a little R&R and a few weeks recuperating at our home base. My stomach is very happy from dishes like fish and chips, authentic Thai food, and ice cream...LOTS of ice cream. But now it may be time to work in some home cooked meals featuring lots of fruits and veggies.

Since I am a little back-logged in terms of documenting our recent trips, I wanted to cover our trip to the Bay Area today, and next up on the blog will be our trip to Santa Monica, where we enjoyed the past two days. In the Bay Area, we stayed with our good friends Lindsay and Adrian who recently moved to a neighborhood called Willow Gran. We started Saturday with a day trip to Half Moon Bay, where we strolled the downtown and ate at a great roadside seafood restaurant called Sam's Chowder House. On Sunday, we attended a Santa Clara University alumni event called Vintage SCU, which is basically a huge food and wine festival. Here come the photos!!

 

 We went to Half Moon Bay in part because of this dish: the famous lobster roll at Sam's Chowder House

 

I got the fish and chips, which were fried to perfection

 

Both boys ordered the Blue Crab Sandwich, and left their plates clean 

 It was a beautiful day to walk along the ocean and explore some rocky cliffs!

 Also, we saw this! Only in Half Moon Bay would you have the option to partake in a "terrarium buffet"...

 

We also saw these amazing jellyfish, which are actually air plants sitting happily in dome-shaped seashells. 

 

Next on our agenda for the weekend was wine. Lots of wine. This wine from Brady Vineyard was the first booth I saw, and just so happens to be a winery that my company does the marketing work for! Small world :)

 They also had a photo booth, which was amazing. You won't believe it, but the photo with props shown above was our FIRST photo booth photo of the day. The one below, where we look completely normal, was our last photo! Looks like we have an excellent wine tolerance (or something!). Thanks for a great weekend, Lindsay and Adrian!