Merry Christmas!!!

We returned to Santa Barbara this morning to join mom and dad Mainguy for Christmas Day. We spent most of the day playing on our new Wii (golf is Francis' favorite) but we somehow managed to drag ourselves away to take the dogs out for a stroll on Miramar Beach. I'm so glad we did...it ended up being such a beautiful day!

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas!!!

There are no words...

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

SF Weekend Getaway

Francis and I decided to go up to San Francisco for a few days. It had been a long time since we made a trip up there. We were lucky enough to be able to work from the SF office on Friday - it was right across the street from the old building I used to work in! I introduced Francis to dim sum at lunch (SOOO good), we did some holiday shopping in Union Square (went crazy at H&M), went to happy hour with a friend and met Rosana and Nader for dinner (Ti Couz)!

Here is the amazing tree in Union Square...

This tree is Macy’s gift to the city, an 85-foot California White Fir from the Carlton Tree Farm in Mount Shasta

And the famous wreaths at Macy's

View of the sunset on our drive home - near Pismo Beach

We miss the city - especially our favorite local hangouts - but we are so glad that we live in beautiful Santa Barbara!!!

Parade of Lights

Today was the 23nd anniversary celebration of the Santa Barbara Parade of Lights. (The theme this year was “23 Skidoo” -- no one really knows exactly where that phrase came from, but it was very popular during the 1920's.)

Tonight was just chilly enough to enjoy a Mean Tai from Longboard's ;)


I'm so glad we live in a place where we have to wear jackets, hats in scarves in 55 degree weather!

Here are a couple of video's of the boats coming back into the Harbor and of the fireworks.