Happy birthday… to me!
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Hanging out at the Fess Parker Inn (Santa Barbara) with Alice on her mini-vacation that she’s taking between her wrapping up at eBay and starting at Chordiant.
We got up early-ish this morning and headed down to Santa Barbara. The views going down the 154 were amazing and there were lots of up and down the mountains where we got to see for miles. After the views the best part was running into 3 Starbucks in 4 blocks. Felt like we were back to civilization. 
I got a ton of well wishes today, which was really nice and appreciated. I even got one poem! Granted, I was also called bad names by both Woodworth and Hikade so some things never change. Thanks to the rise in popularity of Facebook I also found two others guys with the same birthday.
Alice had a massage at the spa and then took a nap so I used the time to head over to the driving range at the River Course at Alisal. I hit about 80 range balls and was happy with about 15 so I have some work to do this summer. The I came back and was annoying Alice by being chatty so I went next door to grab a beer and read the latest Economist. I love people watching. After 45 min I came back and napped as well. So nice.
We had a great dinner at Brothers Restaurant at Matteis Tavern. It was right around the corner from the Inn and was super relaxed and comfortable. Good meal to be sure.