Marando Life: CaLiFoRnIa GiRlS

Last weekend my Mom, Taylor and I took a long weekend vacation to California. We stayed with my Nana, Boumpa and Riley in Carmel. We had such a great and relaxing time, that I think we decided to make it an annual trip : )
We flew into San Jose on Thursday morning where Nana & Boumpa picked us up and took us to meet my uncles Jay & Jim at Santana Row for lunch and shopping. Later that afternoon we headed back to Carmel to unpack and relax. For dinner we drove to down town Carmel and ate at a cute little Italian restaurant.
Friday Boumpa and I ran a 5 mile scenic route, near the ocean and million dollar homes. It was really neat and perfect weather. We met everyone for coffee, showered and headed into the valley for sunshine and the spa. The four of us had massages booked that morning at Carmel Valley Ranch, and they were wonderful. When we were finished we lounged around by the pool until it was time for lunch. We had great food, and we even got a surprise during lunch. Nana & Boumpa bought my Mom, Taylor and I Tiffany's bracelets. We LOVE them! After lunch we ordered some cocktails and headed back to our lounge chair beds next to the infinity hot tubs overlooking the golf course and vineyards, "Heaven"!
That evening we decided to check out the brand new Forever 21, and then went across the street to the theatre and saw Bridesmaids. It was very fitting since we decided to take this trip as an extended Bachelorette Party for Taylor. The movie was hilarious and very inappropriate...I highly recommend it!
Saturday we had our morning coffee/tea at Il Fornaio and then headed down for a walk on the beach. I love Carmel because there are dogs everywhere! They pretty much own the city and are all over the beach, in every store and art gallery...we even saw a Bulldog sitting by the concierge's desk at Carmel Valley Ranch. After our walk on the beach we made the short drive to Monterey's Cannery Row and did some shopping and site-seeing. We decided to stay in Saturday night and have wine and cheese for dinner that we had bought earlier that day.
My only complaint is that we had to leave on Sunday. I wish we would have had one more day, but at the same time I was excited to get back home to my hubs and also to see Taylor & Kyle's new house! Their wedding is just a couple weeks away, and we will get to see Nana & Boumpa again so soon!!