Hardly Laboring

[It is actually Friday 10/15, and I am trying to remember this mini-road trip we took over Labor Day weekend.]
We left Friday evening and our first stop was Monterey. We started the evening sitting in the quaint patio of the Quality Inn, drinking a few beers and checking out the big dipper. Sever beers later, we'd moved the party into the motel room, and had received the "we've had a complaint" phone call from the front desk. So piled into the car and headed downtown. We ended up back at Cibo - my sister had never been there of course, and we waxed nostalgic about our first time there. It was pretty crowded. There was a great band playing reggae music, and we moved and grooved in the corner until a booth opened up, and there we sprawled for the rest of the evening.

On Saturday we arrived in San Simeon, and our evening out consisted of driving into Cambria for dinner at JB's Pizza place, a hot lap of window shopping, and a visit to the ice cream parlor. And then upon returning to our motel room, we popped over to the convenience store and drank beer by the ocean.

After breakfast Sunday morning in the motel restaurant, we packed up and headed home. It was a very quick trip, the majority of which was spent in the car, but it was a good getaway nevertheless. Of course, the most exciting thing was finding out Friday evening that my new nephew had been born. Sean Matthew, of the squishy cheeks.

We certainly didn't labor too much on Monday. In the afternoon, we drove up to the city. We had a late lunch at the Citrus Club on Haight, then drove through Golden Gate Park and along Ocean Beach. We stopped at Fort Funston and hung out there for awhile, watching the dudes and their remote control gliders.