i'm in love with mendocino

...MENDOCINO...
it's not hard to see how
i fell in love. this town is a dream.
a tiny, charming, pretty dream on the edge
of the ocean. how has it been kept a secret?

after we wandered around the town

with heart eyes the entire time, we

drove a few minutes down the coastal

road to little river inn restaurant. i already

thought i had maxed out on darling places

for the day, but no -- this place just added

to stealing my heart. we are for sure 

coming back to stay here, but this time

we enjoyed a sunset dinner looking out

over the ocean at the greatest little inn

restaurant to end our weekend getaway.

it was a dream!

pesto crusted salmon & bacon guacamole burger for chase and i

calimari caesar for mckelle, and the steak diane for david.

we had the best weekend with these cuties 

and we're so glad they joined us. also..

EVERYONE thinks chase + david are twins,

do you see it? we think they are identical 

from behind because of their twinner hair!

^ wait, cannot forget the warm olallieberry cobbler.

hopefully you remember me talking about olallieberry

lots in the past, it's a bay area special hybrid fruit and

we're a little bit obsessed with it. {see proof here

and here and here}. it was the best ever, and the

bread pudding was a must because chase LOVES it.

wow i love places like this, food like this,

weekends like this, & friends like this!

here's to a great place to spend a golden summer night.

xo

see fort bragg, the mendocino botanical garden, 

riding the skunk train, some good eats, and

horseback riding on the beach. quite the weekend!