Ten minutes at the beach

Frenchies can't swim due to their large and heavy heads...they'll sink like a brick. We thought Marley would enjoy the beach so we packed up his life jacket and headed for Santa Cruz.

He likes water so he wasn't afraid, but he wasn't all excited like we thought he'd be.
Ten minutes later he decided he was done and headed back to the stairs.
We went to the Ferry Building Marketplace to celebrate Jeanette's birthday. WOW they have yummy stuff there! What a delicious day. Some of my favorites are:

• Star Anise & Pink Peppercorn Chocolate and Burnt Caramel Almonds from Recchiuti Confections. I seriously regret not trying the Fleur de Sel Caramels. Dammit I'll have to go back.
• Lavender Shortbread and Vanilla Parisian Macarons from Miette.
• Imperial Rolls at The Slanted Door, but honestly our entire lunch was delish.
• Stinky Morbier cheese from Cowgirl Creamery.
• Almond soap from Capay Organic.

Here are the boys hanging out at the Wine Bar while Jeanette and I got flowers. What a coincidence...the woman to the left is Liz—we know her from Viva in Los Gatos.

We finished off the trip with a flight of champagne (I had Vitamin Water) and a toast to Jeanette at the Caviar Cafe.
What a great weekend!