Maathangi is typing....: Much needed weekend out of town

August 7th Friday - En route Montecito day 1

My weekend started early - today!! After weeks of stress and a non stop regime at the gym, it was long overdue. Fortunately for me there were friends/family who were leaving town and wanted to take their kids to see the beach and we made a plan :) :) :) Montecito and Fort Bragg !!!

Starbucks was essential to start my day -- :) - some say it's never really coffee if you get it with milk or as a frappe, I love all coffee at Starbucks https://instagram.com/p/6FvUj6mZSb/

After picking up friends we hit the road. It was unreal to see everyone rushing to work and we were singing and driving (try the app saavn for good playlists). It was satisfying to not think of meetings or about how much time I had left to eat.

We decided to get fun fruit juices at jamba juice to keep our cool for the summer.

Citrus kick was really good and refreshing - my fav at jamba juice

Then we drove past Sacramento and it was almost time for lunch !! We stopped at an Indian restaurant

Mango lassi and veg coconut curry

Here comes the windy roads, that is the worst night mare for everyone with a weak gut, literally. For those of you new to California this road is known as CA-1.

After taking the roller coaster and several sessions of nausea later , we arrived at Mendocino .. The view at the end of the cliff near the Inn was well worth all the pain..

And it was indeed an inn with a view

Roamed around downtown Mendocino - so many lovely boutiques, bookstore, cafe, pub, bead shops .. Everything fitting for a small lovely village.

We couldn't get our room with beach view :( :'(, still the lady at the reception was kind enough to upgrade us to a garden suite !!!

Then we walked to the cliff to snap pics and headed to a nice little inn for dinner. Everyone eats early around here and shops close early too !! my food arrived and it was great!