Goleta or Bust!

Fred and I drove up to Santa Barbara/Goleta for the weekend to visit Lily and Francesco . Francesco is part of the UCSB Center for Control Dynamical-systems and Computation. Also known as CONTROL!We drove around Goleta for a bit and visited UCSB and gathered a bit o’ knowledge about the Chumash Indians from our local guides. Lily and the Chumash have much in common since they both enjoy games.

Thanks to the Bullo's eclectic music library, I was also able to get a hold of some music for my iPod Nano. Francesco was debuting his more-masculine black Nano (with matching shoes and shirt). I still can’t believe he took the plastic protective sheet off! So brave!
After our tour of beautiful downtown SB (especially the courthouse), we had coffee and went looking for Keith Jarrett CDs (LOVED the Japan sequence) and much romance was had (not!).

Christine joined the fun after an appointment with a potential client fell through-- she made the drive in record time. During our meal planning (we did alot of this) it was decided that Carbonara would be had! MMMMM can’t say enough about how yummy that all was! Christine loved it so much she saved some on her blouse (cue foreshadowing music). Long Live the Grati Ariete!The big event of the weekend was our cool off-road wine tasting trip through the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley. We loved our little jeep tour and the wine tasting. So much wine and fun was had, although, we’re still sorting out the case of the missing #22 sandwich. Damn you Edgar! Christine loved the wine so much she saved some on her blouse (cue postshadowing music).
Our favorite winery was Kalyra. Besides the yummy wine and the beautiful dogs, our taste buds we’re still fresh so we were able to better appreciate the wine. At Kalyra, we were indeed our own best judge of wine quality!
After naps, volleyball soccer, and pizza, we headed home! Thanks for everything Lily and Francesco!

(I'll post more pictures later)