As I wallow and digest my incredible meal from French 75 tonight, I’ll try and get my thoughts straight on todays events.
As hard as I tried to sleep in a bit this morning I was wide awake at 6am, didn’t help that it was also garbage day, and a random dog decided he wasn’t happy with his outside arrangement and barked for 40 min. :) But that’s ok just gave me a chance to catch up on some Marie Forleo videos and some research for tomorrow’s meetings.
Being up so early gave me a great excuse to walk over to The Beach House and catch their breakfast specials. I looked at their website before I left and IMMEDIATELY knew what I was going to get. French toast! My breakfast of choice, (I may or may not have that as my menu item at my friends restaurant in Kingston.) This was no regular french toast though, this was bread covered in granola and cooked to perfection, topped with berries and drizzled with syrup (I should be a food blogger ;) ). It was A-Maze-ing!

Not only was the food incredible the view was spectacular! I walked into a cute little garden oasis complete with fountains and ferns. Through there I entered the dining hall that over looked the ocean. To top off this amazing breakfast experience I saw a WHALE! It was surfacing and spraying water just off shore, everyone in the restaurant was glued to the window.


(Not the best of photos, but you get the idea)
After breakfast I took a walk along the waterfront. It was a bit overcast today but it was still warm and the sound of the waves was so relaxing.


The rest of the day was spent researching for tomorrows client (more on that later) and working on the new media kit for The Retreat in Laguna. I’ve been working on it back home and today I finished up the final details. Came together quite nicely. Still some edits to be made but hopefully the owner likes it.
The door to my villa is split in half so I took advantage of the view, smells and sounds while working away. Natasha also stopped by with a ‘fish taco’ for lunch. When she first suggested a fish taco I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but it was made with Tilapia and mango salsa and was the perfect afternoon snack. I’ll try anything once and I’m glad I did because this was really yummy.

Jonathon also came by and the three of us worked away from the Villa for a few hours. It was great to see how they work together and how they interact with their clients. I can definitely learn a lot from these two on their client relations and networking skills.
Dinner was at French 75 tonight, one of the restaurants that Jonathon works for. We were seated in a large booth, the atmosphere was amazing with a live jazz performer playing the classics and also some newer tunes. We started off with a few cocktails, I let Forest, our bartender, choose for me. One thing I’ve learned over the years is bartenders always know best, just tell them the type of drink (I was in the mood for something fruity tonight) and they will make you the best drink!
It was definitely the royal treatment, servers were extremely attentive and Forest provided the most amazing drinks. It was quite dark (perfect dinner atmosphere), so wasn’t the best for photos but here’s a snapshot of the starters and main course. I tried Escargot for the first time, so good!

Endive salad, Escargot, and Tuna starters with Salmon and risotto for main dish
If you know me well, you know I can’t have a meal without dessert, so when Jonathon suggested we try a few things I was completely up for it despite my ever expanding stomach. We ordered a lemon tart, soufflé and deep fried ice cream. Forest (bartender) advised us to hold off on the ice cream as he had a surprise for us. I couldn’t resist a bite or two and he caught me red handed. Literally got a hand slap for that one. :)
Forest made us a ‘deconstructed banana split’ with 3 cocktails as chasers to our ice cream treat. Delicious! Not a huge fan of banana, but the chocolate strawberry won me over.


Tomorrow is going to be a BUSY day. Not sure if I’ll be able to blog tomorrow night, possibly in the afternoon but we’ll see how the day goes. The itinerary is packed with client meetings and events. Possibly a detoxifying spa treatment in the morning? haha only in California. (And by possibly I mean I have an apt. at 9:00am) Details later.
Tomorrow night is the local ‘Art Walk‘ that happens the first Thursday of every month. I’m looking forward to seeing some of the local artisans pieces.
More tomorrow (hopefully).

Posted by Breanne on May 3rd, 2012 at 3:16 AM
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