After 3 wonderful days visiting folks in WA, my mom and I flew down to CA. After waiting for a ridiculously long time at the rental car place (they tried to give us 2 cars that they had lost the keys to), we got our car and I drove to my dad and Terri’s house. We made a pit stop to In ‘N’ Out Burger on the way, and I had my hamburger animal style with no pickles *swoon*.
My mom headed to her friend’s house in Georgetown, and I got to see my other set of parents!!! We stayed up late into the night talking but thought we should get some sleep before our busy day. The next day I got to meet Hershey. He is the rescued horse that my parents took in. He is seven months old now but looks much smaller. He is so adorable and plays with a big fitness ball for fun. He kicks it and runs after it like any other football player 
. We also had the yummiest lunch at the South Pine Cafe. I had a nut burger *amazing* and split it with my dad who got the chipotle burger*spicy!*. I am excited to take Murat there this summer! We played with the horses, talked, watched a movie on TV, and did a little shopping. It was a lovely day. That evening I met up with my friends Jaron and Monica (who recently got ENGAGAED!!!!) and had a strawberry milkshake and fries with ranch at Denny’s (yummm…. comfort food). It was fun to catch up with each other.
The next day started with taking the horses out to Loomis Basin for a walk/run around. I really miss spending time with horses, and Terri is the best to do it with. She tells fabulous stories about her lifetime of horse adventures. Then it was time to good get ready to meet friends for a Turkish lunch at the Anatolian Table in Rocklin. For year (about six of them) I had whined about the lack of Turkish food in Northern California. I finally moved to Turkey and up pops a Turkish restaurant near to where I lived. And to make it more ironic, the owners are from the Kadikoy area of Istanbul! It is like we switched places in some Freaky Friday sort of way. It was wonderful to see some of my old Borders peeps (Dan, Monica, and Casey!), and the food was wonderful and made me feel right at home. The spices in my Adana kebap were fabulous and I really wanted to order a little of everything. I can not recommend this restaurant enough! Any of you who want to taste a little bit of the glorious food I get to eat on a regular basis should pop on by and say “merhaba’ for me. We stayed and chatted with Ertugrul and his wife Tugce, the owners/chefs, for long after the food was finished. Good company and good food are about the best combination I can think of. After lunch it was time for me to begin wedding festivities with Sarah, but that will be the next blog.
Now I leave you with a few photos (courtesy of Monica, thanks my dear)…
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- Turkish Carpet
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- Gözleme Plate
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- Monica, me, Dan, and Casey
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- Dan and I
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- Casey!
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- My dad and I talking to Ertugrul
