Memorial weekend in photos

The long weekend was wonderful. We spent it around home, which is by no means a let down when home is Santa Barbara. We more than managed to keep busy. Rather than try to describe everything we saw and did, I'm going to let the photos do (most of) the talking.

We attended the Flight of the Conchords concert. It sold out a while ago, but more tickets became available the day of. We bought them an hour before the show and actually ended up with decent seats (my cell phone's camera, used for this shot, makes everything appear farther away than it actually is, I swear). An ex-James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, was also in attendance, sitting with his family only a few rows ahead of us.

The next morning we marveled in the amazing plants at Lotusland. I snapped a bunch of photos, the best of which can be seen here.

R got to try out her new bike (color still subject to change) when we went for a long ride in the afternoon.

We walked up to the Mission and saw some talented chalk artists at work during the I Madonnari festival.

The first of our two boat rides over the weekend was set up through our Newcomers group and featured a tour of the harbor in a fishing boat built in 1917. According to the Maritime Museum, Humphrey Bogart and Errol Flynn once fished from this same boat. We were the only Newcomers to show up for the event, so it became our own private tour.

Our second boat ride was the next day. A friend from church took us sailing along the coast. R woman-ed the helm for part of the trip, as pictured above.

We wrapped up the weekend with a picnic near the Mission, allowing us to check on the progress of the street art as well. We drank Chardonnay with strawberries and some specialty cheese that really knocked our socks off.

I love this town.