Cali2010: Pacific Grove

During the southern portion of our trip, we made our way back to a cute little town we kind of stumbled upon last year called Pacific Grove.  It’s the kind of place I could spend hours – perhaps even days – poking around, though I have yet to get that opportunity (with the kidlets in tow, that is). At any rate, here are a few snaps of the place to give you an idea of what it’s like.

The main street through town is called Lighthouse Avenue.

Which is the home of Holly’s Lighthouse Cafe, where we once again grabbed a wonderful and filling “big breakfast”. Soooo good!

And then it was time to explore a bit.

First stop – Blessings Boutique, where we were a bit… scrutinized. I found out later that Monkey Boy Jr. had walked out of the store with something to show daddy (before paying for it), not realizing that that kind of thing is frowned upon… Ahh, so that’s why!

The store merchandise was beautifully displayed…

With an eclectic mixture of antiques and homemade items.

It was a maze of little rooms spilling into other little rooms…

Each one with a slightly different theme.

We could have spend hours in that store alone… it was LOVEly!

Just a few doors down we found Miss Trawick’s Garden Shop…

Which was filled with too many things I wanted to take home.

Statuary, pottery, not to mention the gorgeous plants…

I could have just stayed there all day!

*le sigh*

Of course with little ones, crankiness was soon upon us and we had to head back to the hotel for a little snooze.

But not before I grabbed some quick snaps of the awesome architecture along the way.

Quaint houses, reaching trees…

Quirky features, and proximity to the sea…

What’s not to love?

One day I hope to get some more “alone time” to poke around the town – I hear it’s even more wonderful that I’ve seen. Well, we’re near the end of the trip photos – just one or two more posts of “hanging with the extended family” and I should be done. Hope you’re enjoying Vicarious California, Katie style. 😉