Saturday, September 19, 2009

Vacation to Carmel by the Sea

Andrew and I scored an awesome deal at a bed and breakfast this year so we headed up north (5.5 hours) to the Monterey Bay area. Our first full day we walked the streets, got lunch and ate on the beach. We quickley found out that Carmel is an international place of interest; buses brought in tons of tourists.
Carmel beach was beautiful! The sand was extremely soft. As we sat down to eat on a tree this squirrel came out of the tree and sat right next to Andrew the whole time.





On our walk back we saw some pretty impressive modern homes. This was our favorite.



The next day we headed to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was really nice with a ton of things to see. Currently they have a Seahorse exhibit which is absolutely amazing. I always thought seahorses were these smallish creatures but they actually can get quite large.











We followed the aquarium up with lunch and a trip to the Toll House store. I'm still having dreams about this cookie sandwich.



On wednesday we drove home because I had bought tickets for Legally Blonde the musical in Orange County. Last year MTV did a reality show for the casting the the lead, Elle Woods. I liked it a lot so was pretty stoked to see the musical. I was mildly disappointed because it didn't seem like the actors/actresses were energized enough during most of their performances. The leads weren't very good but the supporting roles were very good.



Thursday was Andrew's birthday so I surprised him by reserving a table in Beverly Hills at Vibrato. It's a steakhouse with live jazz.



And what I am most excited about: My wormery!!!!! I went to the aboretum last saturday where I was able to purchase a wiggly farm (with a free 0.5lb of worms!) to start vermicomposting. I'm wicked excited about it all. Here's Ping cat making herself comfortable in the wormery.



Here's the finshed set up.

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Worm Composting!

For those of you in LA county- LA county sponsors workshops to learn how to start a worm compost bin almost every Saturday (in different locations) They have worm compost bins available to purchase at the indicated workshops for only $65! That includes the worms! I've been wanting to start worm composting but the composter and worms are about $150 (including shipping and handling). The next workshop is 9/12 at the Arboretum. Check out this link for more info on worm composting and other workshop dates!


If your interested in regular composting, Alhambra City sells compost bins for $10 at city hall, 2nd floor.