Its Ladies Night! Well more like Ladies Weekend! This weekend we celebrated Kenzi’s “Final Fling Before the Ring” (thank you Tori for that great phrase!). Ashley, Tori, Melissa, myself and of course the beautiful bride to be headed to Santa Barbara for a great getaway weekend. Thanks to an unfortunate accident with Shaun’s rear view mirror and a pole, Shaun had my car and I got to take the rental, which was a great Jeep Cherokee Laredo. A great car for a great weekend.

We all met early Saturday afternoon at the Harbor View Inn. I have passed this place many times during trips with Shaun to Santa Barbara, so I was very excited to stay there. I am glad we did because the view from our room was incredible. We had our own porch leading out to the pool and a great view of the palm trees and beach. What made it even more breathtaking was the fact that it was a warm and beautiful day.

After settling in and freshening up, we walked up State Street to grab some lunch. This weekend happened to be the Summer Solstice Festival, so we were a tad caught up in the crowd of parade watchers on our way. It was an interesting parade to say the least with an very mixed and interesting crowd of onlookers.

After lunch at Silvergreens, which was very very yummy, we headed back to the room and then out again to get our toes done at Aqua Bar Nail Salon. After walking around on a warm day, it was nice to have our tootsies refreshed and beautified. It was a nice and special treat before the night began! After our foot beautification, a stop was made at Coffee Bean for a caffeine fix. The lot in front of the store itself was full so we decided to park next door, despite the sign that specifically did not allow Coffee Bean parking. What rebels we are! That and it was a Saturday and all the businesses that use the restricted lot were closed.

After our trip to the spa and a coffee fix, we headed back to the room to relax, refresh, make a few drinks and get ready for dinner that night. Tori made some yummy “Flirtinis” which consisted of vodka, champagne and pineapple juice. They were tasty and easy to drink, which is dangerous. Within a few hours we were feeling great, looking good and off to dinner at Enterprise Fish Company.

From what I can tell there are only two Enterprise Fish Co. restaurants in California, one is Santa Barbara and one in Santa Monica. Thank goodness there is one close by because their food is amazing. So are the drinks! I had the Sesame Seared Ahi and it was, well… just wow. I also had a peach Sangria and that was yet another dangerous drink to have. It was yummy and very easy to drink. Our waitress was extremely excited to have a bachelorette party at her table. I mean, very excited but she was also very nice. The one pay off was that she recommended we head to a bar up State Street where she had a bartender friend. He too loves to have bachelorette parties come his way. So, after dinner we took her recommendation and headed that way. Lucky for Kenzi, our recommended bartender was on duty and she got herself a free shot. We stayed for a bit watching several other bachelorette parties that were living it up. One bride to be was particularly inebriated and harassing many of the patrons with a male blow up doll. It was interesting to watch her friends, who most likely bought her the doll and helped her reach her inebriated state, usher her out of the bar in what seemed to be a very annoyed and angry manner. Some friends huh? After a little more people watching and a few drinks we made our way back to the hotel. I think we were in by 10:30. Yeah… that’s how we roll. We stayed up for a bit talking and then hit the hay.

The next morning we were up bright an early, darn internal alarm clocks, so we got dressed and headed up the street for breakfast. I have seen Sambos many times on drives and heard about its interesting history but I have never been there. People watching was fun too. The same bachelorette from the night before, the one with the doll, came in with her friends to eat. While she looked put together, you could tell that she was hurting just a tad. I guess that’s what happens when you get that crazy. Oh well, we did things just right and didn’t wake up feeling like you wanted the world to end. It made for a great weekend.

When breakfast came to an end we headed back to the hotel and packed up our things. It was time for the party to end and for everyone to go home. It was such a wonderful weekend and we all left knowing that the next time we would all be together was just a few weeks from now at Kenzi and Jeff’s wedding. Its hard to believe that its almost here but I cannot wait for their big day!