Tom's Birthday

Back in November, we drove down to Santa Barbara for Tom's birthday. I had never been there before and was excited to see it since I had heard great things about it. Talk about lifestyles of the rich and shameless! Guess we'll have to wait until we win the lottery to move there. If you know Tom, you know he likes to stay in style, and this trip was no exception. We stayed at a gorgeous hotel on the beach.

Here are some pics of the Birthday Boy livin' large:

During our trip, we visited some of the surrounding towns. We visited Shoestring Winery, where they had their tasting set up in the barrel room -- just the way we like it -- no fancy-schmancy tasting rooms for us! They had great wine and a friendly staff. We then drove through Buellton where we saw the restaurant where Sideways was filmed. Fun!

We then stumbled upon a little Danish village called Solvang. It was really neat, yet completely out of context with the surrounding area. We felt like we were in a Chevy Chase vacation movie.

Tom as a Danish soldier:

We ended the trip on a high note with a beautiful sunset. I did not capture the full
brilliance of it because I had to run back to the hotel room to get my camera (doh!), but here is a sample:

Ahhhhhh ... what a great trip!