It was my birthday weekend.

2 weekends ago. We spent the 4th of July weekend in Santa Barbara which was absolutely lovely. Good food, good people watching and the perfect distance for a drive up the coast.






On my birthday I was called "miss" and "ma'am" twice. I almost cried. Then Syd surprised me with a bow wrapped around a diet coke and dinner at the Montage. The Montage was a little outside of our fancy comfort zone, but the view was breathtaking. He also surprised me with several other goodies I had pointed out on a recent shopping excursion. I thought for sure he was tuning me out at the time. That Syd, he's always been good at surprises.