Hope you’re enjoying a beautiful holiday weekend with family and friends! After relaxing around the hotel and scheduling home-hunting appointments, Hubby and I walked to Marston’s Restaurant for Saturday brunch. Excellent yelp reviews and a short walk from our hotel? Yes, please. With its American flag, cute awning, and cosy interior, Marston’s brings an authentic small-town vibe to Pasadena. It’s tucked away several streets from the main drag in Old Town, so we felt lucky to find such a gem. Behold, the classic California brunch spot! Now we know where to bring our Texas family and friends to brunch!
Prepare your eyes for what simultaneously occupies a Vegan’s worst nightmares and a carnivorous Texan’s wildest brunch dreams. Yep, I savored my egg white omelet with turkey cilantro sausage and spinach topped with cheddar cheese and avocado. Maybe I score points by holding the sour cream? Regardless, it was delicious, colorful, and quite filling, so I wasn’t able to finish. I would have liked more veggies and less meat and cheese, but that’s just me (and most healthy living bloggers, methinks! We’re a rare and beautiful breed!).
After napping off my cheese headache at the hotel (oops), we checked out an apartment/townhouse that might be the one! I don’t want to jinx us, so I’m not posting pictures of the house just yet. Here’s the gorgeous tree just outside of what might be our bedroom window. To be honest, this post is a little short because this place is on my mind — and I don’t feel comfortable talking about it too much just yet. So, a few pictures of our day’s activities will have to suffice!
Told you! No pictures of [our] townhouse yet. Rather, I’ll distract you with pictures of colorfully cluttered places . . . like Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, where we ate dinner. (I’m so strategic.) Everyone was super friendly — note the guy behind Hubby in the background! My blackened fish, rice, and beans was a [relatively] healthy choice. Still, I can’t help but notice a lack of greens. Oh, you have to order a salad for that? My bad. 😉 It was filling.
So filling, in fact, that although we planned on grabbing cupcakes for dessert, but our full tummies had other plans. We knew we could eat cupcakes, but we also knew we wouldn’t enjoy them since we were satisfied with dinner. Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial, right? Of course my sweet tooth kicked in later, so I indulged with dark chocolate. Our hotel scores major points with me for its free dark chocolate mint squares in bowls throughout the lobby. Oh, don’t mind me! Just sneaking my fifth chocolate square! Yes, I’ve become well-acquainted with the lobby-folk. 😉
Today we attend a church service in Pasadena, check out a few more properties, put in an application for the front-runner, and fly back to San Francisco this evening. I am so ready to sleep in our bed! Love to all of you!
Have you ever had trouble deciding on which apartment/house/townhouse to rent/buy? (*Raises hand*)
we are a indeed a rare and different breed 🙂
looks like a such a wonderful way to spend the weekend. That omelette does look wonderful but definitely filling! I love the idea of adding some avocado mmm mmm!
We’ve never looked for buying purposes but we generally don’t have a hard time picking apts to move into. Our problem is staying happy with the one we’ve moved into! I’ve moved 6 times in 6 years!
We’re going to look for a two bedroom apt when we next move so that hopefully our move after that will be into a house that we’ll buy 🙂
Best wishes with your decision, I know you’re going to love your new place! 🙂
6 times in 6 years is a lot, but it happens! It’s hard to find a place that stands the test of time. Y’all need a 2 bedroom with room for for that closet from your last post, ahah!
Thanks for your sweet words; our decision has became easier with the more places we looked at because the frontrunner maintained its lead! 🙂
I’ve never had trouble deciding it’s the waiting to see if we are aproved for the house!
Yes, that’s the pins and needles part, indeed!
It sounds like SUCH a successful trip! That brunch spot is too cute and I really hope the townhouse you found works out. 🙂
Thanks, Tina! It was a successful trip! We’re a good little team 🙂
That sounds like such a fun trip. A nice weekend getaway for sure. Have a great day! 😀
Thanks so much, and I’m glad you dropped by!
Im crossing my fingers for you guys! Oh Mike and I had trouble finding a apartment last year when he got the job in Fort Wayne, so I know how you guys feel, it was a little stressful, we had very little time to find one too!
Love ya girl! Happy Memorial Day!!!
Thanks, Katie!! Yeah, it’s stressful when you need to find a place fast! I think we found the place though, and I’ll keep y’all updated! Love ya and SO glad you had a beautiful bridal shower! 🙂
I am SO the same way, Kristen! I always worry that if I talk about something too much it will jinx it . . . soooo, I’ll just say that I hope everything works out in your favor! 😉
Enjoy the rest of the weekend and sleeping in your own bed! YAY!
haha I know! It just seems like something would go awfully wrong if I was posting pictures of the place, right? And anyways, probably not the safest idea to post pics of my home-to-be on the interwebs, right?
Hope you had a great weekend!
Ooh good luck with the housing search! Thankfully when I needed an apartment for college I only had 1 place that seemed decent enough (and without a creepy landlord) so that made my decision easy enough. And when Jason and I got married, he already had a house so there was no decision to make there either!
I have a feeling that when we move into a “real” house (we’re in a townhome now) that it will take us a while to decide what to get.
Thank you so much, Holly! Yeah, a creepy landlord is a big no-no, methinks . . . I’m glad you had an easy decision!! Yeah, this decision for us probably pales in comparison to when we go home shopping to buy a place. We’re renting, which takes a lot of pressure off!
oh I love that texas feel! cute and quaint! and of course, HUGE portions. haha.
It does have a Texan vibe, doesn’t it? I knew there was a reason we loved it! But yeah, those huge portions, I could do without! I would have been happy with half of the portion they served me!
This is little late, but that’s so exciting you’re moving to Los Angeles! You’ll love it here 🙂
Good luck on the townhouse!
Not late at all, Julia! Thank you so much! And I’m really excited; it’s sure to be an adventure. LA is positively massive, so there’s a lot to learn. I’m glad to have you as my resource, LA girl! 🙂