Sacramento Trip

We are back from a much needed mini-vacay weekend. It was a "break from everything", kidless, stressfree, trip that we had to take before we went crazy. Aside from the city we were going to the rest of the weekend was a surprise planned by Jake.

We left Antioch on Friday afternoon and arrived in Sacramento with a few hours to relax in the hotel. I know, real exciting, but it felt SO good to just lay down, no crying child, no barking dog, no laudry or dishes to worry about. That night we walked from our hotel into Old Town Sac to the comedy club Laughs Unlimited. The headliner for the night was John Diresta. He's an ex-cop from New York and has appeared in Miss Congeniality 1 & 2, as well as How To Loose a Guy in 10 Days and some Comedy Central shows. We ate... we laughed... we had a great time!

After the show, we stopped at this place called Candy Heaven. They had barrels full of all types of candy. You could go in and eat whatever samples you wanted from the salt water taffy selection! We tried a bunch and then bought some. $3.79/ 1/2 lb is the going rate. It didn't get us very much taffy :( We were surprised at how many candy (and tattoo) shops there were in the area.

Saturday, we woke up and had breakfast at Denny's since it was right by our hotel. I got the Grand Slam breakfast. Normally I can't eat everything, I just think I can. I guess I was REALLY hungary because I ate every last thing on my plate, plus water and some of Jake's oj. I didn't have an apetite really when I was pregnant with Shyla, and this time around my apetite isn't really any more than it was when I wasn't pregnant, but on Saturday I could sure put some food away!

After breakfast we headed over to Capitol Park to see the Capitol. I was a little bummed to see so many dead flowers for such a pretty place. The fountain wasn't on either. I was able to find a few flowers that looked decent though.


Across the street from the Capital building is the California Peace Officers Memorial. With Jake being in Law Enforcement we stopped to sneak a peek.

There were a few girls passing through so mocked the statue on the bench. They took silly pictures with it. It was sad to see the lack of respect for something that means a lot to others.

Once a year there is a display and actors that put on a show for what went on in the building during and after the 1906 SF earthquake. I guess it was that time of year. We went on a free tour though some rooms where scenes were acted out. There was audience participation needed. Both Jake and I got to read some lines.

One of the ladies walking around the building showed us where the Govenor's office was at. We weren't allowed to go inside. She said that she's worked there through 4 Govenor's and this is the first time she's seen their name across the top of the doorway. Leave it to the Terminator to stand out :-)

Assembly Gallery

Senate Gallery

Old Town Sac.

The picture above is of the Delta King Hotel. After a long day walking around Sac my feet, hips, and basically whole body were hurting and needed a nap! We went back to the hotel for a break and then came back to this boat later in the evening. We came to see a murder mystery dinner show called Suspects. Another one of my many surprises this weekend. The dinner took place on the level below the water. It was a full room. There was lots of audience participation. It was a little confusing by the end. I thought I had all the questions right, but apparantly someone got one more little detail that I didn't get (whatever, I'm not bitter) and they won. The host for the night was "Rowbear Bagette. He was on the TV show 24. I thought he was just hilarious, especially the facial expressions he would make.

Jake at one point was named as a suspect. It was a lot of fun and I got to take a picture with the cast.

The icing on the trip for me was that on Sunday morning before we left we had a continental breakfast. Normally, the continental breakfasts I've seen don't consist of much, maybe muffins, pancakes if you're lucky, some fruit, cereal, etc. This breakfast had: waffles (not the premade kind), hard boiled eggs, oatmeal, cereal, grapefruit, toast, bananas, cinnamon rolls, yoghurt, and drinks! That's my kind of continental breakfast!

The weekend was much needed for Jake and I, and I'm glad we were able to finally find the time to go. I can't say we'll be doing it often, but I do hope we can do it again soon.