Hello, hello! I hope everyone is having a fantastic Monday thus far. I wanted to share my weekend adventures: The Monterey Beer Festival! This was my birthday gift from my sister, so Saturday my whole family drove down to Monterey to drink some beer!
I started my morning with a Luna bar, nectarine, and 8am spin class.
After getting my workout in, I had a bag of rice cakes before hitting the road!
It took us a little over 2 hours to get to Monterey, with a fair bit of traffic.
Naturally, we dove right in for a sample as soon as we got there.
^Figueroa Mountain’s lager. One of the best of the day!
And then it was time for food! My mom and I split a corn on the cob and a chicken taco platter.
Then, it was time for beer! This festival was crazy crowded, and a lot of the lines were SUPER long.
(I realize Monterey is spelled wrong but I can’t edit snapchat, whoops!)
^Black lager!
After spending a whole lot of time waiting, we decided to just go for the shorter lines and skip the bigger ones (or any with only IPA). There were all sorts of things; everything from IPA to lager to stout to cider to apricot wheat to ginger beer.
^Raspberry ginger beer
^Fav of the day: Dustbowl Vanilla Blonde Ale!
^Good lager, but even better because they had a pup!
It was a fun day! They had a live band, which was fun! I will say though that it was super crowded, and a lot of places ran out of beer, some within the first hour. But the weather was beautiful, and the beer was (mostly) flowing, so who am I to complain?
We basically closed the place at 4:30 (an hour before the technical end) and then checked into our Air BnB to nap (at least I did) before heading downtown for dinner.
I was super hungry by dinnertime thanks to most of my calorie consumption for the day being beer. I split a salad with my mom, and then had roasted chicken with roasted potatoes and green beans.
My dad ordered some ice cream for dessert, which we naturally stole bites of: chocolate, passionfruit, and maple bacon.
Sunday morning, we slept in and then my sister, her fiancé, and I went for a short run pre-brunch.
I think we were all more than ready for food by our 11am brunch reservation. I shared a warm goat cheese, beet, and mango salad.
And for my main course, I got an absolutely delicious creamy polenta, poached egg, and queso fresco dish.
Naturally we had to stop at one of the many fruit and veggie stands on the way home. Avocados, 10 for $1? Sign me up! (They were small, but still!)
Road trip snacks:
Pre-dinner snacks:
I wasn’t crazy hungry for dinner, so I just had a massive artichoke and a sweet potato stuffed with cheese.
Dessert was birthday cake Halo Top with a flax brownie.
After dinner, I had to run into work for half an hour to do a treatment on a kitty (I volunteered), and then after, we made toaster oven s’mores with gf graham cracker.
It was a fun weekend! And I cannot believe it, but this is my last week of work at the vet!