Girl Friends Birthday...ideas please!!
06-24-2010, 01:23 PM
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Girl Friends Birthday...ideas please!!
alright so its the girls birthday on Saturday and she wants to go out of town. i live up in the sac area so i know the bay has alot of fun stuff. she is down for anything as extreme as sky diving or something chill like walking down the beach. but i want to do something fun. so far my plan is go to Monterrey, have lunch, rent bikes and ride them up and down the beach, do the aquarium and have dinner at benni hannas. can you guys expand on that or maybe think of anything else that would be fun in the bay or anywhere not hella far?? thats not hella expensive. any ideas are appreciated.
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and btw im 20 and she is turning 19
thanks!!!
and btw im 20 and she is turning 19
06-24-2010, 01:29 PM
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Rent a place in Capitola. It is super chill, on the ocean, and there is an awesome restaurant at the end of the pier with music. Also a lot of cool shops. You can rent a boat and take her around the kelp reefs, where you will see otters, dolphins, sometimes a whale or two and some other cool stuff. Thats what I'd do!
06-24-2010, 01:38 PM
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Rent a place in Capitola. It is super chill, on the ocean, and there is an awesome restaurant at the end of the pier with music. Also a lot of cool shops. You can rent a boat and take her around the kelp reefs, where you will see otters, dolphins, sometimes a whale or two and some other cool stuff. Thats what I'd do!
06-24-2010, 01:48 PM
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I loled.
Anyways, Benihana's is a cool idea but I bet she would prefer a picnic alone. Find a decent restaurant in Monterey (not hard) and get them to make you a 2-person takeout meal. Then take her out to one of the hillsides near the beach where you can eat, watch the sunset, and maybe someplace secluded enough that she can show her appreciation.
And remember, sand is the worst lubricant. Bring a towel or at least a big jacket.
Anyways, Benihana's is a cool idea but I bet she would prefer a picnic alone. Find a decent restaurant in Monterey (not hard) and get them to make you a 2-person takeout meal. Then take her out to one of the hillsides near the beach where you can eat, watch the sunset, and maybe someplace secluded enough that she can show her appreciation.
And remember, sand is the worst lubricant. Bring a towel or at least a big jacket.
06-24-2010, 01:55 PM
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I loled.
Anyways, Benihana's is a cool idea but I bet she would prefer a picnic alone. Find a decent restaurant in Monterey (not hard) and get them to make you a 2-person takeout meal. Then take her out to one of the hillsides near the beach where you can eat, watch the sunset, and maybe someplace secluded enough that she can show her appreciation.
And remember, sand is the worst lubricant. Bring a towel or at least a big jacket.
Anyways, Benihana's is a cool idea but I bet she would prefer a picnic alone. Find a decent restaurant in Monterey (not hard) and get them to make you a 2-person takeout meal. Then take her out to one of the hillsides near the beach where you can eat, watch the sunset, and maybe someplace secluded enough that she can show her appreciation.
And remember, sand is the worst lubricant. Bring a towel or at least a big jacket.
also i was thinkin of starting the day off by grabbing lunch and eating out at point lobos
what do you think about that? would it be bad to have two picnics or should i scratch that idea? or which one should i scratch?
weather on sat high 62 low 53, mostly cloudy
06-24-2010, 02:23 PM
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06-24-2010, 03:14 PM
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if you're looking for lunch ideas, I would recommend Old Fisherman's Grotto @ Monterey's fishermans' warf.
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You could walk up and down the pier sampling the different chowders, but I always end up getting Grotto's chowder. It's cheaper if you just get a pint + a couple pieces of bread to go, and take it to the public beach in Carmel, or you could pay $10 to go to Pebble Beach. They have some picnic tables at the beach there you can eat at also.
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Then you can walk/bike around downtown carmel, cannery row, pebble beach to spend the afternoon. There's a mall too if you want to catch a movie. For dinner, there's tons of options, most of the places on the pier are good if you want to go back and catch the sunset reflecting on the bay.
yelp
You could walk up and down the pier sampling the different chowders, but I always end up getting Grotto's chowder. It's cheaper if you just get a pint + a couple pieces of bread to go, and take it to the public beach in Carmel, or you could pay $10 to go to Pebble Beach. They have some picnic tables at the beach there you can eat at also.
google map route
Then you can walk/bike around downtown carmel, cannery row, pebble beach to spend the afternoon. There's a mall too if you want to catch a movie. For dinner, there's tons of options, most of the places on the pier are good if you want to go back and catch the sunset reflecting on the bay.
06-24-2010, 03:52 PM
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Monterey is foggy, very foggy in the summertime fyi. The aquarium is amazing, just went again a few weeks ago. Takes at least a few hours though to take it all in so you'd have to get an early start from Sac that day if you were doign same day. Might want to think about kayaking if the weather is okay (they give you spray jackets and skirts so you won't get wet really)? You want a beautiful dinner experience? Take her for a sunset drive down the coast to big sur (well sun sets really late so maybe not sunset). Ventana lodge/resort spa has some of the nicest views, best cocktails, and pretty damn good food. It's pricey for sure, but I believe it to be quite a memorable experience. There's also a campsite below the lodge/resort run by them that's in a beautiful redwood grove if you feel like spending the night. Could pack fancy clothes for dinner and camping gear for the night all in the trunk as a surprise.
06-24-2010, 04:45 PM
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