So we made our reservation and were ready to rock..we heard many great things about Bo Beau in O.B so we decided to try it out. The person who took our reservation for the kayaking said to get there around 8 and wear shorts and flip flops, so we looked cute at dinner and brought a change of clothes.
We got to the restaurant around six. as we walked up I realize perhaps heels was not the way to go. The sidewalk in made of small rocks....
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| the sidewalk up to Bo Beau |
The restaurant was super cute, wish we had more time to really look around but we were on a schedule (kinda)
We walk in and the manager, Janet asks if we want to sit outside or inside, we choose outside, she shows us to our table and tell us about the special and about some of really good things we should try. We take her suggestions and get the treaty of paris drink it has beefeater gin, eucamint sour and smashed green grapes. As Janet said "it's refreshing and very drinkable" and it was some tasty goodness. She also suggested the crispy brussels sprouts, Heather immediately made a face but Janet insisted that they were delicious so we also tried, hell that is why we are here, to try new things.
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| Janet, the manager |
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| me being silly |
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| crispy brussels sprouts |
The brussels sprouts were sweet and salty and good, Heather was impressed with them, me not so much but then again (as Shealyn says) I don't like anything hahaha. Heather was also impressed with the look of all the food "how do they get it to look messy and beautiful at the same time?"
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| Heather likes them |
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| Treaty of Paris |
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| Heather, Janet and the chef Katherine Humphus |
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| such a cute place |
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| Heather kept laughing at me taking pics |
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| Heather being fancy |
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| Heather is a messy eater hahahaha |
At this point Heather was getting stuffed..she felt she couldn't eat anymore...I told her to slow down we still had more food coming hahaha.
But then we had to get going to make it to kayaking on time....we had to be there at 8 pm and we were cutting it close so as we raced through traffic I changed into my kayaking clothes which was a cute one piece I just slipped on under my dress. We got to the place thinking we were too late because we were 7 minutes late but we see the truck that has the kayaks and felt a little relieved. We grab our vouchers and release forms and Heather's change of clothes and head over to the truck.
As we were putting on out life vests (safety first) I spot 4 people walking towards us and I tell Rob that people are coming and it as it turns out they are part of our group. They walk up and announce that they are here, Rob tells them that they are too late, they argue that they are 3 minutes late, Rob says that they are supposed to be here a half hour ago, they group claims they know no such thing "no one told me" Rob says fine they can go, then asks for their release forms and what a surprise they don't have any...they didn't know. Rob then puts his foot down and says no they cannot go. The group gets all pissy calling Rob an asshole and makes more rude comments then they walk off, Heather and I help Rob put away the extra kayaks, then I the group drives up and says "just so you know, me and my friend are going to be deployed on Friday and tonight was last time we were going to have a night out with our wives" my thoughts were don't be late, jerk. Heather got real pissed. I was so glad that the jerks didn't get with us after all.
After the kayaks are put away Rob gives us some instructions on how to steer the kayak and has us take our kayak down to the water, we get in and he has us go over to the buoy, as we do I start singing the theme song to Jaws (which I later find out that Heather has never seen that movie) he paddles over and we begin a history lesson about San Diego's harbor, Heather seemed to be interested in it, but I really wasn't listening I was too mesmerized by my surroundings. The stars, the lights, the darkness, the calmness of the water. The water was also very warm, I wanted to just jump in it. We paddle over to Sea World and Rob then gives us a history lesson on Sea World itself which I did listen to. (I love Sea World)
Rob points out where the fireworks are going to be and we paddle over to a safety area to watch them, Rob then gives us a history lesson on fireworks, which I thought was very interesting.
The fireworks begin and it was so beautiful, they were life right above us, I wanted to just lay back and enjoy..you kinda forget that you are on the water (25 feet deep by the way) Heather was all ooo's and ahh's and said over and over "I like the big boom". We seriously both turned into children. We both liked the popcorn ones, the colors were amazing. When the fireworks were over we prattled straight back to the beach area we started from... Every time I thought I really had the hang of it, I would splash large amounts of water on myself and realize real quick I didn't have any idea what I was doing haha.
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| I didn't take this pic, I was scared to take my camera out on the water |
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| I also did not take this pic, but wanted to show you a pic of fireworks :) |
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| The after photo |
It was so fun, we got back and helped Rob put away our kayak. We couldn't stop giggling, Rob says "you two have a lot of together, huh?" we agree, we do.
We were so wet and sandy and sticky, went over to the shower to rinse our legs and feet and then went home.
Heather is definitely one to have a super fun adventure with, and what an awesome adventure it was.
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