This last weekend, like the one before, we went out on the fly. No planning, we didn't know where to go, we even questioned whether we should go out at all, since we were feeling lazy. But since this always happened, and I needed something to put in week 6 of my project life, we decided to get out and do something new anyhow. It's been good for us and we're always glad we push ourselves to do it.
So we decided to check out Balboa Island, in the daylight finally, since we had been to a restaurant once before when we first found the island, at night, we didn't get to check out much else.
We got dressed up, Headed out, found a great parking spot and took some pics before heading to a late Lunch/early Dinner at Ciao's.
We chose that place because every time we drove by, it looked adorable, and I loved how the front had no windows, so you could sit in the restaurant but basically be outside, which, lucky for us, the "window" seat was open so we got to sit there.
Ciao's is a little italian restaurant that seemed to also pride itself on great seafood, and considering its on a little island/peninsula, it should.
Not wanting too heavy a meal, so we decided to split an antipasti appetizer, and a salad, which sure, sounds lame, but actually fit our mood and appetites perfectly.
We decided to go with the raspberry vinaigrette goat cheese salad, because I figured we decided to try new things when we go out if we can, and even though its something I probably wouldn't have chosen in the past, because I've had bad experiences with goat cheese, the salad was AMAZING! I would definitely go back for that. Which is super surprising!
the appetizer we got was... special, it was a classic italian appetizer of just a platter of meats, cheeses, and veggies, that also had two pieces of brochette, and pasta salad.
Other then the brochette and the pasta salad, (which both were amazing, we decided we are going to try brochette everywhere) we didn't really know what to do with the rest. We ate a lot of it, but gosh, it was a little strange.
New experiences are good, and thats our goal every weekend, so we left very happy and satisfied :)
After we grabbed coffee and doughnuts at a local bakery and chilled out on a bench in the harbor for awhile. Which could have been nicer, but it was a busy day and there were just too many people around.
All in all it was a nice day though :) Balboa Island is a neat little place, with beautiful little boutiques and shops, food places everywhere, and a charm that I haven't seen much in California except for maybe Big Bear thus far.
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