Our First Warm, Sunny Summer Weekend

On Saturday night we had a dinner-and-a-movie date. Pixar's 'Up' was the feature film, in 3D no less- we looked trendy in our plastic glasses. Dinner was a feast at Fogo de Chao, Benson's favorite restaurant. We chowed down on the cheese rolls, fried banana and salad bar, and had our fill of the meat selection, too. Benson's fave is probably the house special ribeye, and mine is the Linguica (pork sausage). We got lucky because it was near closing time, so they started sharing the special cuts with everyone- we snagged some delicious beef ribs, yum!

Sunday morning Benson played bass guitar in two bands, first at the 9 a.m. service at Bel Air Presbyterian (our home church) and then also the 11 a.m. service at Hollywood Presbyterian Church. He loves these opportunities to play music, and I really dig watching him use his talents. B headed to work after that (still on a crunch schedule) so I visited the Main Street Farmer's Market, went to the beach for some tanning and reading, then met friends Suzy and Lisa for mani-pedis and some very enjoyable girlfriends time over margaritas at Lula's on Main Street. Overall, an eventful but laid-back schedule for this first weekend of real summer weather in Santa Monica.