Seaside Brunch

Everyone else was content to hang out and chat this morning so we didn't end up heading out to brunch until 11am.

We decided to go to Toasties in downtown Pacific Grove.

More coffee!

My niece chose scrambled eggs with potatoes and toast.

I was in the mood for eggs over easy and potatoes.

My other niece enjoyed bacon and banana chocolate chip pancakes.

MMM, bacon...

Banana chocolate pancake.

Then fueled by copious amounts of caffeine and sugar (is there any better combination) we did the next logical thing.


Manicures!


My niece went from this:

Pre-manicure.

To this:

Post-manicure.

My hands were transformed from this naked state:

Pre-manicure.

To this:

Post-manicure.

Now it is time to shop!

Bed and breakfast for all

One thing I really enjoy about my dogs? They always let me sleep in.

As long as they get a walk just before bed - they won't budge until I get up.

Even when I had a regular schedule during the week, on weekends they embraced endless hours of laying in with the enthusiasm of a sleep deprived teenager.

So when I eventually decided to get up (today it was 10:15am) I decided that we should all have a special brunch.

My breakfast.

The dogs breakfast.

I cooked 1 1/4 lb of ground turkey over medium heat with 1 Tbsp. of olive oil.

I pulled out 2 cups of the cook turkey for the dogs and 1 cup for mine. 

Next, I added in two generous handfuls of fresh spinach and let it cook until wilted.


I pulled out 1/3 of the spinach and put it aside with my ground turkey. 


For the dogs meal, I put 1 chopped apple back into the pan along with the spinach and added in 1/4 cup of chicken broth and a few dashes of fish sauce. I let this cook down until soft and mixed it into the dogs cooked meat.


I seasoned my meat with a dash of soy sauce and a tiny amount of chili paste. 


Then I added one egg cooked over easy to complete my meal.

Time to get some things done before I had off later today for a family birthday party.