Hello! How was your lil day?
Mine was great because Tina a la Carrots N Cake came all the way from Boston to visit me in SoCal! What a doll!
Tina’s actually in town for some kind of game contest, Cross-Fight something or other, I’m not sure.
The point is we don’t like to go more than 30 days without hanging out and time was getting close so we made it happen. Next time she says I have to run to Boston. I just looked it up and it’s 3,000 miles. Ah! Wish me luck!
She is staying in Manhattan Beach and we walked down to the beach.
It was gorgeous today!!! California, I love you.
Spotted this on the beach bench… Rise above the hate. Noted.
Five minutes later it was time for lunch. We went to El Sombrero. It’s not the best Mexican food in SoCal but we were hungry. Next time I have to take her to one of my faves.
Once we did the responsible thing and ate a meal we got smashed were thirsty for an adult beverage.
Enter the Tin Roof Bistro
When it’s on the menu, always go with the Brazilian…
Then, it was a real flashback Friday situation that took me right back to the past… I used to drive from Torrance to Irvine every Friday to see Ben via THE 405. The traffic was always RIDICULOUS – and yep, it still is. Not really Nice to know.
Question: Do you say “the” before naming freeways like the Californians?
Obviously I do 
Have a great weekend!
I love your photo’s, Cool!!!
Haha, as previous commenters have pointed out, it’s definitely a SoCal thing. Funny thing is, now that I live in NorCal, I DON’T use it for freeways up here, but when I go down south to visit, I still use “the” in front of all the so-cal freeways. And for I-5…I think when I’m leaving Northern CA, I don’t use “the,” but I DO use it when I’m in LA. Old habits die hard, I guess!
Nice!!!
Yup, I do.
BTW, what’s that dish after your Brazilian? Looks like some stirfried veg?
We ordered an appetizer of brussel sprouts 🙂
It would just be plain weird NOT to use “the” when referring to a freeway! Californians have a cool vocab!
I love catching up with friends, but I have another 7 years until I can consume adult beverages 😉
Seriously cried laughing at the Californians skit. I definitely say “the” before freeways.
Now that you mention it — I guess I do. Ha — who knew?
In Chicago all the freeways were called by names, like the Dan Ryan or Eisenhower, so for the time I lived there I got used to calling them names, but “the” was definitely still in front of them.
Haha @ CrossFight. 🙂
No THE in the DC metro area. Maybe I’ll start a trend over here with it 🙂
I live in manhattan beach! Glad u were enjoying my beautiful stomping grounds 🙂 I was probably at the pier/beach at the same time as you with my toddler and mom who was visiting from WA. Speaking of that – I grew up in WA and never put “the” in front of freeways, then I moved to the mortheast for 10 years where everyone calls them “highways” and then finally have been in Cali for two years and after some prodding from my Cali born and bred hubby now always says “the 405” etc. I still have trouble with “the 5” though, since we have that in Seattle and call it “I-5.” I find that when I go back home I somehow naturally drop “the” in front of freeway names tho. Weird! Also – in Cali they always call freeway exits by their names (ie Sepulveda or Santa Monica) but in WA we often use exit numbers. Yet another thing my Cali man has beat out of me. (Ok not really beat out of me.)
We don’t say “the” …. down here in Memphis but I’m thinking that I’m going to try and see if I can get it to catch on. Call me a trendsetter.
I do say “the” before naming a freeway but I think that’s a Southern California thing. When I moved up to San Jose, people immediately knew I was from Southern California…they don’t say it up north.
My best friend makes fun of me because I started saying “the” after living in San Diego for 5 years. Now it’s habit and stuck!
I’d say that video’s accurate. I’ve lived in San Diego since January and find myself calling it The 15 or The 805. Guess I’m a cool/obnoxious Californian now too
Welcome to our club 🙂
haha that’s funny I love noticing differences in the way people talk like that! I don’t say THE in PA
Yes I never even noticed that I do that! Looks like a fun girls day!
I grew up in the High Desert in California. I grew up saying “the” before the freeway numbers (Like, I grew up right off of the 15). I’ve lived in Texas for 9 years now and STILL say ‘the’ before the freeway number. I get called on it A LOT 🙂 I won’t ever stop tho, I love when my California shows!
I’m originally an LA girl so I say the before the freeway numbers. I think I’m slowly getting of the habit now that I’ve been living in Milwaukee for two years. Did you used to live in Torrance? That’s where I was born and lived for a while when I moved back before hopping around the South Bay and then the valley. Yikes. Who would have guessed a South Bay girl could actually like the valley?
Oh my gosh The Californians were so funny! I totally say “the” before the freeway and I didnt realize it until I moved over to the East Coast and someone pointed it out!
Looks beautiful and like you had a great time!! That food looks AMAZING!
haha I do. just sounds so much better than a number alone….right?!
also apparently I have a grammatical issue because I always say I’m waiting ‘on’ line which cracks my friends up…I guess I’m supposed to wait ‘in’ line?! hah
It’s a reunion weekend !
I freakin love the Californians, so anything they do is cool in my book 😉 Sounds like an amazingly fun Friday!
Looks like you guys had fun today! Love the pics, so beautiful!
It’s not a California thing! It’s definitely just a SoCal thing! We NorCal people sort of hate it haha.
Ha! Oh no – busted!
I was going to say the same thing. Up here in NorCal we never use “the”.
Haha I was going to say that too!
Our part of CA, it’s just 101. Never THE 101.
I went to school in NorCal and always got made fun of for it…lol
it’s not common to say “the”. darn. i’m taking “the” for granted.
btw, the drink ingredients sound tasty.
Hilarious! I lived in Houston for a year and I always said “the” before the freeway. They did not like it. Which is weird because they would say “We are going to Rodeo” and I thought they should say The Rodeo. Needless to say my living in Houston was not successful. lol.
Ha! That is random about the rodeo – or should I just say rodeo?