The Great Ferret Reunion 2007

Every so often the planets are aligned just so and something amazing happens...the ferrets re-unite-ah! It just so happened that Kelly was flying in from London for a couple of days. Matt, who loves driving long distances in his Honda, decided to drive out from Flagstaff. V, being only two hours away, hopped on a train and zipped down to join the rest of us who eagerly awaited her arrival. It was the first time we have all been together since Nova Scotia five years ago!!!

We got the weekend started right away with dinner at The Tractor Room, Dench- party of 5.
It was pricey, but the food was excellent. We all had meat of some kind (their specialty- no vegans allowed) and shared a bunch of wicked yummy side dishes (mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and a maple butternut squash that was like dessert!).

The next day we drove up to Julian to sample some pie. Also, I just had to show Kelly the Stars Hollow of California. The winding roads led us to that main street that Kurt and I are all too familiar with. We walked around, watched a movie or tv show being filmed on a side street, perused a book store, ate pie, and soaked up the small town feel.

Pie Girl likes to hang out and just smell the pies baking.

V contemplates...apple? key lime? mountain berry crunch? ahhhh!!!!

No trip to Cali would be complete without some chill time at the beach. We headed out to La Jolla and found a spot on Birdrock (right next to my house that I will own some day) to spread out. There is something about Matt and the California lifestyle that just don't go together....hmmm....what is it?


After heading home for some Passion fruit smoothies, Pie Girl, Kelly, and V hoped in the car and headed north to Pasadena for the night. Wiped out by all the relaxing they did that weekend they went straight to sleep. The next morning we had to drop V off at work :( and then we headed out to the WB studios! Happy Birthday to me!

Michael, our awesome tour guide, and my new best friend.

Too much fun sent Kelly to the ER.

Finally, after all this time, we arrived in Stars Hollow.



If only Luke was behind the counter.

Oh, well. Kelly will do. I'll have coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. And a paper coffee cup to go!

My very own Crap Shack.

Ooh! Meg, should I take 101 North???

A quick stop by the USC campus, which is gorgeous by the way, led us to this article in which Kelly was quoted! Although she didn't find exactly what she was looking for, we had a lot of fun like totally pretending to be college students again.

After a lovely dinner with V back in Pasadena, minus the hot pepper seed that V and I both accidentally ingested, Kelly and I headed back to SD. It was late when we arrived back at Ferret Cabin, so we went straight to bed. The next day's plan was to buy a beach chair and sit on the beach. We figured we better do some serious carbo-loading before we attempted all that so we headed to the Hash House a Go Go....

The plates themselves were so ridiculously enormous that they barely fit on the table. My Snickers pancake and Kelly's s'mores coffee gave us some seriously full tummies. The only thing to do next was to waddle 1/2 a block to the nail salon to get a mani/pedi.

The next day Dirt Doc was on Kelly duty while Pie Girl headed to the zoo to meet up with one of her favorite families...The Shutes!!! They had been planning to meet here at the zoo ever since we all found out that Pie Girl was moving out to San Diego. They spent the day squirming over snakes, looking for the turtles, and laughing at the monkeys.

Two monkeys pose in front of the Elephant area.

It was quite a busy week that was packed with excitement. Even though we are meeting new people and making friends here in California we were happy to see all of these familiar faces.