{"id":5084,"date":"2022-01-19T21:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:28:01","slug":"bodega-bay-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2022\/01\/19\/bodega-bay-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodega Bay Getaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>With the surging Omicron variant, and aside from a few trips out to experience the Bayside Christmas Lights Drive-Thru<\/a> and explore new restaurants like Saigon Oi!<\/a> and Taiwan Best Mart<\/a>, we stayed mostly indoors burning calories with a new BTS pack<\/a> for Beat Saber<\/a> and helping Westley build dominos<\/a>, assemble his Lego Jeep<\/a>, and excavate dinosaur fossils<\/a>. For New Year’s Eve, we snuggled together on the couch for his first time watching the Times Square ball drop on TV. Feeling as if we barely relaxed over the holidays and eager for some time alone, Melody and I took a couple of days off after MLK weekend for a spa house<\/a> stay in Bodega Bay. We passed Westley off to my father-in-law after lunch<\/a> on Monday, then headed to the coast, stopping by Bodega Bay Oyster Co.<\/a> for some Kumamoto and medium Miyagi oysters to grill on our ocean-view balcony. We were impressed by the modern mid-century decor of the cabin and enjoyed a dip in the hot tub before calling it a night. We slept in next morning, briefly tried out the garage sauna, then lunched at Spud Point Crab Co<\/a> with crab rolls and chowder. In the afternoon, we bought mussels from Tides Wharf<\/a> and bigger oysters<\/a> to put on the grill, then played a few rounds of Pandemic<\/a> before heading to Fishetarian<\/a> for dinner. Melody shared her recent obsession of React to the K<\/a>, which kept us up late into the night analyzing K-pop music from Blackpink<\/a>, TWICE<\/a>, and AKMU<\/a>. On Wednesday, we stopped at Yeti Restaurant<\/a> for momos and curries on the way home through Napa, where we caught up on work and meetings at a study room in the library<\/a>. After a cheese run<\/a> and coffee break<\/a> at Oxbow Market<\/a>, we went to La Toque<\/a> for Chef Ken Frank’s 40th annual all black truffle tasting menu<\/a>, where highlights included a puff pastry-crusted truffle soup and a Frangelico black truffle ice cream bombe. Our early dinner helped us make it home in time to give Westley his good night kiss. Despite the time off, our food outings weighed heavily on our wallets, reminding us of recent inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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