Return to Orange

Orange was never a destination on my original itinerary, but when I met Jon and Brenna in New Orleans it was added to the list and I’ve stopped here twice! I’ve enjoyed hanging out with them and getting a little local flavor, good food and good times.

On Friday Brenna and I did our own Orange hop including The Filling Station for breakfast, The Perfect Circle Cupcakery for a treat, and then The Bruery where Brenna works for a few tasting flights of delicious craft beers. After the Bruery it was off to Goodwill for a little shopping and The Moose Museum, filled with moose memorabilia by a guy who’s never seen a moose…odd. In the evening we had sopes on the porch and then it was off to The Fling, a bar around the corner where we met a Playboy bunny from the 1960s, her two daughters, and grandson dancing the night away to Eddie Day, the Wizard of Rock and Roll.

Saturday morning Jon and I went for breakfast and I started my day with some amazing huevos rancheros and a banana coconut smoothie. Jon took me down to see The Wedge, Balboa, Laguna, and through the canyon where I learned that cyn = canyon. I had been thinking it was pronounced ‘sin’ and I know idea why it was on a lot of the street signs I’d passed. We made it out in the evening to see Alejandro’s Awesome Surf Band and did a little dancing.