Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Overnight is Santa Cruz
We had grand plans of going to Australia for January, but then I decided to apply to Business School which apparently is a lot of work so we settled on an overnight trip to Santa Cruz, which is obviously a close second. We stopped on the way down to go the Mystery Spot, because I had never been. They do not lie. It is a spot and it is mysterious. I normally love things like this, cultural oddities, optical illusions and slight of hand tricks fascinate me. But this place honestly sort of creeped me out. I couldn't figure it out at all and then I got nauseous and dizzy, but we were able to get a few pictures before I ran away screaming. They also make you take a 45 minute tour of a circular area, which seems a little unneccesary, so my dramatics got me out of watching a ball roll up hill another ten times.
We had dinner that night at The Palomar with a bunch of my friends, all of who are born and raised in Santa Cruz, none of who had ever been to the Mystery Spot. Evidently the other mystery of the Mystery Spot is who the hell goes there. It was a great dinner, but I don’t think any of then will be heading to the Mystery Spot any time soon. Lotus played tag with my friend Suzi's daughter, Sydney, and was just in love with her. Lotus is particularly good with kids slightly older than her. It freaks me out how quickly kids can assess a pecking order. Lotus will either ignore kids younger than her or snatch their toys away, but she is smart enough not to mess with anyone bigger than her.
We also had breakfast the next day with my friend Meredith who I have know since I was three. She also has not been to the Mystery Spot. Her daughter Madeline is about Lotus' age and is adorable. They played well, but Lotus did snatch quite a bit and since she was on Madeline's turf Madeline was not thrilled.
