Toby has been looking forward to the the weekend of 18-20 Nov 2011 for a long time.  This was a combination of our 14 year anniversary and Toby’s birthday weekend.  Poppa and YaYa generously took all 3 children for the 3 days. 

After Toby dropped the kids off on Friday evening, we met at The Cheesecake Factory in Thousand Oaks.  Toby was running late already and the very thick, Friday night traffic caused her to be about 30 minutes late.  We were seated almost immediately, and when the waitress came over, Toby said “Please bring me a bowl of any soup.  I am so hungry I am about to eat this spoon.”  The very kind waitress immediately brought her the soup, so the dinner was saved.

On Saturday, Toby and I spent the afternoon at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa.  In June, at the Salem company picnic, Toby won a raffle for a $200 gift certificate to the spa.  I had a ‘gentleman facial’ and a massage while Toby had a Chumash mud bath and a massage.  Afterward, we ate dinner at the resort restaurant, the Maravilla.

What weekend for Toby would be complete without a movie?  We saw ‘Tower Heist’ at possibly the only theater in town not playing ‘Twilight: Breaking Wind part 1’.  It was very funny.

We met my parents and grand parents at Woodranch in Ventura for an excellent late lunch.

All in all, it was an excellent birthday / anniversary weekend.  Lucy enjoyed her BBQ ribs at Woodranch.