SBCA – BetweenTheParentheses

I decided for my dad’s birthday I didn’t want to be in New York. It was kinda depressing. (Obviously) I didn’t know how to handle my dad’s birthday without him. Do I celebrate him so I sulk? Do I sit around and look at old pictures? Do I go to Prime and order his steak and lobster with a glass of pino an empty chair for him?

I would be miserable for both his birthday and mine irregardless. (Our birthdays are a week apart from each other : July 6th and July 13. )

Last year on m birthday I had to rush my dad to the hospital he was feeling really weak because of an infection and we were at a hotel in Brooklyn (The McCaren)

And he would never come home again.

Still kinda haunts me honestly. But here I am.

Anyways, Santa Barbara was really relaxing even though I was crying the whole time lol.

My first night there I was exhausted. 6 hour flight idc that it was first class or not I was dehydrated and cranky and then I was in the car for two hours with someone who was complaining about driving two hours THE ENTIRE TIME. Listen don’t be an uber driver and complain to me the entire time. I have no time for you bitch.

I ordered myself chips and guac (which came with verde salsa as well) a Burata Salad with colorful tomatoes and avocado and a side of grilled salmon.

I feel like I literally only ate salmon and avocados the whole weekend. It was the theme of the weekend.

My dad’s birthday I woke up so early (due to the jet lag) and I went for such a beautiful hike.

my dad would have loved this view but I could also hear him complaining climbing this steep hill.

“Jackie why are we doing this? Let’s just go get breakfast at the diner.”

I stayed at the Bacara Ritz Carlton which was like unreal. A littttttle pricy but it was such a beautiful place. Very therapeutic but so much to do. Loved it. So much to explore. And I love an adventure moment.

if you decide to go anywhere in Santa Barbara two places are “Paseo Nuevo” and “The Funk Zone”.

Paseo Nuevo

This place is full of shopping, restaurants, bakeries, and some other stuff I don’t even remember it all. Delicious. Inspiring.

The Funk Zone

Basically an area that’s all wine tastings and breweries. It was cute but I didn’t stop in anywhere because I was alone and always scared of being murdered.

Speaking of scared of being murdered…

My hot uber driver: I gave him my number because he was cute but later on

He called me like 3 times at 11PM Pacific time.

I was 100% sure he was a murderer. I know that I am super cute and charming.

(But I wasn’t being 3 phone calls in a row interesting. So like ??? I’m scared)

But all in all downtown Santa Barbara is beautiful.

After all that walking and hustling I decided to eat and head by the pool.

The pool was unreal. The champagne was flowing. And so was the guacamole. Amazing.

V relaxing. I took a nap.

This is an early morning snap of the full pool area but I took this before the hike I took this morning.

After the pool I took a dip of my own into the fancy tub.

So relaxing to sit in a bath tub and watch a casual Harry Potter marathon. Y’all know how I’m a pot head ❤️

Twas amazing to just sit and take a moment. Feeling so gracious that I had the opportunity to even experience this life. But still feeling so small. But like warm. And like comfortable.

I decided to take a journey through nature and do some more hiking.

It was almost a eat pray love moment

I think staying in nature and embracing it was so relaxing and therapeutic for me. I loved being one with the trees and the earth it was v liberating.

this is a cute moment but I sat here waiting for them to clean my room as I had been a little piglet whilst I was in Santa Barbara

(More Salmon and Avocado)

I just couldn’t stop eating the entire time.

It’s weird to take pictures of yourself during a vacation but I had so many cute outfits that went unseen. Probably for the best because now I get to wear them again instead of holding a funeral for them. (Musnt be photographed in the same outfit twice)