These events always give me a chance to explore the area a little more than I normally would despite being local-ish to the area. I seldom travel to Orange County, so we took the opportunity to visit Newport Beach, which was a nice change of pace from the Los Angeles city life.
Before heading to the beach, we stopped by one of the local coffee shops: Moon Goat Cafe, which was a pretty cozy coffee shop, very quaint! I got myself a mocha and a home-made pumpkin spice poptart. muinarc got a ham and cheese sourdough toast. The poptart was a solid 10/10 for me, and I'd definitely get it again. The coffee was just average to me though.
Newport Beach itself was very pretty in the late morning. The ocean breeze was relaxing to walk though as we went on a 2-mile walk along the shore. We didn't spot any whales or sea lions in the Pacific Ocean, but we did see some small fish swimming near the dock (anchovies?). There were some people fishing along the dock and some of them managed to catch a fish or two as we passed by!
After the stroll along the beach, we had lunch at a food court in Stanton (Rodeo 39 Public Market) upon the recommendation of one of my coworkers. There were so many good-looking food dishes to choose from it was difficult to make a decision. We ended up getting dishes from 5 different places. I ended up getting some food from the Laotian restaurant, a milk tea beverage, and a nigiri rice ball. muinarc got a bulgogi rice roll and we got two dessert dishes from another place. Too much food
After stuffing ourselves, we walked off some of the calories at the Micro Center computer store. We are both into building PCs, so we spent a good hour or two gawking at the selection of PC parts available at the newly rennovated store.
