This week: Our first real vacation.

Before summer is over and we head back to the classrooms (and glue ourselves back in front of our computers), Zips and I decided to have a Great California Adventure ('09). We've had one Great California Adventure ('06), but it involved getting stuck in an airplane in Phoenix for several hours in 106 degree weather, a case of pink-eye, a hotel with no a/c, and too many hard-boiled eggs. We did enjoy the great rolling hills of San Francisco, and made the most of the pink eye situation, but Zips is ready to give the Golden State a second go-round. You can see from our map that we're risking a little over-planning, but I think it's good to have lots of options to pick from. Most likely, we'll go to the things we have tickets to, and spend the rest of the time on a beach!

There are a lot of lovely sounding veg-friendly restaurants (of course), so I look forward to whipping out my camera at the table to post here.

And yes, if you look closely, you'll see that I've located all three of the Ikeas in the LA area. I don't know if we'll go to all of them, but better to be safe than sorry. curse you, excellent and affordable swedish home designs!