The wind has been howling so loudly in the last few days.  Stacy Michelle came up this weekend and we had a very enjoyable time.  We went to dinner at Hurricane Kate’s and then to the Shanty and met up with some of my friends for drinks on Friday.  Yesterday we got a bagel and hiked Trinidad Head then went down to the Loleta Cheese Factory and tasted all sorts of yummy cheeses.  We came back to my place and relaxed until the evening when we went over to Deric’s and he cooked us the most amazing meal of cheese puffs, marinated tofu for me and halibut for them with this asparagus and spinach sauce that was soooo good, peas with fennel and tarragon, and for dessert homemade truffles and dulce de leche ice cream with white chocolate and toffee.  He is insane in the kitchen and so amazing.  Then we tried to do a 750 piece CSI puzzle and after 2 hours gave up cuz it was too hard.  Stace and I had breakfast at the Alibi this morning before she headed back to Santa Cruz.  All in all a very enjoyable weekend.  And tonight is trash tv night!  YAY!