Not Any Given Sunday

On this sunny Swedish National Day I went downtown with two fellow nerd girls, Lucky and Arty. I'll leave in less than a week and we wanted to hang out before I disappear to live my awesome Swedish life.

The plan was lunch, but in the beautiful and spoiled Santa Barbara a lunch is never just a lunch. We did a tour worth a Lonely Planet recommendation. First it was lunch at Something's Fishy – a sushi bar with half price sushi during weekdays and apparently a Sunday too. It is a nice little restaurant on State St close to the ocean where they prepare the food just in front of you, either at the glass bar or on a big metal frying plate at the tables. We got two rolls each and shared between us trying all the different kinds of sushi.

Then we strolled along State St. Lucky needed a dress for her graduation, so we went  to Forever 21. However, I was the only one finding a dress, and what a dress it was! Flaming red, the fabric is folded into big roses, it's so pretty and sweet that I looked like a red cupcake in it.

Arty recommended the small art museum, so we went there, it was free. They had some wonderful Monets and amazing contemporary art. After the art we wanted dessert. We tried some gelato, but the goal was Crushcake cupcakes. It's a little cupcake place with the sweetest looking and tasting cupcakes you can imagine. We sat in the park devouring the delicious pieces, looking at the turtles and fishes in the pond.

On our way back we went up to the court house tower and watched the view over Santa Barbara. In the south there's the blue ocean, in the east the mountains. In the north and west the roofs are red, the walls white and the lush palm trees stick up between the houses.

When I got back I finished my take-home exam. Now there's only two more exams to go. What a wonderful Sunday, the last one in Santa Barbara.

Cred to Lucky for the pics.