Weekly Wrap-Up: Horse Racing, strolling in Seal Beach, and food fun! ~ Diane's Vintage Zest!

This will be a short weekly wrap-up, but this time it's on my regular Wednesday day. Yes! On a side note, this was definitely the perfect weekend! Lots of plans, but lots of "R & R" time too. :) Perfecto!

Precap:

Sights: House hunting, Los Alamitos Race Course, Seal Beach on Main Street
Eats: El Campeon, The Crema Cafe Bakery, Athens West, Thai on Main

Friday

Although I didn't do anything fun, I did get a great opportunity to network and talked with someone who offered me a potentially amazing opportunity for my professional life. Super exciting!

Saturday

I woke up bright and early to work out at 7am, so I could go house hunting for the whole morning. It is definitely exhausting, but hopefully the hard work will result in a house of our own soon!

Since we were in the area, we had a late lunch at El Campeon, which is an awesome authentic Mexican restaurant. Mmm!

I ordered a Beef Barbacoa and my guy had three taquitos. They were both served with beans & rice. These were easily the best beans that we've ever had! I'm not a huge fan of refried beans, but these were perfectly seasoned with a wonderful texture. Also, they had a great display of breads, so bought a couple to take back home. :)

We had just enough time to stop off at home and freshen up before going to the Los Alamitos Race Course. It was another online deal that I wanted to try out, especially because I had never been. Whenever anyone says that they're "off to the races," it reminds me of The Marx Brothers' movie. :)

The horse racing was so much fun, especially because we had entrance into the Vessels Club. It was a beautiful course, which was totally surprising to me.

We were located just near the Finish Line, which made for some exciting races! We had a bit to eat and drink while reading the race guide and placing a few bets. My guy made 3 bets (including one long-shot) and I made 2. He didn't win any of his... and I won both of mine! Mine were a bit more conservative of course, so it didn't quite make up for our losses. Yep, this pair of big spenders lost $2.10 playing the ponies. :)

We decided to skip out on the last couple of races after the sun went down and met with some friends for the night. We were out really late, and a fun time was had by all!

Sunday

I was sooo lazy the next day especially after having done so much the day before on so little sleep. We accepted a couple of meal invitations (again!) and decided to accept them because it was such a lovely day. For lunch, we went to Athens West. I ordered a salad although it was covered in way more gyro meat than I was expecting!

We walked up and down Main Street, which I've loved doing since I was a kid. We even saw a couple of cute vintage cars! Next, we went to The Crema Cafe bakery to pick up a couple loaves of bread. My guy couldn't resist getting a canele. I can't blame him, because they're scrumptious!

Afterwards, I did a little bit of blogging at home and we watched a movie. Yep, nice and relaxing! Next, we went to Thai on Main in Seal Beach again for dinner!

For appetizers, we ordered Beef Satay and Angel Wings.