Birthday brunch

Birthday kids posing in front of Fletcher Cove Community Center

I was inspired last year when my sister had her own blowout party for a certain significant birthday.  And since Steven and I both had a significant birthday this June, I thought why not have a big party?  I'd also had a hankering for years to do something at the Fletcher Cove Community Center in Solana Beach. This 1100 square foot building was a former military barrack.  It sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean and was completely renovated a few years back.

Brunch time.

 We had bagels and knishes and blintzes and Toll House chocolate chip cookies. The requisite birthday slideshow played silently in the background.

Friends enjoying the view of the Pacific from the bluff.

Hmmm.. could that be my sister Cindy?  Better check out the name tag.

If you didn't want to look at the ocean, you could paint beach rocks, play lawn games (Flickn Chicken anyone?), enjoy an old timey soda, or play a guessing game (people, places, events of 1964). And my family came down from Washington state. Everyone was able to relax and enjoy the day.  It passed too quickly.

Samuel and Grandpa Sherman paint beach rocks.

And last, but not least, we had cake, graciously provided by Sherman and Marlene.  It was a chocolate vanilla creme concoction from the locally famous VG Donut and Bakery shop.  Steven's parents had to wait in a line that snaked around the corner to order it.   All our tastebuds appreciated the effort.