Yet another day revolving around FOOD....

In the morning, we made another visit to our favorite breakfast spot, Renaud's. We used our Axxess Card to get a great 2-for-1 deal. I got the "Renaud's Breakfast", which is a lighter, European-style breakfast consisting of coffee, juice, a pastry, and fresh fruit. Brooke got an omelet (which she split with a friend), an almond croissant, and coffee. Although the omelets are good, it's the pastries that keep bringing us back. They're possibly the best, and by no coincidence, the most buttery pastries anywhere.
Immediately after breakfast, we headed to a 5hr-long sushi-making class held by the SBCC Adult Eduction program. We made nigiri, temaki-zushi (hand-rolled sushi), maki-zushi (sushi rolled with a bamboo mat), and miso soup. The amount of fresh fish was a bit weak, but for a $15 class, it was understandable. Later in the afternoon, we went to the open house of a new cupcake shop, Sweet Buttercup. Free mini cups. Yumm...
Brooke and I each tried a few, including chocolate, vanilla, cherry, and red velvet. The cake portion was a bit dry, but the frosting was excellent.
Despite our busy food schedule, we managed to get down to Carpinteria to pickup the race pack for tomorrow's triathlon. Brooke is doing her first Olympic-distance triathlon (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run). As always, I'll be watching from the sidelines, assuming the role of event photographer. We'll update you on the results tomorrow night....