Living Green: The Last Minute

Monday, February 4, 2013

The Last Minute

Heber and I are not really good planners. I blame it on years of being students and having no idea when you're going to get done with homework. We've been last minute people for years and tended to befriend last minute people too. This is a bit more complicated with a baby and if friends have a baby. Yet, we've managed to maintain our last-minutedness (not a word but totally works in this case).

This must sound crazy, coming from a person who planned events for a living for the past several years. Somehow the planning never fully integrated into my personal life.

I realize that this is going to have to change someday but for the moment, it takes us on some pretty great adventures, and you know how I feel about adventure. The last minute is not about researching the absolute best restaurant or the neatest thing to see, oh no, it's all about the hole in the wall restaurant or neighborhood. It's about exploring and taking what you find.

We've had ample opportunity to explore. When you move somewhere new, all you do is explore. It's not such a bad thing (unless you accidently end up driving the opposite direction from where you want to go and turn up on a toll road with your GPS crapping out. Awesome.).

Last weekend, we were having one of those nights. Wanted to get out but really didn't want to go to any of the old stand-bys. So, we googled crepes (I love crepes) and into the car we went. We drove to Clifton. What? You've never heard of it? It's what I would classify as a tiny town amidst a big city. It's out of the way and feels like there's not 2 million people a mere 3 miles away.

I love pictures like this, mothering in action.

We went to the Clifton Cafe and were met with delicious hot chocolate and fresh crepes. For me, always a dessert crepe and Heber had an entree crepe. It's one of those places that becomes your place, it's so welcoming and cute. We'll be back, I'm sure. Probably at the last minute again.