by laura beth

Our friend Drew drove us all the way to Riverside to go to a Vespers service at St. Andrew Orthodox Church only to find out that the service was canceled by the Priest who was stuck in another town after a conference. A small group of parishioners were there cooking for the homeless. They let us in so we did get to take a look at the church and spent sometime in the bookstore. Hopefully we can visit next year when we come back.

With heads hung low, we went to Tio's Tacos.This place is amazing, and the photos do no justice. It's a huge double lot with the small restaurant, a small house, and another building. the rest of the space is littered with sculptures, fountains, folk art, mosaics, a bottle Chapel, and outdoor seating. The food looked awesome, but I found myself slightly dissatisfied with my GINORMOUS bean and rice burrito (to be fair, it was much better left over the next day). I'd like to go back to sample something non-vegetarian.