Upcoming events for April 2014 near Fairview Manor Bed and Breakfast

April 12 - UCSC Arboretum Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with the 
             Native Plant Society, visit arboretum.ucsc.edu/calendar

April 13 - Santa Cruz Half Marathon, if half is a bit much you can opt for the
             10k or 5k walk/run. Visit www.firstwave-events.com

April 19 - Easter Egg Hunt on the Capitola Beach, visit www.capitolavillage.com

             Earth Day Santa Cruz, visit www.ecocruz.org

             Santa Cruz Mountain Wineries Passport Day (only 4 times a year)
             Find out which wineries are participating at www.scmwa.com/events 

April 26 - Ducky Derby, a fundraiser at Harvey West Park. Visit their site at
             www.duckyderbysantacruz.org

April 26-27 The Bigstick Logjam 2014 - 14th annual surfing event is old
             school! Old boards, no cords, single fins boards weighing 20 lbs +.
             www.i-m.co/JeffW/BigStickSurfingTEST/logjam.html

Fairview's Banana Bread Recipe, easy and yummy!

                                           BANANA BREAD 

1.5 cups flour

1 tsp (each) salt and baking soda

1/2 stick of melted butter, cooled

1 egg, whisked

1 cup sugar

2 large bananas, mashed well

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt and soda

In a small mixing bowl, combine mashed bananas and sugar then add the

butter and egg, mixing to combine.

Pour wet mixture into the dry and stir to combine.

Oven to 325 degrees

Pour prepared mixture into a greased loaf pan and bake for one hour.

Cool for ten minutes and then turn out onto a rack to cool.

Once cool, wrap in plastic wrap. Bread will keep for up to 7 days in the fridge.

Note:

Gluten flour works well in place of flour.

Chopped walnuts can also be added