San Francisco

It's no secret that I love to travel and it's especially great when you get to travel with fun friends. I had the opportunity to travel with some girlfriends to San Francisco for a little get away over Memorial Day weekend. My friend Bam Bam had never been to SF and had always wanted to go so we made it happen. We had a great time, enjoyed beautiful weather (a bit cold the first two days) and we crammed in a lot in the few days we were there.  To sum the weekend up....we ate, we walked, we shopped and we laughed.  Successful trip!

 Kareth, Bam Bam (Kim) and me on the plane to SF. I had no idea they were both so terrified of take offs.

 China Town

 It seemed like there was a BofA on every corner. This one was the coolest. 

 Street art mural in China Town

 Visit to Alcatraz

 View from Alcatraz

 My all time favorite crepe place is on Pier 39. I admit that I felt bad eating there without Ricky because I know he loves them too so I just sent him this picture instead. 

Kareth and Bam doing their best Sea Lion impersonation. 

Yes, there is a sign at the bottom of the hill that says "Caution: 90 degree angle" and yes, we walked up it. I tried to persuade them to ride the cable car but we sucked it up and made the hike up Hyde street for about four blocks up hill to Lombard. 

View from the top of Lombard street. 

 Walking down Lombard's switchback curves.

 I had never been to Haight/Ashbury district before but Bam really wanted to go so it was neat to see all of that for the first time. 

 This pink house is where Janice Joplin lived at one point in the Haight/Ashbury district.

 We went to the Japanese Gardens in Golden Gate Park

 We rode our Big Red Tour Bus over the bridge to Sausalito Island. Unfortunately it took us close to two hours to make it from Golden Gate Park to the lookout point because of traffic so by the time we got there we were sun burned, starving and anxious to get off the bus. 

 On Sausalito island we had some of the best ice cream I've ever had. We got a fresh waffle cone and sat on the rock near the water and enjoyed the peaceful and beautiful view of the ocean.

View over San Fran on our flight home. 

While I was away, the boys got a special treat.  They had three girl cousins (Erica, Sadie and Esme) come with Tutu's to visit for a couple of days.  They had a wonderful time and Daddy appreciated the extra help.