Todos mis hijos

Ahem.

You may have noticed, my blogging is suffering this summer! I guess we've been busy.

I haven't even blogged about our trip back in May to San Francisco, so here it is.

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Stick had to go to SF to receive an award in behalf of his company for some of their work on I-15. Since our anniversary was the week before, it seemed like a good time to have a little "get away" together. We lined up the grandparents to babysit and hopped on a plane.

We arrived in Oakland early in the morning and then took the Alameda ferry into San Francisco.

Bay bridge.

(The San Francisco weather is not kind to my hair.)

Right after we got off the ferry, we went to the Farmer's Market at the Ferry building and got some breakfast. Then we headed into the city, walking around and exploring the sites.

We even found a little piece of wilderness tucked right between all the high rises. A teeny park of redwood trees.

We went to China Town for lunch. My food was super yum, Stick's was meh.

(ok, if you insist!)

Mid afternoon, we drove South to stay in Burlingame so Stick could go to the awards ceremony and I could crash at the hotel. He got the award and I slept for hours and dined on room service. A vacation where I get to sleep in a cold, dark, quiet room and people bring food to my door? Yes, please.

The next morning, we went back into the city. I had several things on my agenda: A discount fabric store in the Mission District, the "Painted Ladies," our old studio apartment, and the neighborhoods surrounding Baker Beach. We also squeezed in a drive by of the LDS church and Lombard St. ('cause you must drive it every time you go to SF, you know).

The fabric store was so great. I mainly wanted to buy knits, cause the selection at home is dismal. They had tons of choices and I could have spent hours browsing, but I managed to control myself. (We couldn't find parking, so Stick was driving around the block over and over waiting for me!) I came home with a nice stack of fun (and cheap!) new fabric.

We also drove over to check out Stick's old job site which also happens to be in the Mission District. Then we went to go check out our old studio (see below). Our studio was inside this pink building at the very back of the hallway. In the studio, if you stood on your tip toes and craned your neck just right, you could see the Golden Gate Bridge out the window. In other words, the landlord probably charged an arm and a leg 'cause it was a "room with a view"!

Yep, cable cars right in front. How quaint and San Francisco-y.

Lombard St.

The church.

The "Painted Ladies"

We had Stick's iPad with us to help with navigation, but one thing is still clear after all these years of marriage.....I am still a terrible navigator! (Even with electronic help.) It's a good thing our rental car was little, 'cause we made a lot of u-turns.

We drove through Golden Gate park and then bought some sandwiches in (I think) the Vietnamese part of town, heading over to Baker Beach for lunch. We already knew from a past visit that the north side of the beach, close to the Golden Gate Bride, is a nudist haven (!) The nudists did not disappoint this visit either. Even from a long ways away, we could see that some dude was walking around in his birthday suit, strutting around for all the world to see. Oh, San Francisco, you're so nutty!

Then we drove around some of the neighborhoods surrounding Baker Beach. There are all these big gorgeous houses with manicured lawns and million dollar views. (Years ago, our friends told us that Robin Williams lived there.) I often like to skip the touristy stuff on vacations and see regular neighborhoods, 'cause it's fun to snoop into the lives of regular people (like Robin Williams).

Panorama pic from my phone.

(Be glad you can't see the naked guy.)

(Uh, yes, it was windy. Why do you ask?)

Then across the Golden Gate bridge we went and into Marin County where we stayed in a water front town called, Tiburon.

Todos mis Hijos

San Francisco: Days 1-2

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