Before I show ya'll these pictures, I just want to state that my husband and I are BIG dorks. I don't know what our problem is, but we just don't take pictures. Ever. We take our camera places and pledge that THIS time will be different, but then we always forget to actually REMOVE the camera from our bag. That means that during our trip to San Francisco, we took a total of 56 pictures, of which 21 are too blurry or dark. The remaining pictures consist of incredibly uninspiring shots of the Golden Gate bridge and some redwoods at Muir Woods National Park, and dumb pictures of us that we took ourselves. So without further ado, here are pictures of us in various places.
We are ridiculous.San Francisco was great. It was around 70 degrees and sunny every day, and the people were SOOOOOO nice. It is probably the friendliest city I've ever visited. People said "excuse me" in the subway station! No one seemed to have a sense of urgency about anything, and the energy was definitely different than the east coast. I guess it must be the whole laid back, west coast thing. We had plans to eat our way across the city, and that's what we did!
This is what we ate:
a tamale from a street vendor at the Heart of the City Farmer's Market
dim sum at City View
raw oysters at the Hog Island Oyster Company
prosciutto di parma, mozzarella, and bread at the Ferry Plaza Marketplace
pastries from Miette (SOOOOOO good. I'm sad just thinking about it.)
Coffee and belgian waffles from the Blue Bottle Coffee Company. This was absolutely the BEST mocha I have ever had in my life. If you love coffee and ever visit San Francisco, this is the place to go. It's kind of a "scene" with lots of gay men dressed in black sipping espresso, and young trust fund hipsters on their mac books, but the employees are nice and the coffee is worth it.
Indian food from a little place in the Mission district
Cal-Mex from Mijita. This place was awesome. We had fish tacos, a quesadilla, and a salad of jicama, grapefruit, and roasted pumpkin seeds. I know...the salad sounds weird but it was VERY good. And the quesadilla was amazing. Instead of a tortilla with fillings, it was a fresh masa fritter filled with roasted green and red peppers, and lots of cheese. Probably similar to a gordita. That quesadilla was one of my favorite food items from our trip, along with my mocha from Blue Bottle and pastries from Miette.
cheese from the Cowgirl Creamery
Lunch at the Pelican Inn
A BIG Italian dinner Stella Alpina Osteria in Burlingame. This was right before we had to board the redeye back to NC, and I honestly didn't think I was going to make it. I ate so much I was almost doubled over in pain. NOT a good idea before traveling.
We did a lot of shopping, too. We went to the pirate store, and Paxton Gate, and lots and lots of other places! We saw the Golden Gate bridge and Muir Beach Overlook, and I almost had a heart attack while Joel drove our rental car down the steepest hills of all time.
We missed Benjamin and talked about him quite a bit, but it was good for us to get away and rediscover who we are without a baby around. In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, "It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend it."*
*Note: I am not trying to suggest that we have means. That is just a quote that always pops in my mind whenever I get to do something super amazing.
Life is fun!
3 comments:
San Francisco is so fun. However, we seemed to have missed most of those eating places. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to go again.
Also - thanks for sharing the pictures - they were GOOD. And in 10 - 15 years you'll think so too. I learned that first from your Grandma Etta.
Darn! I guess you'll just have to take a vacation to SF:) Did you know they have 1 restaurant for every 28 residents? And you're right...even a few pictures are better than no pictures.
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