Ryan has been traveling a bunch, and I was feeling left out going to some fun places with out me! So Ryan had some meeting in San Francisco, so I booked a ticket, made arrangements for the girls and we were on our way just 3 weeks later. And then it just so happened that his meetings were canceled so I got him all to myself anyway. I took this picture of us while we were waiting for our plane, and apparently Ryan was really excited to go on a trip with me :)
We flew in, got a rental car, stopped for dinner at a yummy little diner called the Jolly Roger, and went to the Warriors NBA game and had a great time.
We drove into the city and found our hotel, after we got checked in, even though it was pretty late, we were kind of hungry. So we took a walk around Union Square, and found a little diner and got some chocolate shakes. When we woke up in the morning I could NOT believe it, it was 10:55 am!!! I took still frame of my phone, because I could not believe it. We slept for almost 13 hours! With the black out shades, no kids, and no reason to wake up, we got some much needed sleep!
We got ready and went to the nearest LDS church. Randomly we walked in and saw Ryan's cousin Dave Blake and his family who live there. So we had a great time catching up with them and sitting with them during Sacrament Meeting. Then we drove around the city and explored a little, we drove across the bridge, down Lombard Street, and up and down the rolling hills of the city.
Then we drove up to Fairfield to visit Jane Anne, Colby and Weston. They were so nice to cook us dinner, and chat the evening away with us. We were so happy to see them in their cute home.
The next morning we took our time working out at the gym, then went to a highly recommended breakfast place just up the street called Sear's Fine Dining. Ryan got a delicious egg white omelette and I got what they're known for, their Swedish pancakes. It was all so yummy, and since we went later in the morning we didn't even have to wait to be seated!
Then we took the trolley across the city to Fisherman's Warf. Glad we took a ride on the transportation the city is known for. We were so lucky to have such beautiful weather the entire time we were there too.
Then we did a super touristy activity, that was also highly recommended, and really was such a blast. We rented some bikes, and biked all the way across the bridge down into Saulsilito, the cutest little town hidden on the side of a mountain right on the coast of the bay.
Once we got into Sausilito, we got lunch at the Napa Valley Burger Co., it was also recommended, and was so incredibly delicious. It was basically over priced, gourmet burgers. But we loved the atmosphere and the food really was incredible. Then we walked around and shopped around and took the Ferry back across the bay and returned our bikes.
We went up to Ghirardelli Square, then made our back to our hotel and grab some dinner at Boudin's and got soup in a sourdough bread bowl.
Our last day there we explored the city a bit more, and drove across the bridge to Sausilito and down into the redwoods and loved going from the city, to a coastal city, to a beautiful forest. Then we came back into town to eat some shi shi Mexican, Nopalitanos, and had to check out the Painted Ladies before we headed to the airport. It was the perfect get-a-way. We had a lot of rest, did a lot of fun things, and were so excited to get back to our girls.
