San Francisco

Our year of travel is officially in action! Since it's just the two of us and we happen to have semi-flexible jobs...we decided that in 2013, we are traveling as much as possible. Here goes nothing!

We just got back from our spring break trip to San Francisco to visit London and Julia, some of our favorite camp friends. They started dating at camp in 2008 (like us), and now we're all married!! :)

Day 1: While Jules was at work, Mike took us on a hike before we met her later on in the city.

Hiking at Claremont Canyon in Berekely
Unfortunately Londo didn't tell me a maxi skirt + cowgirl boots probably weren't suitable for this uphill climb... ;)

Steepness. Of course the boys had to race to the top!
They always pick up RIGHT where they left off...and I just listen and laugh.

Day 2: All day walking around San Fran

the "Painted Ladies" to most : THE PLACE OF THE FULL HOUSE THEME SONG (!!!!!) to me

We started walking down Steiner St all the way to Mrs. Doubtfire's house; however, when London realized we were passing Japantown, he insisted that we take a detour. It was well worth it because of PIKA PIKA! It's a store full of Japanese photo booths. And all of the instructions in Japanese. With London + Mark around, it created nothing but laughing the ENTIRE time.

Pika Pika...full of the most hilarious, detailed photo booths ever.

Some of our Pika Pika creations.
The boys spent a solid 20 minutes intensely decorating these pictures with stickers and sparkles :)
The employee even complimented them on their "creativity" with the toilet bowl scene. Ha! Props, London.

Since Mark wasn't giddy about the Full House rendezvous, we hit up Mrs. Doubtfire's house.
"Well, helloooooo!!!!!!"

One of my favorite parts of our trip was visiting London at work. For those of you lucky enough to know London, you know that he is one of the most effortlessly entertaining humans on the planet. He works here. 

The SF Maritime National Historical Park hosts overnight field trips. The students sleep on the ship and take a trip back in time learning San Francisco history and participating in teamwork activities (along with a bit of discipline and acquiring a new vernacular aboard the ship..."Aye aye, Captain!"). How cool is that?! Amazing.

Captain London in his office. He has the best views of SF!

Heading back to the BART station.
Singing The Fray's "Over My Head (Cable Car)" in my head the whole time, of course.

Day 3: Wine Country!

Jules works for Go West Tours, and she hooked us up with a surprise trip to Napa + Sonoma on her day off!!!! :) :) :) Thanks forever, Jules!!

The first winery we went to was in Sonoma. It was our favorite. We love Benziger Winery, where we learned lots about biodynamic farming. Who knew?! It was really fascinating.

With my honey at Benziger Winery!!

All 4 of us at Imagery (Sonoma)

Hess Collection (Napa)
I love that there is wisteria EVERYWHERE in San Fran!!

After visiting the wineries, we went to a late lunch in Napa. We immediately followed that with an early dinner stop at In-N-Out on the way back to Oakland. Talk about YUM.

We missed out on the secret menu...much to our disappointment. Until next time!

Day 4: This day was full of relaxation and catching up. We watched a movie, did some Kombucha "research" at Whole Foods, and went for a walk around a park. 

Waiting for our redeye back to Charlotte.

We miss you already, London + Jules!!! Y'all are the best hosts ever. THANK YOU! We had the best, best, best time! Love you both oh-so-much. xxxxxxxx