It’s been a while since I’ve posted last and to be honest I
haven’t been that busy. I think I just wanted to have exciting stuff happen so I had
something solid to write about. We’ve been in San Francisco for a little over
two months now and as I’ve been saying, “so far so good”. I like the city, but I’ve come to realize over the past few weeks I’m not as much of a city girl
as I thought, which disappoints me in a way because I thought I would love this
lifestyle and the accessibility and don’t get me wrong it’s great, but I am
more of an ocean minded soul at heart. I miss the hot sun and the ocean.
I think this became more apparent on my recent trip to Florida
to attend my best friend’s wedding, the now, Mrs. Ashley Jones.
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| Me, Ashley (Bride) and Maricel, Friends Forever |
Going back home
always given me that choked up feeling. It was so nice to be surrounded by
familiar faces and pick up right where we left off, without any of the “where
are you from?” and “what do you do?” Filler conversation.
Speaking of that, I am still working remotely for EHGRP (the
marketing gurus behind Brian Malarkey’s restaurant empire), but I’ve recently
started working with a little 4 year-old boy named Dylan as his part time
nanny. I love this setup because I get to work with the same amazing team in
San Diego and also see the city with Dylan.
But back to familiarity, I just realized I missed that ocean-centric lifestyle and having friends and family close by doesn’t hurt either. I’ve
met a few people in the city, some from our roommate Michael and others through
Tyler’s childhood friends, but it has been a challenge. Working from home and
hanging out with a 4 year-old doesn’t give me opportunities to meet
new people and when I do I guess I’m a tad bit socially awkward. So needless to
say I’ve got a handful of people I’ve met through other people, but I’m still overly
excited when friends come to visit.
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| The Saxons came to visit and introduced us to Christina |
A few weeks ago we had visitors, William; Tyler’s best
friend’s little brother and his friend Derek, and our child Austin, in town for
a pretty epic weekend. We went to Sonoma for a 3 vineyard wine tasting that
turned into a, “I don’t really remember” kind of time and then we experienced
our first Bay to Breakers at our friend Eric’s house party. The city comes
alive and it’s an anything goes type of affair; nudity, drinking, dancing,
costumes, floats, you name it and it was probably a part of this race.
Starting at 6AM we were pretty much done by 1PM and we were
incredibly happy about it, because that weekend felt like 7 days.
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| The Wine Country Crew |
Just recently our San Diego sunshines, Graci and Colbee came
to visit. Tyler typically doesn’t do the “tourist” thing, but since Colbee didn’t
get to see much of the city on his one day visit and Graci had never been, I
figured let’s do all of the “must sees” touristy or not.
Saturday, was pretty much a walking tour of the city,
starting with breakfast at Stable Café then a BART ride to the Embarcadero to
see the huge farmer’s market at the Ferry Building. We stopped for a drink and
then continued on to the Fisherman’s Wharf and an Irish Coffee at Buena Vista,
then Ghiradelli Square and finally to the Marina District for Tacolicious (their carnitas tacos are the bomb).
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| Irish Coffees at Buena Vista |
Afterwards we all took naps like old people do and woke up
for our favorite restaurant experience, Beretta.
Sunday Funday commenced at 8AM with a light breakfast at the
Grove, a cute little ski lodge theme café and off the Bike and View to pick up
our rides! We biked from the Marina to Fort Point and across the Golden Gate Bridge.
The views were amazing, but it was super windy. We rode across the bridge to
Sausalito where we stopped for lunch at Scoma’s and had a drink at the Trident,
which is also owned by the same guy who owns Buena Vista. After our drinks we
hopped on the ferry to ride back to the city.
It was an amazing weekend packed full of activities and I
was so happy to experience NEW things in the city and show friends around our
favorites.
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| Our Farewell Ferry Boat Ride |
FYI- whoever wants to come visit is more than welcome, I
created this interactive map http://bit.ly/10Mccm9 for my lovely
duo and I will do the same for each visitor along with a customized itinerary J . (Heather, Jay, Ashley,
Justin, Sarah, Kevin, Maricel, Damion, Jamie, Tim, Kelli, Lisa, John, Ceara, Meagan, Nick,
Nick B, Brandon, Angel, Jason, and the list can go on and on….) Until next time….
