Go Out Of Town And Take A Deep Breath

Friday we headed to San Francisco. D is a big Yankees fan and they were playing the Oakland A's so we decided to make a weekend of it. It was the best time I have had in San Fran in a long time.

I grew up in Santa Cruz and I have spent A LOT of time in San Francisco and still don't know my way around. We haven't spent the weekend in SF in a while and it was fun in a totally new and different way with a three year old. There were a lot of firsts this weekend. D got to see the Yankees for his first time, he had awesome seats and he got to see them do batting practice while Kai and I stayed back at the hotel.

We stayed at the Westin St Francis. We have stayed there before but this time we got a SWEET upgrade to a suite. It overlooked union square and the central light fixture was a chandelier, which made me want to upgrade all of the lighting in my house except that we need all the ceiling fans that we have. It was a very large room, big enough to play some baseball in :)



View of Union Square



Chandelier



That first day we rode on a trolley/cable car and Kai was so excited. We rode down through North Beach and than back to union square. I really enjoyed listening to the trumpet player who set up right down on the corner on union square while I relaxed on the bed and Kai went to sleep.

Yeah...pretty excited!

The next day Kai had some more firsts...We rode the BUS! whoohoo! who knew it was so much fun. I guess no car seat and all the people getting on and off is a total blast when you are three. We rode it down to the Presidio and walked along the Palace of Fine Arts which is really amazing. We spent the next couple of hours at the Exploratorium. I have a lot of really great memories coming here with family, friends and field trips. I think it might be a little better if you are older than 3, but Kai LOVED it. Kids can touch EVERYTHING. After a fun morning we went back for a much needed nap (well I needed one anyway)...once again we traveled via BUS (whoohoo!) Kai is very social and was asking fellow bus riders what kind of gum they were chewing and offering his opinion on different subjects- very entertaining.



First Bus Ride





Walking along the Presidio towards the Exploratorium



Exploratorium

Perfectly good drinking fountain water...Kai would NOT drink it even after I demonstrated. The whole concept is that people have strong aversions to ideas in their mind...



Palace of Fine Arts

Later in the evening, after multiple requests, we rode the bus down to the Cow Hollow/Pacific heights area, to walk around and have dinner. We decided on The Brixton which is actually a fairly loud bar, but don't you know when people are drinking and the music is loud, 3 year olds who sing and clang silverware together go completely unnoticed :) For an appetizer we had bagel knots which were completely delicious! I totally thought of Brandy and wondered if I could recreate the deliciousness like she did.



out to eat (notice clanging utensils ready to use)



There was so much walking and exploring to be had this weekend. It was such a nice distraction with all of the anxiety and stress I had last week. We came home yesterday evening and it felt like we had been gone a lot longer. We spent a lot of money this weekend (mostly on food) and have no items to show for it except some great memories....which as you know, are never regrettable. Today we emptied our bank account on a new mattress and bedroom furniture...we are upgrading to a much needed king size bed. Yep we did that instead of a trip to Hawaii UGH! besides I can't fly after the middle of June anyway. (I'll post more about that when we actually get the bed sometime in JULY- geeze backorder!)

And since I married a guy who is constantly DOING things...he and Kai are currently pick axing the back yard to put in a gas line for a BBQ. Sigh...

All this is to say that it was a good weekend and today is a good day. I know this next month leading up to Camille's birthday is going to be really rough... and sometimes we just have to be thankful for the good days because we all know how bad the bad ones are.  Thank you for all of the love sent my way this last week.