Save Me San Fran

Alcatraz

I tagged along for the second time on one of Adam's business trips to San Francisco.  We flew in 2 days before he had to be there and got to spend time with Gabe and Jennah.  Once we arrived we met up with them and went for some clam chowder in sourdough bowls at Pier 39 and then headed straight to Muir Woods.

Last time in San Fran, we got to Muir Woods late after indulging in Napa for too long, and couldn't see a thing, it was so dark.  This time it was all fog like and rainy, but totally cool.  Those trees are huge.

I am so glad we made the return trip.

Day 2, we spent in Napa Valley.  We visited 4 winerys, and had a fabulous time.  This time we shared tastings which made the trip much more tolerable.  Funny, that I actually want to see the difference in wines and how they taste rather than just drink to get buzzed.  We actually had a game plan... eat breakfast, and share tastings.  It works.

Our favorite was Mumm's... where they served champagne   We liked it because where we were standing was the view from our table.  Glorious.

Wine tastings was followed by a late lunch at Mustards.

erica n' jennah

Monday and Tuesday, Jennah and I hung out during the days, we visited the Walt Disney Museum and paid homage to the guy who brought us together.  They were having a special exhibit on Snow White as well, so we paid extra and learned a bunch about the making of Walt's first animated feature film.  Amazing.

Made a stop at Ghiradelli... in which I was very excited they changed the G into green and red bulbs for Christmas.

We stopped at Buena Vista, known for their Irish Coffee.  I wasn't sure if I would like it... but who knew, I do!

We dined on ciopinno at night with the boys.  Adam and I talk about our first ciopinno experience fondly and couldn't wait to have more.  (As you can tell by our faces below.)

We skipped out on our last visit eating at Mama's since we were there on the weekend and the line can wrap around the entire building.  This time J and I went on Tuesday morning and still stood in line.  We waited for about 45 minutes to finally place our orders.  Which wasn't so bad.  With coaching from Dave back at home, I ordered the french toast sampler and was not disappointed!!!  It was awesome!

I also dragged Jennah across the city to see this staircase, made completely by hand out of mosaic pieces.  I read somewhere that it was a "San Francisco treasure" that most do not see.  And since I didn't want to repeat all the sight seeing from last time it was somewhere I wanted to go.  My favorite part was seeing another part of SF and walking thru the neighborhoods to get to the stairs... they were so darn cute.

Afterwards, we went to the SF Science Museum, where we saw baby ostriches, reindeer, an albino alligator, got to pet starfish, and sea urchins and also got to go in a room that simulates an earthquake.

We had another great SF experience... and I managed another almost 200 pictures...
Until next time San Francisco... until next time....