Love birthday week.
Yes, week not day. For the last 10
years, I've been sharing my bday with my lovely (now) hubby. My best
friend's bday is the day after, so we all get together and really make
it a celebration every year.
This year took us to to see them in beautiful San Francisco. Can
you see how excited we were to get there!!! This was us waiting for
them to pick us up at the airport.
{Saturday}
Running
on only a few hours of sleep over the last two days, I still couldn't
sleep on the plane. I use to HATE flying, but actually quite enjoy it
now. I find myself looking out the window and thinking it's unreal we
are able to do this. Needless to say, the traveling didn't help my
sleepiness. However, once we got there, I was SO excited to see our
friends. It was like I had all the energy in the world.
We drove back to their lovely abode, tossed our bags, cheers-ed
to us making it with pumpkin beers, and then headed out for our first
adventure. We met some of their friends for lunch at a local crepe
restaurant. We reloaded on some coffee and split a delicious crepe.
While waiting for our ride to the Bride Benefit Concert, we
decided to go across the street for one more birthday beer. Do you see
where this evening is headed....
It was a pretty quick drive out of the city, and we had a few more
pregame beers before the show. We weren't in the closest seats, but it
was nice to be in the lawn section.
These
are the last pictures I took that night. Kyle saved us by ordering
delicious pizza when we got back to the apartment. It was hilarious
that every night we all passed out in the living room while we were
there. About half way through the night, we would all wake up and adjust
to where we were supposed to sleep. We had way too much fun and lots
of great memories...
I did
get this lovely picture of what my puppy was up to while we were gone.
My brother dropped us off at the airport and was gone for about two
hours. He has some separation anxiety, but we are working on it.
Luckily we are hoping to put hardwood in our living room space anyways.
He is just helping us get it sooner. Doesn't he look so proud of his
work?
{Sunday}
This
was a lazy day! Since we had a little too much fun, we did absolutely
nothing but hang out on Sunday. D was amazed because I don't even do
this at home! The cardinals played a world series game that night, so
of course, we had to watch with our die-hard fans!
{Monday - B+D Birthday}
We got
to sleep in and had the whole day to ourselves, since Katie and Kyle
had to work. D was so excited to go to this breakfast place the boys
saw yesterday. We walked all the way down the hill and D couldn't find
it. It was quite hilarious. We ended up going to the store and getting
stuff to make delicious brownie Oreos for Katie's bday. We walked back
up the hill and ended up going to a cute little cafe by their
apartment. The coffee is SO good.
My adorable husband! He was very excited for his breakfast bagel with
sausage, egg and cheese on an everything bagel. It's making me hungry
now.
We
spent the rest of the day shopping at H&M and down in market
square. I love walking the city, all the building are just so pretty.
The fog actually cleared off pretty quickly and it made the walk
perfect!
Every
time we are in San Fran, we have to eat some fresh seafood down in
Fisherman's Wharf. This year we went to Sabella and La Torre. I had a
huge bowl of clam chowder and D got the fish platter.
After we went by Ghirardelli Square
to get our free chocolate, we headed to Rogue pour house. The shopping
was my part of the bday, but part this was for the boy. He loves Rogue
and their pour houses are only in the northwest.
The
beer was delicious. We tried about 5 of their different beers and in
birthday tradition got 2 beers for free! The best part was that the
bartender didn't ID us, so he had no idea. Love birthday karma. :o)
Love
the look of their tap room. Plus, the Halloween decorations were an
added bonus. After sitting there for a few hours, we noticed that it's
a San Francisco custom to get a shot of Jameson or Fernet with a pint of beer. Interesting.
After peeling D away from the bar, we headed back towards the
apartment. D so kindly decided to talk me into walking up the steepest
hill in San Fran (or so I thought). His reasoning was that we'd walk a
shorter distance, so it would be done quicker. Silly boy. We were
practically walking straight vertical.
Such a pretty view of the city on the walk home. Love this city. We
met the two at their place and headed to one of their favorite bars,
Shanghai Kelly's. We were able to watch the end of the Cards game, even
though they lost, we still had reason to celebrate.
Showing some love to my bestie and of course had to put this adorable picture up of the two of them!
{Tuesday}
The birthday girl!!!
After
sleeping in and D not feeling so hot, Katie and I headed out to get
some food and caffeine. We ended up getting some Starbucks and heading
down towards Market Street. After being revived by coffee and looking
at the clock, we snatched Kyle from his work. It was a gorgeous day out
so we decided to have an amazing lunch outside at this adorable Italian
restaurant. I went for the butternut squash ravioli - YUM!
D finally rolled out of bed and joined us after lunch. We got
him a quick bite and got Katie some birthday fro-yo. I'm pretty much
stuffed by this point in the trip! We jumped on the street car and
headed to the peer. We are such goofs.
As we got down to the peer, we had a great view of the Bay Bridge, even through the street car.
Finally we arrived for my very first trip to Trader Joe's! I was SO excited!!!
We
ended her birthday by opening presents and making a yummy homemade
dinner of burgers, sweet potato fries, corn, and mac'n'cheese. Perfect
way to end our trip with our great friends! I miss them oh so much!
Love you both!!
B
