San Francisco

Wow what a whirl wind of a weekend we had in San Fran! Gus and I took a quick turnaround trip to SF to celebrate our 3rd anniversary and get a mini “babymoon” in. We flew out Saturday morning and relied on the city’s wonderful public transportation all weekend long. We rode the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) walked a TON and had a tour bus to get us around town.

After check in we walked to AT&T park to see the Giants take on the Diamondbacks Saturday night. The Giants are Gus’ FAVORITE team and this was his 1st trip to the new ballpark. The park is beautiful with lots of YUMMY YUMMY food! They are known for their Garlic Fries, but I stayed away from them, they looked a little dangerous. We walked around and saw the mitt, the coke bottle slide, the kid’s ballpark, and the crazy guys floating in the bay waiting for homerun balls. One even caught one during batting practice! They are really brave to sit out there in the cold water, they were out there all night with radios listening to the game waiting and waiting for a HR, but alas none went over for them. Gus said there have only been 51 in the last 10 years, so I would wager to say waiting is a LONG shot! We stayed till the end when it was declared a blowout with the Giants winning 12-1, it was a great game to see! We walked with the cheering crowd back into the heart of the city to the hotel and needless to say after trekking almost 5 miles that day I crashed out.

Sunday we woke up early and hit the sights on a hop on-off double decker tour bus. We went thru Fisherman’s Warf, Chinatown, North Beach, The Financial District, Union Square, City Hall, Haight/Ashbury, The Painted Ladies, Golden Gate Park, Golden Gate Bridge (and across it), The Exploratorium, and so many more museums and historic parks. We saw and learned so much about the city in 1 day! The trip across the bridge was FREEZING as you can tell from the pics but it was a gorgeous day to see the entire bay. We had lunch in Ghirardelli Square, walked the shops, stopped in at Boudin’s Sourdough Bakery for some bread, and held our noses all thru Fisherman’s Warf (so I wouldn’t barf hahaha). After a full day we rode the BART back to the airport and then flew home to see the Twins, we always miss them when we are gone!

On the BART into town

It's a sign! ~ while walking (aka lost) we saw this tiny door in the middle of 2 huge buildings and were ecstatic that we saw the baby's name!

Your traditional San Fran trolley Pic (19 weeks prego)

He was SOOO excited about getting one of these done:

Giants Baseball Fun!

Open Top Tour Bus Madness :)