Remembering Sunny California on a Rainy Day...

It's raining today, which means there is really no better time to reminisce about a recent trip to sunny Californ-I-A. Shawnaka had a conference in San Francisco for work in mid-October, so I jumped at the chance to join her there the weekend after! Trudy got in on the deal, too, and it was such a fun weekend! I don't think I did anything I hadn't done before--oh, wait. I didn't get a flat tire on the bike that I rented to ride across the Golden Gate Bridge! :) As always, San Francisco was enchanting. I love that place. And with such fun friends along on the trip--what could be better?!


My Most Memorable Highlights of the Trip:

• Staying at the swanky Hyatt Regency for the “conference rate”. I could definitely get used to that!
• Shawnaka’s 30-dollar continental breakfast at said “swanky” hotel and the yummy bagel place right next door that didn’t cost even close to that.
• The homeless guy’s cat that got lots of petting (Can you say “ringworm”???) and, ironically, had a lot of food for himself stored up in his owner’s cart.
• Re-entering the Ghirardelli store multiple times so we could enjoy more free samples.
• Trudy’s “food scare” in Chinatown
• Finding a sweet knock-off purse as my Chinatown souvenir
• Riding bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge during the Blue Angels Air Show
• Giving Trudy the play-by-play of our previous my-bike-got-a-flat-tire-and-we’ve-gotta-walk-it-back-over-the-bridge experience.
• Enjoying breakfast and our fill of free samples at the Farmers Market at the Ferry Building
• In and Out Burger—which really does have a secret menu! (Although is it really “secret” if it’s on their website?!)
• The Taffy Store! And their unlimited free samples—which we found out later were not “unlimited”!
• The Ghirardelli chocolate and banana crepe…man! We should’ve had another one of those!
• Shawnaka’s favorite homeless man who played the guitar and sang, making all his lyrics rhyme…As she walked by, he sang, "Keep it simple, I like your dimple…”

Wow! After re-reading my list, I think I must be hungry! Or, my cousin Louanne is rubbing off on me and it really is all about the food! Ha! :) I think I'm going to go make some dinner! :) Enjoy the pics!