Summer '09 Recap Pt. 1

San Francisco

We flew in to SanFrancisco on June 14th for Christa and Tim's wedding. Our first order of business was to rent a car in order to drive to Napa Valley where the wedding was. We were crunched for time so we got dressed for the wedding in the bathroom at the car rental dealership. Classy.

Tim and Crista's wedding was a blast. The ceremony was beautiful. The reception was a lot of fun. The food was so good! Everything was very fresh and prepared perfectly with local ingredients. At the cocktail hour they had the best lamb chops ever (they were like meat pop candy on a stick); Eric had like 6 or 7 of them! For dinner Eric had a steak with potatoes and asparagus, Genell had the veggie option (mushroom risotto). The music was great but by the time the cake was cut, we were EXHAUSTED and drove back to our hotel struggling to keep our eyes open.

The next day we woke up and went to the wedding brunch at a great country club. And, again, more unbelievable food....and mimosas for Genell.

...then we went back to San Francisco, where we kept busy doing the typical touristy things.

We rode bikes over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausilito...

...rode on cable cars and trolleys...

...we walked around the neighborhoods...










...and visited the California Academy of Sciences

and went to a Giant's game with some people from the hostel we stayed at.

We also met some really nice locals at the rock climbing gyms and the hookah bars.

It was a great vacation and we can't wait to go back out west!