Sunday, July 14, 2013

The Color Run

Back in March, me and a few of my friends signed up the for The Color Run. It's a fun, non competitve, untimed 5k that gets you totally covered in COLOR by the time you're done!

We had no intentions of running it, of course! Besides, even if we did, I think it would have been even crazier!

They held it at Candlestick Park, and the weather was perfect that day for it!!

So, the only thing required is that everyone has to wear a white top! This way, you can see all the color on you! And it gets everywhere!! If you don't care about getting all that colored powdery mess on you, then this is the 5k you want to sign up for!

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Look how "white" we are....for now!
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Enjoying the pre-race fun!
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Pre-mess!
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Getting hit with the orange first!
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Color!!!!! It was like a party after with the DJ on stage!!
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Look at the place now!
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And here we are after!
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Saturday, July 13, 2013

The Oldest Restaurant In San Francisco

I don't mean "old" as in it needs to be shut down.

I mean "old" as in the first restaurant in San Francisco!

My husband wanted to take me there for lunch one weekend, and I was so excited!!

Let's get on with the food!


Started with Dungeness Crab Cakes
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Seafood Cioppino with Garlic Bread
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I forget the name of this, but it was a casserole with dungeness crab!
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Here's another picture of the inside!
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Dessert!!
 
Raspberry Mousse
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I'm a cheesecake-holic!
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I can't wait to eat here again!!!


Friday, July 12, 2013

Girls Day Out

Girls, meaning mother daughter time!

My friend had suggested we take our girls to tea one afternoon, and to spruce it up for them, we decided on having them get pampered at one of those little girl shops where they do hair and makeup.

There is a place in the mall called Britty's Glamour, and it's such a girly girl place! You can have birthday parties there, too! It's super cute! Perfect for a lil' diva, that's for sure!
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Everything is so pink!!
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They started the girls off by doing their nails in the color of their choice!
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And while their nails are drying, they start on the do!!
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My daughter chose to have her hair done in a "bow." It was so cute!
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Then came the makeup and hair accessories!!! 
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Now, if you think my daughter's make up was too dark, I had to tell them to tone it down! I was like, she's not going to a pageant! Besides that, we had to be out in public..LOL!

We had reservations at Lisa's Tea Treasure, so we were excited to head over there right after!
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I loved what I ordered! I had quiche, a variety of sandwiches, and a scone! It doesn't look filling, but it was!
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The girls had pizza rolls, egg salad sandwiches, pigs in a blanket, and ice cream!
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It was a perfect way to end our day!!
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Baycation!

About once a month, my husband and I like to take, what we call, "Baycations."

That basically means we stay overnight at a hotel, but not too far away from home. The furthest we've gone (so far) is to San Francisco.

Can you tell we love going there? It helps that my husband knows the city like the back of his hand, so we're never lost, plus I get to see some of the neatest places!

One spot we like to go to is the Marin Headlands. It's a turnoff right by the Golden Gate Bridge. You drive up to the top and it overlooks the bay! It's gorgeous, especially in clear weather. This day we went, there was overcast. But, that was okay. We still enjoyed sitting there, and walking around!

I tell ya...we love our kids, but it's so nice to get away by ourselves!!
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Isn't that gorgeous? You can see the Golden Gate Bridge off in the distance!
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So peaceful here!
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When we were done there, we went back to check into our hotel, Le Meridien.
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Here's the view out our window. My husband wasn't too thrilled, but that's because he was comparing our view from the other hotel we stayed at previously. I'll post about that next time!
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Time for dinner! We decided on Scoma's on the Wharf. Here we are waiting to be seated!
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Now, onto the food! Our appetizer was delicious. A little bit of everything! Fried calamari, shrimp scampi, and crab cakes.
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Lobster Bisque at it's finest! So creamy and tasty!
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I'm all about seafood pasta! And this was the real deal! Huge pieces of scallops, shrimp, and crab!
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Filet Mignon and Lobster for the hubby!
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We left there completely happy! We are definitely going back there again! And the only reason we didn't order dessert was because we had connoli's back at the hotel!

The next morning, we decided to eat at Beach Chalet Brewery. If you're lucky enough (or early enough) you can be seated right next to the window with the ocean as your view! We were one table away, but we were close enough!
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We started with a couple of sweets! I wanted to try their fresh fruit and granola parfait. That was practically a meal in itself! I loved it!
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I also wanted to try their Beignets, because believe it or not, I've never had one! They served it with two sauces. Warm mixed berry and espresso Bailey's creme anglaise!  Sooooo good!
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Now for the main meals! My husband ordered Corned Beef Hash. That's a poached egg on top. It looks like sour cream in the picture. 
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I opted for Dungeness Crab Bendict! Oh...soooo...good!!
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 That's it..then end! LOL..then, we headed home to our kiddos!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

A few months ago, my cousin was in California on a business trip.

I was surprised when he told me that he's never been to San Francisco! It was perfect because he was staying right by the Wharf, and close to everything!

We decided to take him to Boudin first! They are known for their bread, and of course, the Clam Chowder Bowl! If you are in the city, you definitely have to go there just for that!

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Look at all that yummy goodness!!
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Here we all are right outside of the restaurant!! That's him on the far left!
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We walked everywhere that day! Do you see Ghiradelli in the background? YUM!
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You can never take too many pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge!
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We also walked out onto a pier and had another view of the wharf!
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As if we have not walked enough, we wanted to take him to the Filbert Street steps that lead up to the Coit Tower. It's ONLY about 378 steep steps to the top! We got this!
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Don't they look ready!?
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Whew...at the top!!
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They light the tower up at night! I think the red looks so creepy!! We were saying it was the devils tower..lol.
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We decided to head back to the pier because it's usually pretty at night! We were in for a treat because there was a performance going on! We were all amazed at this 60+ year old lady who could do this and juggle at the same time! I was so scared she was going to fall and break her hip!
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And how do you think we ended the night? By eating, of course!! We took him to our favorite Chinese restaurant by Ocean Beach!
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