Last Day of Spring Break

On the last day of our kids spring break, we decided to take the kids to our favorite Vietnamese restaurant in the city, and then to Mount Davidson for a little sightseeing! 

My husband and I went there a few months ago, and it's just gorgeous! The trail is easy, it's green everywhere, and on a clear day, you can see the bay bridge! 

There was a scene from Dirty Harry filmed at this cross.

 

Of course, we had to take a picture in front of it! 

So green!!

 

That view!

 

My boys ready to shoot more footage!

More selies!

 

Another one...

And one more!

Old Friends Getting Together In Memory of A Friend!

A few weeks ago, we got the heartbreaking news that a friend from back in the day had passed away. We all lost touch with this person many years ago, and we all wish we knew he was sick because I know we would have found a way to get in touch with him. So, we all decided to get together in memory of him. It was amazing to catch up with all these people I haven't seen in years. Of course, we see each other on Facebook, but not the same as interacting in "real life." The blessing was that his sister was there to meet all of us, and hear all these great stories we had with her brother!! 

The token group picture!!!

We went back to our friends house for dessert, coffee, & karaoke!

I was super stoked to see my long time friend!!!!!!!!!!!

My sis, Lisa (her house) and me!
 

Weren't We Just Here?

 Here we go/went again!

Back at the city this past weekend, and it was a really great getaway! This time we were celebrating my husbands birthday in advance!

Since we go so often, we try to change it up. I look on Yelp and try to find restaurants that we've never been to before, and we like to add in a new activity. This time, we decided to see a comedy act, and I'm so glad we did. The guy was hilarious!! Totally worth it!

For our early dinner, we ate a E Tutto Qua. It won an award for the best pasta in San Francisco! Everything was delicious and homemade, from the bread to the dessert! My husband said this is now our "go to" place! Not only that, the service was amazing!!!

 

We started off with their Roman style pizza! This was their Pizza Classica. Prosciutto, arugula, fresh mozzarella, and tomoato sauce.

 

My husband had their signature dish, Paccheri Golosi. Large tube past with prosciutto, porcini mushrooms, and truffle oil in a cream sauce.

 

I had their Fettucine al Salmone. Flat house-made noodles with asparagus and smoked salmon in a cream sauce. Sooo good!

 

For dessert, I had to try the Souffle al Cioccolato. 

My husband had the Panna Cotta

After dinner, we headed back to the hotel with minutes to spare before our walk to the comedy club. It felt good to walk after that meal!!

 

For breakfast, we headed over to Little Skillet. Love.That.Place!!!

And, lastly, another token picture!

Sis Back In Town

Whenever my sister and her family are visiting, time just goes too fast. They have to split their time with our family here, and with her in-laws in SoCal. So, the time we do have with them is even more sentimental.

Bay With Bae

My husband and I just can't have enough "baycations." I'm thankful and blessed that we still do enjoy each others company, and purposely plan these times together.

Again, our "go to" place seems to be San Francisco. Considering he's there everyday, he never gets tired of it. Either do I, honestly. I used to go there a lot with our parents when we were kids, so that probably has something to do with it, too.

We normally don't do the touristy thing, but once in a while I like to check out some of the more popular places to visit.

Since the weather was gorgeous, I wanted to go to the Ferry Building. It's right on the Embarcadero and they have shops and little restaurants you can eat at. You can't beat the view, either. You have the Bay Bridge right there, and also a Farmers Market if you get there early enough.

Since we were going to have a big dinner, we decided to have a light lunch and share a sandwich from Boudin. So good!! The turkey cranberry is the best!

 

After we were done eating, we walked across the street to the Ferry Building. 

The Bay Bridge

I had to try the empandas from here! They were so delicious!

The view from our room. 

We freshened up and headed out to an Italian Restaurant that we were trying out for the first time.

Risotto ai Frutti di Mare

Tagliatelle alla Bolognese

Never skip dessert!

Cannoli


Lemon Sorbet