San Francisco 2013

We had an absolute blast in San Fran! I have been excited about it all summer, but I did not realize how much I was going to enjoy it. And Will and Michelle were with us.. we always have a good time together!
We left Friday and got to San Francisco that night. We were there through Wednesday and fell in love with the city. There was so much to see and I cannot even begin to tell y'all about the food. Delish! Our trip was so long and we did so many things-- I am just go to highlight some of my favorite parts!

We spent a lot of time at Fisherman's Wharf. There was a lot to see and so many restaurants!

On sunday morning we went to a local farmers market and it was hands down one of our favorite parts.

There were so many local vendors with tons of fruit and veggies. We had some of the BEST peaches ever!
We biked to the Golden Gate Bridge- it was so neat to see! It was pretty foggy over the bridge, but you will hardly see it clear... they said its almost always foggy over the bridge area. Weird.

We spent a day in Napa Valley and that was a blast! It was a fun town to see and we also toured a vineyard while were there.

We drove over to Oakland and ate at the San Francisco Creamery. If you are in San Fran this is a must do!! We also had a nice steak dinner that night at a place called Vic Stewarts and it was hands down the best steak I have ever had in my life. I would HIGHLY recommend this place!

My favorite part of the trip-- we got to go see the "Full House" house. It has been my favorite show since I can remember. It defiantly was surreal to see the house! We also saw some area where they filmed like the hill in front of the painted ladies.

We walked to Lombard St., which is the "curvy" road. And we did not miss Ghirardelli Square!

We made a trip to the  Muir Wood Forest and it was incredible to see. The trees were huge!

We went to a Giants game which was a blast. Mitch and I love going to baseball games. If you have never been- this was the most gorgeous stadium ever. It looked over the bay and it was just so pretty!

Mitch and I had the opportunity to play Presidio Golf Club and it was the most gorgeous course we both had ever played. We had planned on taking our own clubs, but last minute figured out it was going to be cheaper to just rent them there. Mitch doesn't like to do this, because of his height. But it was going to save us a lot of money. We both chose Taylor Made clubs and they were so nice. I fell in love with the driver and the putter. I may be making a new purchase soon ha. But the only clubs they had to rent were blades and we didn't know that until we got there. This made it difficult for me. I played well for my first time with blades, but I play better with my own. Mitch told me how hard it is to play with blades, especially when you have only been playing a few years. But overall it was so fun. We had a blast and love being able to golf some nice courses this summer. It has always been Mitch's dream to play golf in California and he loved it. Ever since I met him- he has always talked about taking a trip down the coast of California before we have kids and golfing along the way. I think this made him want that even more ha. He says that will be his "reward" for getting though CRNA school.

I also have to tell you about these carts at Presidio. They had a mind of their own! They had these big screens in them and they told you everything about the course. It was a gps too- so since the course was so hilly, you could track where the carts in front of you were. Crazy. There were also a lot of cart rules for this course. Right before we started the starter was telling us all the rules- which holes were cart path only, 90 degree rules, etc. He talked so fast and I looked so confused when he was done- he just said, don't worry about it, the cart will let you know. I had no idea what he meant until we got to one of the holes and it literally would lock up if you weren't suppose to be on the hole and tell you to get off. One hole we went into the rough and weren't suppose to and it locked up and they only way it would let us out was to reverse the whole way. These carts were crazy! 

We always love going to Chinatown! Michelle and I had our first "scary" experience on buying purses. We ate in Chinatown at a place called House of Nanking and it was real Chinese food. The chef/owner came over to us and asked if we had ever been there before. We said no and he grabbed all our menus and said don't worry, I'll take care of. He brought out more food than we could imagine. Some of it was interesting, but the majority was so good!

We also ate at some amazing restaurants! I am really looking forward to going back in the future. It is such a fun place to visit.  If you are going in the future let us know- we can give you more ideas on what to do and recommend some amazing restaurants!