Day in the City

Jonathan's birthday was Monday, so to celebrate we went to San Francisco!

First on the agenda was lunch at House of Nanking, his favorite Chinese in the world.


                                                    

            Ari and I ordering off the menu.

 Leaving the restaurant.  The weird shirt I'm wearing is the baby carrier, folded down.

 For Ari, the best part about SF was WALKING!!

 Spontaneous hug.

 Loving life.

 Seeing the sights.

The rest of the day was Pier 39, aka Fisherman's Wharf!

 Streetcar on the way.

Sea lions at the wharf.

Ari comfy in the wrap, watching the sea lions.

We took no pictures of the rest of our time there, since we were corralling two very excited children.  But aside from the sea lions, the highlights were:

- riding the trolley

- eating hot dogs and waffle cones

- seeing bigger kids go on a bungee trampoline

- watching a juggling show by street performers

- listening to saxophone and trumpet players

- riding the carousel

- walking all around the wharf, looking at boats and chasing the seagulls

- oohing and aaahing at Alcatraz

- playing on the small playground adjacent to the wharf 

Then we resumed our sightseeing.

 Lombard Street, the curviest street in the world.

 View driving down Lombard Street.

 On the way to the Golden Gate bridge.

 Awe-inspiring.

 It's biiiiiig.

 He fell asleep halfway across the Golden Gate.

Richmond-San Rafael bridge going home (the Bay Bridge which we took on the way over would have been way too much traffic.)

Just for fun - you can see that we did a big circle!  From the Bay bridge to the City to the Golden Gate back to Richmond and northeast to Sacramento, it was a very full day.



(And shout-out to Amanda and Michelle from the Archives - hiiii!)