This weekend my parents flew in from Portland, and we celebrated my mom's birthday in San Fran style! The weekend began with driving around the SJ airport trying to figure out where Alaska baggage claim was. In my haste to get my parents out of the confusing catastrophe that is the airport, I broke the heel of my favorite shoes by slamming my foot in the car door! (Yeah, smooth move I know!)
My mom really wanted to ride the Trolley Car, so on Saturday we drove up to SF and spent the day sight-seeing. We started with taking the Powell-Mason trolley to Fisherman's Wharf. When we got there we had lunch at Tarantino's. We sat on the 2nd floor and looked out on the wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, eating "chowda," crab, and fish n chips. We checked out ships at the Hyde St. Pier and then walked to Ghirardelli Square. Then we caught a cab back to Powell and drove to Golden Gate Park and the Presidio. We walked through the Japanese Tea Garden and walked past the new California Academy of the Sciences with a "living roof." At the Presidio, we checked out the spectacular view of the Golden Gate Bridge, from artillery structures that used to house cannons. After that we decided to drive back, and grabbed some dinner in downtown San Jose at this Italien place called Spiedo.
Today we watched the US battle Europe for the Ryder Cup, and had some lunch at the Westfield foodcourt (hit the mall to replace those shoes!) before dropping off mom and dad at the airport. Now I'm watching Season 4 of "Friends"...I have 2 more weeks to get through the next 6 seasons before I have to return the DVDs to Alli!
P.S. I added the photos from Monterey and the 17-mile-drive with Dave, and the SF weekend with my parents, to my slideshow. Check it out!
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