Sean and I left early on Friday morning for a long weekend in San Francisco. Neither of us had spent much time there so we decided to explore the city.
Our first stop the historic Chinatown. We browsed through the small shops and found a neat kite shop. Sean bought a 52" Spiderman kite for 5 bucks and we took it to Golden Gate Park to fly. It had been fairly windy all day until we decided to bust out the kite. The winds had died but Sean was able to take flight.
After a busy day exploring, we got dressed up for a fancy dinner and Wicked. We had 5th row seats at the famous Orpheum theater in downtown San Fran. The play was AMAZING despite the rude commentary by the drunk man in front of us and having to slouch the entire second act because the gal behind us was too short to see over our shoulders.
Saturday morning we woke up and walked to pick up our rental car. It was the smallest car I'd ever ridden in but it was the perfect vehicle to take us across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sonoma County for a day of wine tasting.
We visited 5 different wineries. Our third stop was at the Kunde Winery. We timed our visit perfectly as right as we got there they were starting their wine cave tour. They dug a mile length of tunnels underneath their vineyard to create natural storage for their wine barrels. This is a photo of me clicking my heels in excitement. It took several takes to catch my limited vertical.
Saturday night we met up with some of Sean's friends from grad school. It was a cool experience to sit at dinner and listen to three engineers talk shop. Normally, dinner conversations with my friends are consumed by school, school, and more school. They were all stoked to find a Texas bar that served Lone Star beer. We also found a classy wine bar that had PBR on tap.
We visited 5 different wineries. Our third stop was at the Kunde Winery. We timed our visit perfectly as right as we got there they were starting their wine cave tour. They dug a mile length of tunnels underneath their vineyard to create natural storage for their wine barrels. This is a photo of me clicking my heels in excitement. It took several takes to catch my limited vertical.Saturday night we met up with some of Sean's friends from grad school. It was a cool experience to sit at dinner and listen to three engineers talk shop. Normally, dinner conversations with my friends are consumed by school, school, and more school. They were all stoked to find a Texas bar that served Lone Star beer. We also found a classy wine bar that had PBR on tap.
Sunday morning, we watched Spain win the World Cup much to Sean's dismay. After checking out of the hotel, we walked to Fisherman's Wharf and Ghiradelli Square. Christine said that the chocolate sundae at Ghiradelli's was amazing so we "had" to try it. It was definitely worth the walk. Our last adventure for the weekend included walking up a very steep hill from the marina to the top of Lombard Street.
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