day #7

tuesday. today started out like every other weekday. i slept on the air mattress and then whoever gets up first (cait or cec) i move to their bed. i slept in until brett called me to bring over some keys. when someone calls and i'm sleeping (no matter what time it is) for some reason i get it in my mind that i have to lie that i'm NOT sleeping. it's funny because everyone knows i am totally sleeping. i don't know why i ALWAYS say "nope, not sleeping" like i am going to get in trouble or something. now that i think about it, i sound a lot like my dad and his mom. right mom?

i walked a lot today. in flip flops again. but this time they were my bernardos. i'm going to go ahead and advertise that they are the best things to walk in next to tennis shoes! believe it.

while leaving the apartment i called rebecca and got to talk to her for awhile. i am so excited that she is home from philly for a month! excited to see her when i get back. i walked to union street where there are a lot of boutiques. i told myself i wasn't allowed to buy anything just look. and i didn't! lots of cute clothes, jewelry, purses, shoes... but i didn't purchase anything! i looked up on my phone where the nearest royal grounds coffee shop was because i decided i wanted a chai tea latte. it was .7 miles away. perfect! with a quick call to brett to make sure it was a safe area i was off. these chai tea lattes are so good i wish i could just let you taste one. walking back, a guy asked if i new directions to two cross streets. i gave him the directions without having to look at anything! this is huge!

sipping my chai tea latte i strolled to the wharf again. i decided i wanted to take more pictures. i loveee taking pictures of people, places, and things. it's such a thrill when you get a really good one. my phone rang and it was scorbett calling me! i sat and talked with her for awhile but our convo was cut when i realized my phone battery was drained. great to talk to you katie and see you soon! i walked all along north point, into shops, stopping to take pictures of things. i got a bread bowl with tomato soup from boudin. very tasty. walking along the wharf there are funny people who do crazy stuff for money. example: lady sitting dead still dressed up in old clothes. a man spray painted all silver. another man with silver beading all over him. a man who sits behind a bush and scares people (mom, he is still there and it's his 30th year!). well i walked right in front of the man with silver beading and he said "hello dear. walking alone are you? i don't believe it!". to which i laughed. then he said "you need to get you a man". laughed again. then he started singing "all the single LADY. all the single LADY." good times.

i met caitlin down by the water and we walked back up to the apartment, changed clothes and went to a wine bar, bin 38. we were both feeling like something bubbly so we got prosecco and some cheese. then the real housewives of san francisco came and sat right next to us (not really, but they could have been). caitlin and i couldn't stop listening to their conversations and looking at their rings. i mean you couldn't miss them... they were huge, sparkly rocks. cec joined us at the tail end. we decided yogurt sounded good so we went to "the loving cup". it's really good, however they were out of vanilla! they only had chocolate. no vanilla=no thanks. so we left and picked up ben and jerry's "imagine whirled peace". 

the air mattress needed a little air so we pumped it up. however through the night it slowly kept losing air...

day #6

monday. sarah had spent the night and we were excited to hang out today. we were in freaking comas when we woke up. like we couldn't get out of bed. must have been all our jumping and dancing the night before. once we were up it was like impossible to get ready. talk about lazy!

we rolled out at noonish and headed to pier 39 to catch a ferry to sausalito. on the ferry it was windy and a little chilly. ok very chilly. i didn't bring a jacket because i've been tired of taking one on and off. so today, i said NO. turning into a local maybe? sarah said she was impressed. i think i'm just soaking it all up now before i return to the texas heat. on the ferry we went by alcatraz. that place amazes me, it's interesting. everytime i am down by the water i think about what it would be like to swim there. i mean it looks not that far to me, but it is. 1.5  miles, with currents, and very cold water... not to mention sea animals. maybe i'll train for it... ms. muto and ms. bass you down?? 

once in sausalito, known for it's mediterranean flair, we ate at a cute little restaurant over looking the water. i had a chicken gyro and sarah had eggs and potatoes. we spotted a candy store and treated our sweet tooth. we walked along the main street and i bought a t-shirt and hat. i admit that it's a t-shirt of the california flag. i just told cecelia and she is excited..."one step closer to being here." 

on the ferry ride home we sat inside since we were so cold on the way over. off the ferry we walked to the grocery store. i bought brie and crackers. sarah bought club soda and yogurt. haha randomville! we both were banking on a diet coke, but sarah made the better choice of club soda for us. back at the apartment we have been watching the food network for a looooong time while falling in and out of sleep. so sad... we didn't do anything but walk around today! that's what i love about summer. cecelia and caitlin came home and tonight we are hanging out and eating leftovers for dinner. or maybe not because cec just spilled her entire plate on her white dress and white couch! oh gosh oh gosh. 

day #5

sunday. let me first say that i should have just changed my cell phone to san francisco time the second i got here. but last time i was here somehow the time changed messed up my phone, so i decided not to change it. so it's been on texas time since i got here and i constantly keep subtracting two hours. that being said, we planned on going to 10:45 church. i woke up in the morning, looked at my phone, and saw it was 9:40. when i got up i thought it was odd that cecelia wasn't gone to breakfast with her brother and caitlin wasn't up. oh well i thought and started getting ready. in the middle of getting ready it hit me... you are ready at 10:45 for church in TEXAS. dang it. time change. idiot.

arriving at church steve had a chai tea latte waiting for me. he claims it is the best one he has ever had. Sure enough i agree, so i made him get me one too. it tastes like a cinnamon roll. thank you steve! The church is called city church san francisco, which is the church where brett works and they all 3 have been attending. it's in this old theatre and it's cute as a button. the music was awesome. the pastor talked about communion for his message. i really enjoyed it and the best part was there were so many people that i had met and it was great to see them all again.

after church we went to "elite cafe". sarah, my twin (as we have grown to find out), and i split eggs with hollandaise sauce on top, cheesey potatoes, and biscuits. SO good. we ran ten deep at the table and it was so nice to hang out with their friends again. 

we came home and watched usa vs. brazil. usa looked like they were going to win but brazil snuck in there! after the game caitlin and i watched walk the line. i had forgot how good that movie is!

well it had been a little bit since we ate so we decided in-n-out sounded great for dinner. we walked to fisherman's wharf to grab the burgers and fries. i bought 3 watercolor prints: golden gate bridge, trolley, and lombard street. i had been looking for the perfect ones and i finally found them! i'm excited to frame them. after dinner we walked to a little grassy area. in front of us the sun was setting over the bay and on the golden gate bridge. behind us was ghirardelli square. gorgeous. i got out my camera and we began playing around. we all were so hyper and just being ridiculous. kelly, our new friend we met snapped some pics of us.

we walked back to the apartment and watched tv. i crashed since i got up way too early. 

day #4

saturday. cec, steve, robbie, jdub, and i went to tarpine to get some morning rolls. we ate them down by the marina over-looking to water. it was a BEAUTIFUL day. sun was out, weather was perfect, little fog by the golden gate bridge. and there was even a little boy and girl selling lemonade. very tart lemonade. yatzee.

we went to fisherman's wharf and played some old time games. i can't get enough of that place, or maybe just skee ball. strolled to pier 39 to see the seals. we saw some street dancers who were hilarious and really good at dancing (reebs you would have loved them!). 

trader joe's was our next stop to get all the works to make hamburgers. since it was such a gorgeous day we went to golden gate park and had a picnic. laying around on a blanket, throwing the frisbee. 75 degrees and summer. amazing. we called our friends alissa, katie, porter and tyler and talked to them while they were at the lake (ps wish y'all were here)! 

after the park we were on a mission to find "creme brulee man". it's this dude with this little cart and he takes these small custard bowls, pours some sugar on top and blow torches it. very tasty and thanks to twitter we found him.

for our late dinner we walked down union street to a restaurant called "perry's" (shout out to allie and matt perry!). brit and dave met up with us. it was great again to see them. well maybe just brit, after dave insulted the sport of baseball (jokes jokes!). on the walk back brett and caitlin got ahold of the my camera and just started snapping. everyone was acting ridiculous in front of the camera. ok so maybe just brett, caitlin, and i. apologizes to robbie and justinwimberlake for us being older, yet more silly.

i'm really glad i am here. i love this city and living the life of cecelia and caitlin! :)

day #3

friday. today i went to the grove. again. it's such a cute little place! i planned a bit for next year. i'm changing my literacy centers so i began going through each one and deciding what to do and what it would look like all year. i also mapped out my room next year because i am going to move stuff around. still so much work to do, but that's why i have july and august!

after the grove, i walked around chestnut street for a bit. it reminds me of the drag down by campus in austin, but chestnut street has better shops for sure. 

i walked back to the apartment and caitlin and cecelia came home shortly. the one and only brett wise came over too. oh how i have missed brett wise, he is too funny. cec's brother and his brother's friend: robbie and jw came over as well. and next up to grace us with his presence was steve cox. one quick bus ride later we were at our restaurant, calzones. it was great! we walked back to the bus only to stop at a candy store, where i got a lollipop (very childish, i know). and others got fudge and gelato. 

back at the apartment, we hopped in the cars and went to the cliff house that over looks the ocean because we heard there was great jazz music there. we got there and it wasn't exactly what we thought and there were a ton of old people and the jazz wasn't that happenin'. so after much discussion and brett convincing us all to leave, we left. we went to pig and whistle. which reminds me of the draught house in the atx. finally we went to hukilau. let me just say this place was strange. cec got this drink called the "gecko" and it can best be described as looking like lemon lime gatorade. i'm pretty sure it was never finished. nor were the other neon drink. brett was eating raw tuna like it was going out of style. hukilau concluded the night. 

day #2

last night was great meeting cecelia and caitlin's "yoobs" aka their friends from church. after, we met brittany for coffee. it was fun catching up and laughing about college. brittany, cec and cait all tried to convince me to move to san francisco, which if i could get a teaching job here i would move in a heartbeat. until then, i'll visit. 

today i woke up early with cec and cait and enjoyed laying in bed and talking about nonsense as they got ready for their jobs. cece strolled off to google and caitlin bounced to pottery barn corp and i remained in bed, living the life of a teacher.

i got up and watched so you think you can dance. i love this show. i left the apartment and walked to fisherman's wharf, passing ghirardelli. i grabbed a burger and fries from in-n-out. yum! i ate it on a park bench overlooking the water, seagulls were everywhere! next, i went to this museum that has a ton of old games to play. i b-lined it to skee ball, remembering where it was from last time i was here. i love me some skee ball!! (kacie understands). from there i went to trader joe's to get some groceries for tonight's dinner. i love walking everywhere and the cool weather!

i washed some dishes and made dinner for us... pasta and salad (ha). can i just say i really like washing dishes and cleaning, is that weird?? 

sarah (new friend) came over to hang out. she is so great and will be cait and cec's roommate next year. we are all watching so you think you can dance (yeah, that's twice). i love watching it with two dancers because they get so into it. what a relaxing day! but i can't believe michael jackson died. so crazy. 

san francisco day #1

this is more of a little journal for me to look back on my ten days in san francisco. hopefully you'll be laughing at me and with me as i wander around!

i arrived in san fran on tuesday (june 23) night to caitlin and cecelia blaring "californiaaaaa here we cooooomeeeee" as they picked me up from the airport. of course we shrieked and yelled like annoying girls because we were excited to see each other. we went to "pizzeria del fina" where we each ordered our own personal pizza, caitlin decided to get us a bottle of wine (to "celebrate"of course). then we went to the grocery store to get some ice cream. a homeless man asked "could you give ME a little help on your way out?" to which i smile and cheerfully say "thanks!" i had thought he said "I'LL help you on the way out." It was funny at the time, i swear. so my IFB disorder ("I feel baaaaad", as I often repeatedly say when i feel like i did something wrong and i'm really worried about it) kicked in and i bought him some ice cream, forgetting how cold it was. strike two. 

i woke up early this morning (june 24) and got dressed for the day. this is where i made the worst mistake ever. i left the apartment wearing my gold steve madden sandals (if you've ever seen me, i'm usually wearing them). i walked to a coffee shop about a mile away called "the grove." very cute. enjoy some iced tea. did some reading and deleted some pictures on my camera so i was ready to go. i walked to marina drive and looked at the sail boats and houses that overlook the water. i walked all along the beach to crissy field and up to the look out... taking several pictures on the way. it was foggy, but really pretty. i got some tomato basil soup at "the warming house" and sat down for a bit to rest. i ended up talking to a old man who had lived in the sf area all his life and he was very sweet and excited to share everything about san francisco. we wished each other well and i was back on my way... a long way.

at this point i was 3.2 miles away from the apartment (thanks to google maps via the blackberry). my feet were killing me as i had already walked 4 miles in sandals. i walked back up the beach and detoured to the palace of fine arts. gorgeous. took some back streets until i reached chestnut street (cute street with cute shops). i spotted a gap and jackpot i bought me some light pink converse tennis shoes and socks. i just had to. i put them on immediately after the purchase. kept window shopping as i walked back to the apartment (in appropriate shoes). i think i walked about 7 miles today!

tonight we are off to caitlin and cecelia's small group through their church. i am excited to meet the friends that they have made the past year living out here!