san fran

 a couple weeks ago justin's parents watched the boys so we could have a little weekend away.  we decided to take a little trip to san francisco, mainly beacuse i've always wanted to visit, and we love going any where with views like this:

justin and the bay bridge.  

we thought about renting a car but we went the public transportation route and enjoyed it much more!  i love city transportation, the cable and street cars are really fun to ride!  our first morning out we ate breakfast at a little bagel shop.  i ordered a bagel sandwich with scrambled eggs and cheese inside, and get this- i ate my breakfast while it was still hot!!  literally, steaming!!  i know this seams menial, but one may be surprised how many things -er people, can come between me and my first bite!

anyway!  we took a ferry to alcatraz island and took in the sights.  it was interesting, but not as creepy as i expected.  it was really sad to imagine being so close to freedom, but unable to obtain it!  whoops, there i go feeling sorry for some of america's more infamous criminals.

outside the entrance.  i don't really know about that whole indians welcome thing, so we'll just move to the next picture.

justin making himself comfortable in solitary confinement.  which to be honest, sounded kind of nice.

leaving on the ferry.

we made out way down to fisherman's wharf, and started our hunt for sourdough and crab.  it was a very successful short hunt.

justin with clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl, i opted for the crab sourdough sandwich, heaven!!

we walked around a bit more and worked our way over to the mecca:

yup, ghirardelli square.  it was there that i had this :

a dark chocolate sundae with heavenly dark chocolate fudge, dark chocolate ice cream, in a dark chocolate dipped waffle cone.  it might have been the best thing i've ever eaten. ever. seriously, ever.

with ghirardelli hot chocolate in hand we walked over to lombard street, here's the proof:

 a interesting shot from a stranger:

we said good bye to our hot chocolates and made our way up lombard street.  it's very steep, i see why cars only go down!

view from the top:

we reached to top to catch this :

 which was full three times in a row.  we were advised to go down lombard street and catch another one, which was a much easier trek.  we finally caught the cable car and justin was holding on for dear life.  those cars come seriously close to other vehicles!

the next day we did some shopping at union square, which was super close to our hotel.  later we went back down to pier 39 to catch a view of these guys:

very entertaining!  it looked like they were having the most relaxing time!  

 we found another place for some crab and then found another chocolate shop for some snacks. this place was absolutely delightful!

the next morning we flew home to our boys, who were as squeezable as ever!  funny how we'll need a little breather from the boys and then spend almost the entire time talking about them or taking pictures of thing i know they'll enjoy.  thanks to clarke and diane for watching the boys we enjoyed our weekend away!