San Francisco

A few weeks ago Josh told me that he was taking a business trip to San Francisco and wanted me to join him.  I jumped at the chance to get away and we got our plans together.  I have never been to San Francisco so I was really excited to go especially on a trip just the two of us.  He told me that there would be some driving involved because he had a meeting in Thousand Oaks and then the next day a meeting in San Francisco.  I didn't mind.  We got to LA on Thursday morning and rented our car.  We got a really comfortable Dodge Durango with leather seats since we knew we would be spending quite a bit of time in the car.  Josh went to his meeting and I went to Target to get snacks for our 6 hour drive to San Fran.  The time went by really quickly and we had a great time just hanging out, chatting and listening to music.  We pulled in to San Francisco about 10:30 pm and went right to the hotel.  The Giants had just won game 3 of the World Series when we were there and Giants fans were everywhere!  It was pretty fun to see!

The next morning we got up early and headed down to the Pier to have breakfast.  It was a beautiful morning and we sat out on the deck looking over the pier as we ate.  Josh had a meeting later that morning but we had a fun breakfast together before he had to work.

 When Josh left for his meeting I had a few hours on my own to explore the city.  It was my "selfie" time as I got to know the city of San Francisco and do all the touristy things that most people have done.  It was super fun and I had a blast on my own!

 Later that afternoon Josh joined me and we rode the cable cars again up the streets.  This was one of my favorite things to do and such a fun way to see the city!

 We walked through China town trying to find somewhere to eat dinner.  We ended up eating in the Italian district at this quaint little restaurant on the street.  

 We also found the house that was in one of our favorite movies "Just Like Heaven."  It was so funny because we were walking up one of the very steep streets to one of the cable car stops when we decided to stop and take a break.  While we were sitting there we looked up this house to find out where it was in the city and if we could possibly see it.  It turned out to be less than a block from where we were at!  It was kinda fun to see.

We ended the night at Ghirardelli Square and a big fat ice cream sundae.  It was delicous!  We were really tired from a long day of exploring and had to be back on the road early the next morning. 

Saturday morning we got back on the road to LA to catch one of Garrett's soccer games.  6 more hours on the road may seem long and boring but we had a great time.  Spotify became our best friend because we could find any music we wanted and listened to it.  The music ranged from Neil Diamond to Creed, James Taylor to Eminem.  Ah good times!  We also played the people version of 20 questions.  I stumped Josh a time or two and he got me more than once, but it was so funny to see who we came up with.  A few of them; Roseanne Barr, Lance Armstrong, Brigham Young, Dennis Rodman, Mike McCarlie.   Such a fun way to pass the time.

 It worked out perfectly that we were going to be in town for one of Garrett's games.  We have been wanting to see a game since he moved to California so this was a good chance to do it. It was also a game that my dad was going to as well so we picked him up from the airport and shared a room with him.  They ended up tying the game and Garrett played really good.  

We had such a fun trip and it was so nice to get away just the 2 of us!  Thanks Josh for inviting me along!