Ian and I were both up by 9:30am or so, we got coffee at Ritual (Ian's favorite coffee place), and then croissants at Tartine (Ian's favorute croissant place), they were both outstanding! We hung out in Dolores park for a bit and enjoyed a cookie, and then walked over to Golden Gate Park, where we ran across a couple of lawn bowling courts, and struck up a conversation with the very nice retirees who were playing that day (they let us take some pictures too!)
Next we went to the California Academy of the Sciences, where we spent most of our time in the aquarium section, which was SOOOO COOL! Ian took some great pictures, and overall I was just in awe!
After the aquarium we walked through a couple of different San Francisco neighborhoods and saw some truly spectacular houses; we ended up in Crissyfield Park by the bay, where we had about an hour to lay around and rest our tired feet.
Next we walked over to the North End to have dinner with a Ian's friends, Matt and Heather, a very nice couple from PA! We sat outside at a lovely Italian place and enjoyed some very refreshing beers and delish pasta. After dinner we all went to Beach Blanket Babylon(they had won free tickets in a pub quiz the week before). BBB is a San Francisco tradition, and is basically like a crazy acid trip cabaret show.
Ian and another friend, Larry, and I then took a cab to the Castro (thank goodness no more walking!), stopped for a couple drinks at Moby Dick's and ended up at the 500 club in the Mission, where we ran into a friend of ours from Oberlin! After a couple more drinks, Ian and I headed home with very tired feet but happy hearts and heads! The next day we figured out we had walked 14 miles all over the city!
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Cool! I'm loving all the meeting up with friends and random retirees! The photos you two took are KILLING me!
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