Day 5: After rambling through the sensory overload that is Chinatown, Studhubs and I spent most of the day in and around the
Ferry Building Marketplace...soaking up the sun, eating hamburgers and people watching. In the evening, we walked through Union Square (and Anthropologie, of course), then ate at the Cheesecake Factory and took in the view of Union Square from the eighth floor of the Macy's building before flying home to Indiana. And just like that, our week in California was over. Sigh...
J.Crew skirt | LOFT tee and cardi | H/M trench | BCBG flats | FOSSIL wristlet
Day 4: So we take the bus all the way over to these beautiful
Victorian homes and walk through Golden Gate Park and I've begun to think
I love this city. There's an atmosphere of structure and order--like there's a mutual recognition that things are supposed to be cohesive and beautiful. And in spite of the constant threat of earthquakes, the architecture is so very, very...on purpose. I love that.
Old Navy skirt | Gap shirt | J.Crew "Ginny" cardi | H/M trench | Sperry Topsiders | FOSSIL wristlet
Day 3: I was not prepared to be blown away by the
Palace of Fine Arts in the Presidio. But I
had been warned to walk through Fisherman's Wharf one time then take my money and run.
Good advice.
The highlight of the day was the five hours we spent on
Alcatraz Island touring the drafty cell block and feeling sufficiently creeped out...which was perfect, actually, considering it's the only maximum security prison (of it's day) we've ever walked through. Night Tour highly recommended
. Ultra creepy.
Boden Skirt | GAP shirt | AE watch | BCBG flats | H/M shades
Day 2: Got happy with the camera...obviously. Ate a ridiculously large sundae at Ghirardelli Square, biked across the Golden Gate Bridge (a life experience MUST) into Sausalito, where we ate..again (had to use up all those calories we burned bikin'). HA.
Spent the rest of the evening wandering Muir Woods (magical), then rode the ferry back to San Francisco.
Wow. Amazing how an adventure that lasts all day takes so few words to describe (that's mildly annoying).
Old Navy skirt | J.Crew tee and cardi | FOSSIL wristlet | Sperry Top-siders
Day 1: Woke Studhubs up in the middle of the night and told him we had a plane to catch. I still can't believe I managed to keep my diabolical husband "kidnapping" plan a secret for over three months. It was awesome to treat my sweetie to a massively unexpected surprise.
We were so excited to be in San Francisco when we arrived that we walked 40 blocks through Nob Hill, Russian Hill and across the bay to Coit Tower (umm, yep...I got blisters). We ended our exploration by eating the best pizza EVER at Calzone's in Little Italy and crashed for the night at the Mystic.
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