Trav's Birthday in San Francisco

Good evening!
Getting caught up again on the blog, this week I found a few minutes to round up the photos from our trip to San Francisco in mid January. I surprised Trav with a weekend getaway for his birthday, told him to pack his bags but didn't reveal the destination until we got to the airport. It was a fun surprise and a great weekend to getaway and spend some time together after a busy holiday season. 

We had a very busy weekend, taking advantage of many great recommendations from one of my pals at zulily who used to live in San Fran. We pretty much ate our way through the city with a few other notable stops - Ghirardelli Square The Ferry Building, Alcatraz, North Beach, Chinatown, The Painted Ladies, Haight Ashbury and The Golden Gate Bridge to name a few. We got a lot of exercise in, walking nearly everywhere (with a few short Uber rides as well). 

Alcatraz was our favorite stop, although a total tourist trap, it was completely worth it. We spent a few hours walking around the grounds and took the audio tour, which was really well done. We both really enjoyed it, highly recommended. 

Here are a few photos from the weekend: 

A mandatory stop at In & Out once we arrived

We walked down to the water and Ghirardelli Square - mainly to walk off our In & Out...

Saturday Morning we walked over to The Ferry Building for breakfast at the farmer's market. A lovely shot of the Bay Bridge on a foggy early morning. 

After breakfast we went over to the cruise terminal to grab the boat over to Alcatraz. The photos don't do it justice, what a neat place. 

The recreation yard

One of the isolation cells - total darkness with that door closed. 

A standard cell - it's even smaller than it look sin the photo

 A view of the city from the island

Trav "taking care of business" on the alcatraz cell toilets

After Alcatraz we went over to North Beach for a stop at Golden Boy Pizza. This was a delicious lunch and definitely worth the wait to get inside. 

After lunch we went over to Chinatown. As you can see the window displays were quite interesting. Quite the variety of poultry in this one...

From Chinatown we stopped by the streetcar museum and then took the streetcar back down to the hotel. It was a gorgeous day and it provided some great views of the city, what a fun way to get around! 

Before dinner we stopped by Alamo Square to watch the sunset and take a peek at the Painted Ladies. 

As you can see I was excited to be there...just had to take this cheesy tourist photo. 

Trav tried a different approach to his "jump"...I think he was going for the superman approach but it didn't quite work out as planned. 

Sunday morning we got up early before flying home to explore near the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a misty and foggy morning but we still got a few good shots of the bridge before saying goodbye to San Francisco. 

In addition to the weekend getaway, we did celebrate on Trav's actual birthday with a nice dinner with Jamie out at a BBQ restaurant in the Ballard neighborhood. We had walked by it many times and wanted to try it, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity! We got the "cowboy killer" dinner and split it among the group. It was basically a giant plate of assorted smoked meats and some yummy sides. Overall it was a success! 

Finally, I just had to post a photo of the birthday card Jamie got Travis since it was such a keeper. I mean, come on...Justin Beaver!?!?

Well that's all I've got tonight. Trying to get better about getting back in the habit of posting, at least once a month! February has been pretty uneventful so far, particularly because I had a nasty cold/cough combo for several weeks and have been quite a hermit while trying to kick it. The weather though has been great in Seattle, so we have been trying to get outside and at least walk around the neighborhood when we can. We've also been cooking a lot at home and enjoying our new patio furniture and bonfire table! It's so nice to be able to hang out outside during "winter." If you consider 50+ degrees in February to be winter...sharp contrast to what we're used to! 

Other than that not much to share, approaching the 19 week mark with Baby Peterson and happy to report the nausea has finally improved. Phew! It's hard to believe we're nearly half way there already! CRAZY...but so exciting : ) 

Have a great week! 
Cheers,
KP