A lovely vacation

I drove all night on Wednesday and met my roomate Susannah in San Francisco. It was so nice! We got a hotel that was off Vernon and Broadway for only $50 a night! Once we found it and checked in we explored the city, I have been to SF more times than I can count but this was Susannah's first time. We at linner(late lunch\early dinner) and a Japanese restaurant. I think it was called Sushi Rock. I got some egg rolls, pickled cucumbers, and rice. I ate my entire meal with chopsticks, it was really hard but I didn't have any other choice. We then walked to Japan town, which was a little disappointing because it was so small and most of the shops were closed. Then we walked through Union square to China town which was a lot of fun. I found a really cute teapot but I am pretty sure it had lead paint on it. When I asked the store clerk she said that you have to use lead to get color on the teapot I was dissappointed and mad at the same time! After Susannah had made friends with most of the store owners and the shops began to close we took the muni back to our hotel. Unfortunately this was a little more adventuresome than we had bargined for. Neither of us noticed that the there are different routes after 7pm. After one wrong muni we finally got on the right one and made it to our hotel without being shot.

Online the hotel promised a free breakfast, much to the disappointment of our stomachs and our wallets the hotel did not deliver. We walked to Japan town and ate at a lovely bakery. Now that I was feeling human again we went to a little Japaneese market where Susannah made friends with all the people there. Susannah is fluent in Japaneese and Chineese. We checked out of the hotel and hoped on the muni and headed toward union square!

After googling the guys that were raising money for the troops in only their underwear I refreshed my soul at anthropologie! I wish I could live in that store! Unfortunately I was super broke and the only thing I could afford was this cool notebook. It is adoreable and I can't wait to start writting in it!

After Union square we went to Fisherman's warf, I really didn't want to go because it is so touristy but Susannah had never been so she dragged me there. We ate lunch at Boudin, my favorite! Everything there is so delicious and tasty! Then we went to a beach near the Golden Gate Bridge and took some picutures. Afterwards we drove across the bridge and took the 101 to a bunch of other freeways that eventually led up to 80. It was acutally a good route because we went through a lot of 'country' and avoided a lot of traffic.

On the way to Auburn we stopped at a fruit stand in Yolo and had a lovely dinner. The produce in Idaho pales in comparison to Californina. We spent Friday night and all day Saturday with my family. It was so refreshing!

On Saturday we marched in Auburn's parade with the Tea Party Patriot's group which Emily organized. The Tea Party Patriots is a really cool group that I will blog about later. We had over 100 people march with us! I am so proud of my sister Emily for organizing the event. At the end of the parade there were fireworks and we bought some kettle corn. The show was pretty good considering it was free. It was really cute because Sydney kept clapping after every firework went off.

When Sunday rolled around I was reluctant to leave. I didn't want to come back. I wanted to stay with my family, but here I am back in Idaho... blogging. PS pictures of the events mentioned to follow, I didn't take any pictures so I am waiting for them to get posted on fb and then I will post them on my blog.