City by the Bay

So we are now living in San Francisco. It is quite the change from Solvang. We were used to waking up to bell chiming from the town clock tower right behind our house, now we are waking up to the sound of sea lions and Pinky* sliding her pool chair across the ground...

*Pinky: A woman who rain or shine, cold or hot will be out at the pool in her bright pink bikini, pink towels, pink bag, and pink shoes with her bright blonde hair in a high pony tail. She is fabulous!

We are living one block from pier 39 in the most ideal location... (Bay and Powell Street) We feel SO blessed to be able to travel and live in a location where we probably never would have lived. It has been such a great experience for us and one that we will never regret doing!

I wanted to post some pictures but they are way out of order, but who would have known!

I hated Harry Potter, but fell in LOVE with Harry Otter!

Josh says that we should eat at Hooters. He says they have the best wings....

On our way home from Monterey over the weekend we took a detour over to Stanford University. We parked our car and walked around campus pretending like students.

` So this is us at Carmel-by-the -Sea! It is GORGEOUS!! White white sands, blue water, and green green plants everywhere.

View of one of the holes on Pebble Beach

The cutest sea lions ever!

Monterey

Putting at THE LODGE!

This picture reminds me of a scene on the Titanic as I descend from the staircase.

Enjoying the amenities of THE LODGE

( I spy a man between two vases)

17 Mile Drive!

Josh was convinced to stop at this viewing area because the tour bus did.

Pebble beach really does have pebbles!

In Monterey!

So a couple of weeks ago, we had the worst case of the "Bird Poos" on our car. We literally would get people turning their heads as we drove by because it was so bad! We were driving through china town and this old old chinese man was walking across the street in front of us at a light and literally stopped half way across the crosswalk and pointed at us and laughed. He continued laughing as he walked across the whole crosswalk. He kept squatting and making poop gestures and noises and then pointing at our car laughing.

So we typed in "car wash" into our GPS and every car wash was a full service in which you had to pay $29 to get it washed. We decided to take measures into our own hands. I had a brilliant idea. Wash it at the Water/air machine!

So this may have been the lowest we have stooped in a long time, but we literally washed our car with the water from the tire machine, filled a bucket with the hand soap we had in the back of the car and washed our car with the windshield squeegie from the gas pump. Classic moment.

Stopping at a chinese bakery to see what all the fuss is about. Everytime we walk by there are chinese people lining the streets to get inside this building. We had to wait in line to see what the hype was. Egg-tarts was the conclusion.

Ding Ding, the San Francisco Treat!!

We are happy owners of the Rain Forest Cafe Membership Club. Free Appetizers for Life!