An Evening Stroll

We were delightfully pleased when we were invited to join my mom and Joe in the city a few weekends back and jumped at the chance to go one last time. It's amazing to me how much I begin to feel "I should have done" and "we never did" now that we are on our way out of the state. Sad. So going to the city at this twilight hour was a perfect check off on my ever growing list.

We decided to take the BART over to avoid the stress of driving and parking, and landed right at Union Square in the early evening. The line for the trolley cars wasn't terribly long, so we bought our tickets and waited in the line among the street beggars and performers. It was a bit of a sensory overload, but fortunately we found ourselves boarding the trolley quickly. I was disappointed that there was no room on the outside of the car as that is pretty much the whole joy of the ride, but whatever - at least we experienced it.

Our first stop was Ghirardelli square. Got us some free samples as we maneuvered in the very crowded little store there. Not sure the free sample was worth it, but there you go. Mark had to drive the buggy with Cameron in it - and THAT was an experience. But we kept saying it was our practice run for Disneyland. {Turned out that Disneyland was less crowded than the City. Wouldn't you know!}

After our short visit there, we crossed the street at just the perfect hour. Twilight was just hitting the city and the colors were amazing. The weather was clear and not too chilly so we enjoyed a romantic stroll down the warf and ended up at Pier 39 for dinner. I wasn't too impressed with my fish tacos, but the ambiance is irreplaceable. The trip back was mostly uneventful. Cameron slept perfectly in the stroller leading me to believe that because of the the lay down feature, this investment was the best purchase of my life!

I do love San Francisco and am sad to be leaving such a beautiful and tourist-y city. I feel a little like our bait to get people to want to visit us is in an ever-downward spiral. Our all time high, being Disneyland - to a mediocre San Francisco - to an all time low - Orem, UT. Sayonara to the hope of house guests. Guess we'll have to be visiting you from now on.