tourists.

i am behind on posting things. for some reason august is crazy! oh right, it's because our anniversary and my birthday are here so we celebrate all month long! woot woot! 

but a couple of weeks ago, my mom celebrated her 50th birthday. so, my grandma brought her and a couple of her friends up to San Francisco for the weekend to play tourists. of course, i got to show them a few of our favorite spots and places to eat and play hooky from my family for a couple of days. it was great! i ate probably a whole weeks worth of calories in that short weekend, but it was worth it! soooo many amazing places that we ate at =) 

since we stayed at the marriot on the wharf, it was only to be expected that we stopped at hollywood cafe. ummm. holy breakfast. it was incredible. this is my french toast with caramelized bananas and roasted pecans. man. i could go back there right now. that place is delish. 

after that, we started our weekend off at the legion of honor, my favorite hidden gem of the city. it was freezing cold, as was to be expected in august here, but the place is still amazing. it was nice to be able to go take my time in there, not having to worry about my beasts running amuck. 

they have a whole new exhibition of impressionists on the water, it's packed and you can't take photos, but i'd highly recommend it. lots of matisse in there. 

after we finished the museum, we briefly stopped at the bridge on the way to sausalito. as you can tell, the weather was just fabulous. 

and yes, we do look alike. we get that quite frequently. haha.  

then we made our way to the enjoyable part of the bay, where it is nice and sunny and warm. oh sausalito, how we love you. we ate lunch at a delicious place right on the water, and then walked around to buy random assortments of stuff such as christmas decorations.  

after a whirlwind day, we came back to the hotel, freshened up and were whisked away to McCormick and Kuleto's right next to Ghiradelli. they made the most amazing prime rib i've ever had. and i've had some amazing filet's. like melt-in-your-mouth filet. oh my goodness. 

  

plus, they're pretty cool about birthday stuff! 

i didn't take a picture of my meat before i devoured it, but my salad was just as delectable looking as it. it was a watermelon, feta, balsamic salad. sooooo good. 

i went home that night to go and teach the sunbeams at church on sunday, but when i came back we went to the palace of fine arts, which is another amazing place. i think i'm going to take our family pictures there before christmas, so expect to see more of this amazing place on here. 

then we tried to go to the conservatory of flowers but it closed at 5:00, so instead we walked around stow lake in golden gate park briefly and got the most amazing ice cream i've ever had. it was swirl soft serve, dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt. OMG. i don't even like dark chocolate, but it was incredible. and it was a good thing that i wore my pregnant leggings all weekend, cuz i needed them!

and for dinner we ventured to our favorite eatery on the wharf, fog harbor. which was crazy busy, but delicious as always. unfortunately, by that point i had no desire to eat anything due to the last six meals, but it was still good. 

it was a great weekend spent playing, eating, getting to know each other, eating more and being away from the kiddies! shout out to my spouse who played with them all weekend eating lame food while i feasted. =)