san francisco no.1

The West Coast!

OH! My oh my oh my.

I guess if you’re looking for the short story it’s that I adored every minute. And really, well, it was a dream come true. Because that’s what it was for such a long time. Just a dream that I’d hope I’d experience one day. And so because of that I’m about to tell you the long story, too, if you’ll have it. I’ve spent the last few days figuring out how I want to tell it. And well, tell it, I’m going to. I’m going to tell it all. Every last bit. It’s not going to be quick, but it will be nice on the eyes and hopefully the heart, I’ll promise you that.

I’ve been thinking lately about how lucky I am to have this space. And how much I love it. How this is the place where everything’s put down. Memories stored, pictures tucked away. And that’s pretty good, isn’t it?

{It is, it really is.}

So— here we go… on the trip to the west that was everything. ♥

It might sound silly, but I don’t feel like a person that gets to travel a lot. Sure, I skitter around New England and New York a good amount, but see the world? That’s not really me. I can count on two fingers the times I took a plane out of the country. And two more the times I’ve taken a plane across it. And so, this was kind of a big deal for me. And it was amazing.

I’ll have you know, if I had my way I’d seriously consider leaving my job to travel the world.

Dang those, monies. And those crazy cool kids. ;)

Anyway!

We technically arrived in San Francisco late Friday night but didn’t get our party started officially until Saturday morning. We took the Bart in from the airport and walked through the Mission to our terrific airbnb in Duboce Triable. We loved being over there, a LOT. It was quiet like a neighborhood, but we were also able to walk to so many restaurants/coffee shops/ice cream spots AND! The street cars to anywhere. Which is what we did basically the entire time where were there. We took the street cars to EVERYWHERE.

The first morning we headed downtown to the Ferry Building. We had plans to have lunch with our friends in Sausalito, and so we were able to spend some time at the waterfront before boarding. It was so fun to ride the street car {we opted for that instead of the fast MUNI train} and were able to get a pretty good taste of what the Saturday market is like on the Embarcadero. It’s busy! And there’s so much to see!

Highlights of the Ferry Building:

Blue Bottle Coffee
Humphry Slocume Ice Cream
Hog Island Oyster Company
Cowgirl Creamery
The Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market

These last two views {above} were from the ferry boat to Sausalito– {to be mentioned again in post No.2!} WHAT A CITY. And we’ve only just begun. My thoughts on San Francisco at this point, {3 hours in, ha!} were that it was such a grand place. And honestly, I had absolutely NO IDEA what was in store. I so enjoyed walking slowly through the market, soaking in the sunshine and simply loving the fact that it was our very first morning there.

A whole 9 days ahead of us! Smiles on our faces and not a care in the world.

Heyooo, Zanner. Vacation looks good on you!

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{lettering by Brim Papery.}