On Thursday, Tim's parents were nice enough to take the boys for most of the day so that Tim and I could tour San Francisco on our own. It would have been next to impossible to see all the different things that we wanted to see if we had had to take the boys and keep getting them in and out of the car at all of our stops. It was nice to have a break for us, and playtime alone with their grandparents for them.
Tim has toured San Francisco before, but I've never seen it so he was my tour guide for the day. First stop? The Golden Gate bridge, of course! It's even prettier and more spectacular in person that it is in all of the pictures I've seen.
Alcatraz from a distance.
This is the Bay Bridge. I wouldn't have included this picture, except for the fact that the Bay Bridge was a big story while we were there, even making the Today show morning news. A cable broke, and the bridge shut down completely starting on Tuesday night. Coming from a city that knows the importance of bridges and the havoc that can be wreaked when you can't use one of them, I totally understood the ensuing craziness. But it also meant that we had to work around it like everyone else, and it kept us from seeing AT&T Park, where the Giants play, because the baseball field is just off of the Bay Bridge. We couldn't figure out a way to drive around all the road closings surrounding the bridge so that we could get to the park. Maybe on our next trip.
Finally got the timer on my camera to work so I could have a picture of the two of us at the Golden Gate bridge.
Driving on it. It's really impressive and even bigger than I thought.
We had to stop here. You're welcome for the gift, Tim's staff at church! :) Also, if you note the oddly-shaped building on the left side of the picture, that's where we ate lunch. (See picture below.)
We ate at a little diner in Ghiradelli Square. It's a bad picture of me because the light is behind me, but I think you can see enough of my face to know that I'm having a good time on our day out together.
So it turns out that there are all these crazy people that like to swim in the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Can I explain that the air temp was around 70 that day, and the wind made it even chillier than that, and the waters were at least 10 degrees colder still? And yet, there were a LOT of people swimming. Apparently, there's a club. At any rate, we were walking along, when I saw this old guy, just hanging out by the water in his Speedo. I'm not sure what he was contemplating, but I just couldn't resist taking his picture. Truthfully, it makes me giggle every time and it's one of my favorites from our trip.
Alcatraz up close. We didn't have time to do it this trip, but next time I would really like to tour it. I was really fascinated by it and I'm not sure why.
The curviest street in the world - literally. While the grounds are beautiful, I would hate to live on it because of all the people crawling everywhere, taking pictures and disturbing your privacy. It was cool though.
And you can even drive down it! Tim drove, and I'm glad it wasn't me. Pittsburgh has some nasty hills, but nothing like this!
The Coit Tower. We didn't go up it, although I'm sure the views from the top were incredible.
Instead, we enjoyed the views we got just standing on the hill where the Coit Tower was. It really struck me that this is a beautiful city, and I'm really glad I got to see it. It's even a city that I wouldn't mind living in one day. I just wish it was on the east coast!
The curviest street in the world from a distance. Makes it easier to see just how crazy curvy it really is.
The famous Painted Ladies. Of course, they're famous to most people, myself included, because they're the houses featured in the opening credits to that little TV show, "Full House". Although I wasn't a fan of the show, I have seen a few episodes and recognized these houses. They're really pretty. What impressed me about San Francisco is how unique all the different architecture is, and yet how it all seems to fit together to create this beautiful landscape.
In the park next to the painted ladies, we stopped to use the bathrooms. Shocking, I know. And when I came out of the ladies' room, there was this really unique little garden. It's filled with a bunch of really cool shoes, and they're all growing plants inside of them. There's no plaque anywhere describing it or why it's there or how it started, so I Googled it when we got home and still haven't been able to find much info about it. I decided that I like that. It's sort of like this hidden thing that's not on a tour map, it's off the beaten path, and you have to discover it just by walking around and exploring. And using the bathroom. :) Look closely, and you'll see the shoes.
This one spoke to me the most. A little boy's shoe with a tiny plant coming to life inside of it.
The Phillies played Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night. Tim watched the game with his parents at their house so that they could all react together without waking up the boys. But before he went to their house, I got a picture of him and Liam together, with Liam wearing his sleeper that looks a little like a Phillies uniform. They were both pretty happy. Of course, that was before the game.
Alcatraz from a distance.
This is the Bay Bridge. I wouldn't have included this picture, except for the fact that the Bay Bridge was a big story while we were there, even making the Today show morning news. A cable broke, and the bridge shut down completely starting on Tuesday night. Coming from a city that knows the importance of bridges and the havoc that can be wreaked when you can't use one of them, I totally understood the ensuing craziness. But it also meant that we had to work around it like everyone else, and it kept us from seeing AT&T Park, where the Giants play, because the baseball field is just off of the Bay Bridge. We couldn't figure out a way to drive around all the road closings surrounding the bridge so that we could get to the park. Maybe on our next trip.
Finally got the timer on my camera to work so I could have a picture of the two of us at the Golden Gate bridge.
Driving on it. It's really impressive and even bigger than I thought.
We had to stop here. You're welcome for the gift, Tim's staff at church! :) Also, if you note the oddly-shaped building on the left side of the picture, that's where we ate lunch. (See picture below.)
We ate at a little diner in Ghiradelli Square. It's a bad picture of me because the light is behind me, but I think you can see enough of my face to know that I'm having a good time on our day out together.
So it turns out that there are all these crazy people that like to swim in the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Can I explain that the air temp was around 70 that day, and the wind made it even chillier than that, and the waters were at least 10 degrees colder still? And yet, there were a LOT of people swimming. Apparently, there's a club. At any rate, we were walking along, when I saw this old guy, just hanging out by the water in his Speedo. I'm not sure what he was contemplating, but I just couldn't resist taking his picture. Truthfully, it makes me giggle every time and it's one of my favorites from our trip. 
Alcatraz up close. We didn't have time to do it this trip, but next time I would really like to tour it. I was really fascinated by it and I'm not sure why.
The curviest street in the world - literally. While the grounds are beautiful, I would hate to live on it because of all the people crawling everywhere, taking pictures and disturbing your privacy. It was cool though.
And you can even drive down it! Tim drove, and I'm glad it wasn't me. Pittsburgh has some nasty hills, but nothing like this!
The Coit Tower. We didn't go up it, although I'm sure the views from the top were incredible.
Instead, we enjoyed the views we got just standing on the hill where the Coit Tower was. It really struck me that this is a beautiful city, and I'm really glad I got to see it. It's even a city that I wouldn't mind living in one day. I just wish it was on the east coast!
The curviest street in the world from a distance. Makes it easier to see just how crazy curvy it really is.
The famous Painted Ladies. Of course, they're famous to most people, myself included, because they're the houses featured in the opening credits to that little TV show, "Full House". Although I wasn't a fan of the show, I have seen a few episodes and recognized these houses. They're really pretty. What impressed me about San Francisco is how unique all the different architecture is, and yet how it all seems to fit together to create this beautiful landscape.
In the park next to the painted ladies, we stopped to use the bathrooms. Shocking, I know. And when I came out of the ladies' room, there was this really unique little garden. It's filled with a bunch of really cool shoes, and they're all growing plants inside of them. There's no plaque anywhere describing it or why it's there or how it started, so I Googled it when we got home and still haven't been able to find much info about it. I decided that I like that. It's sort of like this hidden thing that's not on a tour map, it's off the beaten path, and you have to discover it just by walking around and exploring. And using the bathroom. :) Look closely, and you'll see the shoes.
This one spoke to me the most. A little boy's shoe with a tiny plant coming to life inside of it.
The Phillies played Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night. Tim watched the game with his parents at their house so that they could all react together without waking up the boys. But before he went to their house, I got a picture of him and Liam together, with Liam wearing his sleeper that looks a little like a Phillies uniform. They were both pretty happy. Of course, that was before the game.
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