San Francisco, ding ding!

I just got back from a whirl wind trip up the coast to San Francisco. :) It was amazing. My older sister, Nikki, and I drove up from Irvine to see our other sister Manda. We only spent a couple days there but wow what a blast. I think I was born in the wrong place. The houses there are fantastic, they have so much personality! Lol, and we all know how much of a climber I am... can you imagine how burly I would get on my bike with all those awesome hills to practice on??? It would be love at first pedal. Plus I would be able to kick everyone else's ass which I would find pleasure in because I am just not a very nice person. ha ha. Ah, the truth comes out. So the first night I was there we pretty much just crashing out because of the drive. Nikki and I sung at the top of our lungs the whole way up as you are supposed to on road trip. While we are both charming women, singing is not our strong point no matter how much joy we get from it. So we were deaf and our throats were sore but by the next morning we were ready to go out and take the city by storm! First we hopped a bus and hiked up to twin peaks to get the view of the whole city. It was beautiful. Lol, sadly both sisters were not digging on the hike too much so while all I wanted to do was keep going UP, they were much more into the idea of going DOWN. I was a nice sister and only made them climb two hills. Then we hopped on another bus and went down to the Castro district. This is the part of San Fran that I have always heard of. Rainbow flags everywhere, awesome outfits and little dogs wearing pink studded leashes. So much fun. OH! there was this little alley that Manda took us to that was full of amazing graffiti. I'll have to post some pictures, I was in heaven with the exception of the condom wrappers I saw everywhere. Art...promoting sex in alleys since spray paint was invented. Yucky... not my idea of a romantic, "let's get it on" spot but then again I am a rather picky person on that front I guess. Just not much of a gravel on my butt kind of girl... :) Okay, I am getting side tracked here... yes... spray paint..ew..okay back on the side walk again, whew. After that we went and had an amazing lunch at Nirvana's. Why in the world we don't have one of those in Denver I'll never know, it makes me drool thinking of the food.. wow was it good. Note to self, you can put cinnamon on chicken and it will not taste as gross as it sounds. Side tracked again, I am not good at this game. After that there was lot of walking around and shopping, me not being much of a shopper just had a blast people watching. Things that are funny but I really shouldn't laugh at: Nikki got chewed out by a homeless guy. The phrase, "Die! Crucify!" was shouted at her, but she handled it like a champ and even put up with us re-enacting it all day.. she is such a trooper. I don't think she get crucified because she just too nice. It is punishment enough having to deal with two little sisters for three days straight. :) The next day we headed down to Pier 39. The general mood for the day consisted of me running around, clapping my hands and pointing at various seals and boats. I had company of course, however not too many of them were over the age of 10 but meh... I like the ocean and when I am excited I can't help it if I retain my youthful outlook on life. Lol, I'm a great person to take the fair... I'll tug on your hand, beg for cotton candy and scream when I am on the rides. That is the point of life. Have fun people, everyone is far to mature when it comes to things. BOO to you people. :) After we spent all day wandering, and searching for the perfect gift for me to take back that guy I've got a wee bit of crush on. That night we headed out to meet Chrissy for drinks. I swore up and down that I would not drink too much because I knew that I had to get up early and drive all the way back down to Irvine, but yeah... the waiter and Chrissy did not seem too impressed by my grand plan. So several martines and glasses of wine later, a very tipsy sara crashed out while still fully dressed. This morning I of course woke up with a killer hang over, crawled into the car and began the slow drive back. No music was played until at least 2 hours in, and the singing did not begin until much later. But damn, what a great trip! Tomorrow I am going to go to the beach, chase seagulls and collect seashells. Anyone wanna come with me???