One of the perks of having a husband who travels for his job is getting to go with him. One of the perks of having friends who like to travel in private jets is getting to fly on a private jet. Put the two together and you get an unbelievable trip to San Francisco!
Rob, me and the Pestana's getting ready to fly in style to San Francisco
We went to Alcatraz and took the guided audio tour. Very fascinating and informative. I absolutely loved seeing this place. I was also glad that I was just visiting and not an occupant there. Even though it was a beautiful "warm" day for San Francisco, it was still really chilly with the wind whipping off the bay.
On the Ferry to Alcatraz
Since the boys were working and going to conferences, Heidi and I got to play! We went to an awesome anusara yoga class via taxi, found an organic Juicy Lucy's juice bar and farmers market, and one of my personal favorites...ran across the Golden Gate bridge. The bridge was pretty empty when we went across in the morning. The return trip was packed with tourists and soooo cold. The wind was gusting and swirling around us and literally pushing us back. Maybe it was a sign to return to sunny Sausilito!
Once we got over the bridge it warmed up considerably. I couldn't believe the temperature change once we got out of the bay fog. We ran along a (thankfully) gentle downhill curvy road and ended up in one of the most charming places I've been...Sausilito.
After a yummy breakfast of yummy organic steel cut oats and fresh fruit we ran around Sausilito and explored this enchanting place. It was amazing to look across the bay and see the city literally enveloped in fog while we were in warm sunshiny heaven. We debated about taking the ferry back to the city and instead decided to run back to the bridge and catch a city bus. It was fun to run up under the bridge on a fire trail and then join the masses of tourists trekking back across the bridge. We caught the city bus or the "muny" as the locals call it and that in itself was an adventure. We met some flight attendants from Mexico that thought Heidi and I were married to each other, rode through China Town where the bus became crammed with way too many bodies, successfully made our route transfer and then safely made it back to our hotels.
ONe of my favorite parts was going to see Wicked! I had been dying to see it and was so excited when Rob told me he bought tickets to go! We had amazing seats and I loved every minute of it. I snapped a picture before the show started and was immediately accosted by two flustered ushers both telling me, "no pictures allowed!" oops! The show held up to all my expectations.
We had an amazing time shopping, eating amazing meals, enjoying time with each other and good friends, and thankfully beautiful fall weather in San Francisco. I can't wait to go back!
