Dinner and Homies

I ate...

Last night, Jimmy and I went on a date to Foreign Cinema. It is a beautiful restaurant and when it gets dark they show an old film projected onto one of the walls. Jim and I are early bird eaters (thanks to my early work schedule) so we didn't stick around for the film. We did however eat the most amazing baby artichokes, mahi mahi, and roasted chicken. Everything was perfectly prepared. I want to go back for the brunch! We went home to a homemade blackberry crumble that was so delicious we ate the whole thing and have no pictures to prove it.

I enjoy...

This man.

Sign reads: "Ladyes only- wounce you had a homeless person you never go back. My name is Bonbhen." He hangs out in the Haight and can be spotted in McDonalds or on the street. Sometimes he is passed out on a table top. Sometimes he is friendly and talks about his new blues ablum that is soon to be released.

Let's try this again.

On June 2, I will have lived in San Francisco for 5 months exactly. Time has flown by. I really have loved every minute of living here (except the minute I realized my car had been towed and the minute I realized summer won't hit until September) but everything else has been a real dream. There are so many things I love about life here in Northern California and I want to share some of the places I explore, the foods that I eat, and the things I enjoy.

So far, these are a few of the places I've explored...

Hwy 1...

Strawberry Farms on the side of the road...

Santa Cruz...

Carmel...

(I know that this picture could be taken at any beach, but I promise, it was Carmel and it was beautiful.)

Sausalito...

The Redwoods...

Big Sur...

These are a few of the things I've eaten...

Hot chocolate from the Ghiradelli backpack (notice the holster for whipped cream). I also, didn't get any because it was an outrageous $5.50 but what a great idea.

Marianne's Ice Cream in Santa Cruz...

While exploring Oakland, I smelled waffle cones- Jimmy saw a sign on a dingy little building with no windows that read, "Fortune Cookie Factory". Saturday night at 7:30pm, you wouldn't think the place would be open but I poked my head in the door and saw 15 little people working on huge machinery cranking out fresh fortune cookies. I asked if I could buy some and the nice man said, "$2.50 for a pound". I said, "No problem", and he grabbed me a fresh bag and I gave him exact change. It was the perfect treat. Turns out I look like a little Buddah. (Thanks Cami).

Things I've enjoyed...

The 2 months that I lived in the Lower Haight...

Visitors...

Cami came to town in January.

My parents came to visit in February...

The Wagners came to town in Febuary...

Landon came to visit in March...

GIANTS games!!!

Merry-go-rounds in Santa Cruz (where you have to grab a ring from this long arm and try and throw it in the clown's mouth and, I'll have you know, both Jimmy and I were successful)...