San Francisco Trip TL;DR WITH PHOTOS!

[orangerful]

Wow, this is long. Like, crazy long. Feel free to skim, the details are here more for my memory lane strolls in the future.

Okay, San Francisco Trip! Here we go!

Comments

[geekslave]

Sounds like such a fun, eventful trip.

I know you're from Maryland and live there, and I've probably asked this before, but are you from Glen Burnie? Just asking because that's where my fiance grew up/went to high school.

LOL at the beach punking you and drenching your feet.

"Birdemic." LMAO

Wow, that Winchester house backstory is definitely weird/creepy.

I discovered the olive oil tasting a couple of months ago when I was visiting a potential wedding location. I didn't realize there were so many different flavors either. My MIL bought one, though I can't remember what the flavor is.

You're a lightweight like me. :)

Wow, you're so lucky you weren't in Napa when that earthquake. Good dog for trying to protect you guys. :)

I had a friend on my FL that recently visited a redwood area, not sure if it was in SF. They look so amazing.

The pictures look great, especially of the Tea Garden and the Redwood park.

Stacey

[orangerful]

We moved to Maryland when I was 8 years old, grew up in Laurel, which isn't very far from Glen Burnie. Same county and all that. Same library system ;-)

BUT my family is not from Maryland, we ended up here because of the Navy, so we don't have any of the Maryland culture, if that makes sense (we don't like crabs, we never went to ocean city...that stuff)

The Redwoods are all around the bay around, north and south of it. I think they do go into Oregon too, but we couldn't tell if they actually had a park devoted to them.

[geekslave]

That makes sense. I'm still trying to acquire a taste fro crab. It tastes good, but damn it's a lot of work. :)

Stacey

[orangerful]

Too much work for me! I like lobster - crack it open and a whole tail full of meat falls into the butter! I find the crab to be too...oceany? I dunno. Plus, I am not an old bay fan at all.

[luckweaver]

I... really want that Risk now.

[orangerful]

It seems really fun, especially if you have a regular group of friends you can game with. It is sorta pricey, like $60 or something and by the end of the 15 rounds, the game will be unplayable. I mean, even in first game we had to destroy cards and throw them away because of something we did. It was sorta hard to do!!

[bookishgeek]

When we went to the Winchester house, they never mentioned anything supernatural at all. I asked her about it when the tour was over, and she said that Mrs. Winchesters ghost was not there because she wasn't buried there, but that some people had seen a couple of the gardeners from time to time and that was about it. I was kind of disappointed to be honest!

[orangerful]

Yeah, some people get so offended by the mention of the supernatural, paranormal and other things that might be interpreted as "pagan" or "unchristian"*. Maybe they got some complaints? Though the damn gift shop was still full of cheesy skulls and stuff! Who knows!

*it makes me think of my across the street friend when I was a kid. She told me she didn't want to see Disney's Pocahontas with me because it promoted "pagan values". **facepalm**

[howlin_wolf_66]

This all sounds great; I LOVE the photo of you and the waves! :-)

[orangerful]

Thanks! It really was a blast! And they say one of the best tests for a relationship is to go on a long vacation together and we BOTH made it back alive, so I'm counting that as a win LOL

[howlin_wolf_66]

That's definitely a good sign! :-)

[nagasasu]

Ahhhh how come everyone comes to my neck of the woods when I am gone??

Glad you had fun!

(Speaking of small world one of my housemates is a waitress at girl and the fig!)

[orangerful]

Really?? She's not a tall, slender blonde girl that is super cute is she? Who might speak Spanish? (I think the waitress was actually speaking Spanish to the large group next to us)

[nagasasu]

She is tall, but she is a brunette, and does not speak Spanish as far as I know. :(