Sonoma Day 2 & 3

Our second day in Sonoma might have been my favorite.  We woke up bright and early and headed for breakfast.  On our way we saw this beautiful vineyard and cows.  We had to stop for a mini photo shoot.  I have come to terms that I am not the best model, dreams crushed.  This photo shoot set the tone for the day. Lots of wine and pictures, two of my favorite things!

At this moment I felt like I was in heaven

Mooing with the cows

Jim, Lauren, Me & Marco

At one of the vineyards

Wine! Wine! Wine!

Our husbands favorite blonds 

Just hanging out enjoying life

At our second to last winery, can you tell it was kicking in?

Hanging out in the Coppola vineyards 

All weekend long I wanted this picture

Free!

Loved looking at all the memorabilia at the winery.  If you ever go to Sonoma add this to your must see list!  One thing M has in common with FFC is they have both won the Director's Guild of America award for best director {M, the student version of course} 

Day 3 was the Dry Creek Valley region.  Most of the winery's were off of one road so it was really easy to navigate.  Honestly, by day three M & I were a little tired of wine.  He was completely over it.  I don't think our friends could ever get tired of it;)  This was our most relaxed day which was perfect because some of the winery's were absolutely the perfect place to chill.

Loved the signs everywhere

Hanging out at the Bella Caves

I think it was at this moment I told Marco we should move.  I say this every time we travel anywhere.

Love them!

Cases of wine, yes please!

Last stop, Korbel!  It was a perfect way to end the trip.

Jim and Lauren, I would say let's do it again next year, but I think you have to be over 21 to buy a ticket.  I can't wait to meet him or her this Christmas.  Congratulations!

Sonoma Day I

Remember about 2 months ago when I couldn't shut up about going to Sonoma with our best friends from Georgia and I never posted the pictures?  Well now is the time.  Both of us took 1000+ pictures from the 4 days we were there.  Needless to say the scenery was unreal, the company was amazing and the wine was pretty good too!  

First picture of the trip with a blown-out SF in the background

Lauren and I posing with the bridge

Jim & I at winery #3
It was in a warehouse, but was pretty awesome, fabulous wines!

The cheese was amazing too

Friends for 15+ years
I was luck enough to meet them both on the same day the summer of my sophomore year in HS.  I seriously thought Jim was crazy-always the life of the party!

Random Barns on the side of the road make for great pictures

Hop Kiln 

Love this one of us inside Hop Kiln

The 4 of us at JML Winery

L and I being huge dorks.  Does that bridge look familiar to any Bachelor fans?
Yep, Ben took Courtney here on their first date.  Our cabin was within walking distance so we HAD to:)

On day one I think we did 6 winery's total.  L should be a professional travel person.  We told her what we must do and she could plan the rest.  It was a whirlwind trip, but so much fun!

Days 2 & 3 coming up on Thursday

A Late San Francisco Treat Part II

Our second day in SF was our only full day so we had to make the most of it!  We walked EVERYWHERE…7 miles total.  Good thing for Tom’s!

We woke up early and headed to Starbucks for a quick bite and then off to Union Square.  It was cool, but I wasn’t in the mood for shopping as stores we have at home.  We did a quick run through and then headed back to Chinatown.  I was on the hunt for some goodies and was successfulJ  We opted to have a nice lunch in Chinatown. It was delish! 

We had to get our own Gizmo

Entering Chinatown

Banksy in Chinatown!

After our over indulgent lunch we headed to Lombard Street.  You have to see it!  It was filled with tourist and was awesome. Flowers we in bloom and it was sunny.  Couldn’t have asked for a better photo opt.

After Lombard Street we decided to head back to the Marina district and walk around the shops.  It was wonderful to enjoy the city and feel like a local.  We saw two adorable Bulldogs outside of a bar, so now we are on a Bulldog kick for a potential dog.  After the shops we started walking home.  It was only about 1.5 miles, but with the hills it took us 45 minutes to get to the hotel.  Needless to say my feet hurt and a shower was in order along with room service.  We spent the rest of the evening watching football and enjoying the view. 

They are so cute!

Sunday we were wiped out and starving.  We headed to Mama’s on Washington for brunch.  We waited outside, in the rain for an hour.  We had to and I am glad we did because it was that good! 

By the time we were done with brunch it was time to check out and head to the airportL  Overall it was a wonderful trip and we can’t wait to go back again.  If you are ever in SF please let me know and I will send you the guide my work friends made for us.

A Late San Francisco Treat

I am an idiot.  I completely forgot to recap my San Francisco trip we took over a month ago.  I would blame it on pregnancy brain, but I am not pregnant so that won’t work.

November 18 we headed up to San Francisco for Marco’s 30^th Birthday celebration.  I had never been and M had only been once.  This trip was perfect.  I fell in love with SF and can’t wait to go back again.

Friday morning we woke up early and headed to LAX.  We flew Virgin and it was awesome.  I wish they flew to AtlantaL Our hotel was in Nob Hill which was the perfect location.  Before we left a work friend of mine gave us the run down of must dos while we were there from a locals perspective.  It was so nice to have this cheat sheet to get the true feel for the city.  

Starting the flight off right!

Pretty much the best text ever!

Our room wasn’t ready when we arrived so we left our bags and started walking.  It was sprinkling, of course, but I loved it.  In LA it rarely rains, so I embraced it.  We headed to the Warft through Chinatown.  The first todo on the agenda was Clam Chowder.  We headed to Boudin and it was delish!  At lunch we go the call our room was ready so we slowly made our way back to the hotel.  Our room was amazing!  We had a view of the Financial District and the water.  Perfection!

Golden Gate Bridge during the rain

Hills!

Alcatraz after the rain

View from our hotel room

Another view

Clam Chowder in a Sourdough Bread bowl-yes please!

Later that night we took a car to the Marina district to the Tipsy Pig.  The food was wonderful and the atmosphere reminded me of an Abercrombie catalog.

If you go here you must try the Chicken Pot Pie!

I wish M was smiling:(

The first day was a total success.  Day two and three coming up next!