Monday, January 5, 2009

We Made it to San Francisco!!!!!

When we arrived in SF from our massive trip we were ready for a break, ready to hang with old friends and make new ones, we knew we had lots of work ahead of us getting our living situation in order and finding jobs. A few months later...it's all gone by pretty quickly and we're thrilled that we made the move!

At first we stayed in the Inner Richmond on friend's couches for two weeks, then got a sublet nearby for six weeks (from a dude who has since become one of my best SF buds!). After about two months we got a more permanent place in the Outer Richmond. We've been loving it out here since. We've made loads of new friends and have traveled all over the Bay Area - gorgeous country. It's much different out here from Manhattan!

I've taken about 10,000 photos in the Bay Area already and I'd love to share them all, but let's face it, we all have short attention spans. That's the case throughout this entire blog - I take thousands of shots and post maybe 1 in 100 (seriously, it's probably more like 1 in 1,000), it takes lots of time to do this so "cheers" to you for reading. I hope that you'll go ahead and check out our trip from start to finish - it was such an AWESOME ride!

Also, I gotta say, I'm really glad I created this site to preserve some of the memories of the trip and I would urge others to take the time to do the same for whatever event or trip they'd like to remember and share.

Cheers again, ciao people! *cue the outro music*

Ocean Beach and Sutro Park:
Surfer -- Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA Sand Dollar & Bird Footprints -- Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA


Ocean Beach -- Sutro Park Sunset Photowalk with Steen, Steve, & Carson

Light the path -- Sutro Park Sunset Photowalk with Steen, Steve, & Carson Carson & Steve -- Sutro Park Sunset Photowalk with Steen, Steve, & Carson

Refraction and birds -- Sutro Park Sunset Photowalk with Steen, Steve, & Carson

Golden Gate Park:
Those are definitely D cups -- Golden Gate Park The tiniest of curls -- Golden Gate Park Botanical Gardens

Cliff House area:
Gull & Seal Rock -- Leah's visit to San Francisco

Leah & Joey -- Leah's visit to San Francisco

Sea Lions!
Sea Lions -- Leah's visit to San Francisco

Crissy Fields & Golden Gate Bridge:
Cartwheel -- Leah's visit to San Francisco

The downtown from Dolores Park:
Looking Downtown -- Mission Delores & Park area

Mission Dolores & a typical SF Victorian home:
Mission Delores & Park area Typical SF Victorian -- Mission Delores & Park area

Xmas tree burning on Ocean Beach:
Steve, Carson, Crio, & Steen -- Christmas Tree Burning on Ocean Beach!

Wine tasting in Napa, Sonoma, and Lodi:
Swan posing - Winetasting in Napa

Crane Reserve in Lodi, CA

Wine tasting at Heritage Oaks in Lodi, CA

Wine tasting at Heritage Oaks in Lodi, CA

Then Obama won the election and everything seemed to be coming together nicely in the world!
High Five for oBAMa! oBAMa!

And finally, I started brewing beer. Here's a pic of my first brew, a straight ahead amber. Cheers to you for reading, come have a brew with me sometime!

Nice amber color -- My first brew - Amber Ale