girls' weekend photos.

blogger doesn't like me very much, but i think i finally managed to get most of the photos i wanted uploaded into this post. woot.

we actually did make our first stop [after checking in to the hotel] at tiffany, where i picked up my graduation gift to myself. :]
somehow, i managed to leave without taking a single photo though. ah well.

then we made our way over to britex, the most lovely fabric store ever. 4 floors of goodness arranged by color. there is so much texture and pattern and overall loveliness that i could honestly spend a whole day in there with no problem at all.


we decided that since we were shoe shopping in macy's, we should go ahead and just eat at the cheesecake factory. as you can see, i didn't get a before photo. only an after photo. adam's peanut butter cup fudge ripple never disappoints. :]


then we made our way down to urban where i found an pretty fabulous sweater on sale! gotta love that. :]



and we could not escape lush. we tried. but after the third time of walking past... the smell finally drew us in.
oh.
my.
goodness.
deepa and i are officially addicted to everything in the store. i just bought new shampoo and conditioner maybe 2 weeks ago, but i had to buy some from lush. the whole idea of solid shampoo was just too intriguing to pass up. and i definitely see an increase in bath-taking over shower-taking coming very very soon. i came home with plenty, but i'm going to need an excuse to buy more. :]

we called it a night rather early because both of us were pretty tired and we wanted to get a good start in the morning, which we did.


we started the day by going to the haight, where you can find *all* kinds of interesting things. deepa had never been before and i had so much fun showing her around. we both had to try really hard to limit our purchases. i was holding out for some shoes, which i didn't end up finding [probably a good thing for the bank account] so i really only bought some pants from american apparel. i did fall completely in love with a pair of joe's jeans... but at that point i was still holding out for some shoes, so i didn't get them. i'm only a little sad. ha. there are joe's galore in the haight. i will have to keep that in mind since they seem to be the only pants that fit me perfectly these days. :]


and we had to eat at askew. :]
when james and i ate there the first time, we were talking about how cool it would be to open something like that up by unr. deepa and i had the same exact conversation. the food it just sooo good and we really have nothing like it in reno. do you think that three biochemists could run a restaurant?

[how cool is that front window... the whole thing opens up. makes for a lovely lunch setting looking out to haight street and having everyone walk by and smell your fabulous food. ha.]


on the way to meet with my sister briefly, we stopped off at the full house houses so deepa could see the lovely painted ladies. if we go again, i think we will have to plan for a nice little picnic in that park. :]


then we made our way down lombard street so deepa could experience it on our way to meet up with my sister at pier 39. i felt bad for my sister because she had to stay with jamie's family and they only stayed in the fisherman's wharf area the whole time they were there. it's very busy and touristy over there and really to the only reason to go is to quickly see the sea otters and grab some mini donuts [which deepa and i did. ha.] there's just so many other amazing things to do and see in the city, so if you spend your whole time in that area, you aren't getting a good feel. just my opinion though...

we had dinner at cafe divine, where andrew was working his last night before heading to new york for the summer. the food was truly amazing. north beach never disappoints, but this food was seriously seriously yummy.

after dinner, we went back to andrew's house. this is the sunset from his roof. so pretty. the views up there were really breathtaking. you could see the big buildings of the financial district, coit tower, and even a peak of the golden gate bridge.

his bedroom is pretty cool too. he really impresses me with his decorating skills. ha.


after the quick stop at his house, we went to vesuvio. you may or may not remember this place from another trip. it's just a really cute little bar. it cracks me up every time that it's two floors. i can just imagine people getting a little tipsy upstairs and not being able to easily make it back down the narrow stairs. [i tend to have a little trouble with them, and i don't even drink!]



after vesuvio, we grabbed a cab and headed for an ethiopian bar. i wasn't quite sure what to expect, but andrew assured us that it was one of his favorite places from his old neighborhood. it's a restaurant by day, and a bar by night. it's actually a really neat place. the whole place had the coolest wallpaper. it's actually like a nice piece of flocked scrapbooking paper. ha. and there is "the hole", which is this tiny little spot with one table and two chairs [we added more] that made a great little hangout spot for us. deepa got to try some ethiopian beer there. i think she liked it?

so yeah. it was a good night. oh. i almost forgot. when we got back to the hotel, it was about 2am or so and deepa and i were a little hungry. forgetting that san francisco is not quite the 24 hour town that reno is, we thought it would be easy to find some food. we had to wander around for a bit, and finally saw a jack in the box with a line out the door. it was an intense experience. first, right after we got in line... a drunk irish man started hitting on deepa when he was supposed to be getting in a cab with his friends. he actually spit some food on her by accident. it was hilarious and totally disgusting at the same time. once we got into the doors, we realized there were homeless people actually inside asking for money. we didn't think that they were allowed to be inside, but the employees seemed too busy to care. then as we were waiting for our food, an australian guy started talking to us. he explained that his hotel was across the street, and he'd arrived 24 hours prior and had already eaten at that jack in the box 5 times. "what else do you need?" ha. hearing him say jumbo jack with an accent kept us laughing for the rest of the night. :]

that was also the night i got sick and slept for about one hour from 10am to 11am. nice. i still don't really know what the deal with that was... i think a bit of anxiety that i can't seem to get rid of even though it's summer!


once we packed up the car and made one last stop at lush we headed for ocean beach. it's sort of a requirement for all of my trips, in case you haven't noticed. :] it was so windy... our ears were killing us by the time we left, but it was worth it. when we got there, there was no one there except a few guys setting up for some wind surfing. it was pretty interesting to watch them. i'll probably never be brave enough to give something like that a try... but it does seem fun. we had a little photo shoot, but none of the photos turned out very well. we managed to get this one with the self-timer on my camera ON THE FIRST TRY! we screamed with delight when we saw it. :] i realize now that it's not actually a very good photo... but hey. it's a good memory.

we drove through golden gate park on the way out and agreed that we need to spend at least one whole day there exploring. something james and i have talked about a couple times too. hopefully soon. there is just so much to see there. amazing stuff.

we also paid $4.51 for gas in the city, and then realized on the way home that was the cheapest gas to be seen for a while. we saw it as high as $4.76 at which point we thought we might be going crazy from being in the car for so long and not really moving.

it was a lovely little trip.
and as always, i can't wait to go back.