Out There Having Fun in the Hot California Sun!

As most of you all know, Cam and I just returned from San Francisco, where, as usual, we had a FABULOUS time. We left Thursday night, with Finley in Auntie Megan's capable hands. We almost got stuck in the late spring snowstorm, but, thankfully, we made it out only a bit delayed. Right away, we went to a Speakeasy where you needed a password to get in. We came home and went to bed fairly early so we could get up the next morning and enjoy the entire day. When we woke up the next day, the sun was shining bright and it was really warm - even in the city where it's usually quite cool. Paige and Natalie made us a big breakfast, we put on our casual dresses (well, Cam didn't) and headed to Sonoma to go wine tasting. We went to two places and really loved the second one, mostly because our wine guy, Tito, was hilarious and super cool. He gave us extra wine and took us on a tour of the wine cave. I think Cam fell in love a little bit, and not with me, or the wine for that matter. Anyway, after enjoying two bottles outside in the sun (over a long period of time and at two different places, mind you!), we moved on to Santa Rosa where we took in a great Ani concert. I think Paige and I had sunstroke because we fell asleep on the ride home and went straight to bed. Sunstroke, yeah, that's what it was... Well, we were lucky we went to bed early again because Saturday was just as great. We went down to the piers where Paige and Natalie treated me to a one-of-a-kind necklace for my birthday. Then, we hopped on a ferry where we had a fabulous view of Alcatrez, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Bay Bridge, to Tiburon. There, we met an old college buddy who has been teaching art in Mexico for the past several years and recently moved to the area. We ate lunch on the patio where we had a fabulous view of the city and the Bay. Dave gave us a ride back to the city in his art car (it's decorated all with neckties - outside and in) where we went to the "Top of the Mark" and enjoyed a coctail and a 360 degree view of the city. After that, we changed in the bathroom and went out for a fancy birthday dinner at a great restaurant called "Myth". We dropped a few bucks there and ended the night in Kerouac's old stomping grounds at a bar with a front window view of the city. We left pretty much right when we woke up on Sunday, sad to go but VERY excited to see our little Finners.

Finners, while we were away, was very busy laughing in the bathtub hysterically with Sadie and hanging with Grandma Julie, Great Grandma and Grandpa Laven, and Great Uncles Scott and Tom up north. She was very excited to see Cam, but punished her mother for the rest of the night. She had forgiven me by Monday morning, but cried and chased me out the door when I left her at daycare, making me feel extra guilty for leaving her.