10 on 10 :: May 2015

Today's 10 on 10 is my Mother's Day Edition! 

10 pictures on the 10th day of the month!

{Document a snapshot of your life & find beauty among the ordinary things in your day!}

 

Usually on Mother's Day, we spend it with both of our moms, but this year Kevin's mom was out at our brother in laws winery for an event and my parents were in Pebble Beach for a wedding, so Kevin asked me what I wanted to do for the day. 

I have been wanting to go to San Francisco as a family and do a "tourist day"

We live so close to SF, Kevin and I go there for Giants games, for shows or other events, but we haven't done a tourist day with our kids and do all the touristy things.

Spoiler Alert: I have more than 10 photos on today's 10 on 10 post :)

My beautiful peonies....I love May because that means Peony season!

I loved my handmade cards & letters from the girls. So thoughtful.

 We went to church on Saturday night so we could leave for the city around 9 and grab donuts & coffee on the way there. Yeah, we didn't leave until 10 and when we got to the donut shop, it was CLOSED because they were sold out of donuts. FAIL. 

We tried to get coffee at a few Starbucks & Peets, but they all had lines out the door. Looks like everyone wanted to go to coffee with their moms for Mothers Day!

We finally got our coffee :)

And, since we couldn't get donuts, we got blueberry muffins. My kids are obsessed with muffins.

Our first stop on our San Fransisco Tourist Day was the Golden Gate Bridge. I wanted to see if from the Sausalito side first. Sausalito is a cute little town on the other side of the bridge. SF on one side, Sausalito on the other.

 We drove up the 101 to get good views of the bridge & of the Bay.  It was a really foggy & windy day in the city. California has a bunch of micro climates, so even though it was sunny at home, you drive 30 miles to the ocean/bay and it can be 30 degrees colder & foggy.

 The views were incredible....Bridge to the left & on the right this:

We drove down lower to another viewing point & got this incredible view....The Golden Gate is just a STUNNING bridge.

It was SO windy. This is the best we could do for a photo of me & all 3 kids.

Then we drove across the bridge into San Francisco and the next thing I wanted to do was go see The Full House House.  Bummed I didn't see John Stamos at the house...I was 2 months too late (You've seen THIS article, right?)

(The house has been repainted since the show last aired 20 years ago in 1995, it is much darker now!)

 Full House was my FAVORITE show growing up. One of the reasons it was my favorite show is because it was based in San Francisco and because it was a family of 3 girls, just like me & my sisters. I can't WAIT for the Fuller House show that is coming out on Netflix next year! 

This lead me to our next stop...the famous "Painted Ladies" in SF. Which is a row of Victorian Houses (these are the houses that are on the opening credits of Full House) I was bummed it was so foggy, because usually you can see a great view of the city behind the houses.

 After the Painted Ladies, we drove over to the world Famous Lomard street!

After Lomard Street when headed to Pier 39 & Fisherman's Wharf for lunch...our favorite....clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl.

 Pier 39 is a total tourist trap & so crowded, but it is always fun to check out. And, the fog had lifted, so it was nice to see blue skies!

 And, it stinks...like Seafood & Sea Lions. But, if you are in SF, you need to go check it out.

Next up was the world famous Ghirardelli Square!

The girls checked out chocolate being made and we shared a massive Brownie Ice Cream Hot Fudge Sundae.

As we walked back to the car the girls saw one (of the many) souvenir shops. Claire has been asking for a Warrior shirt, so since we were being "tourists" we had to get a shirt ;) 

We also let Kate pick out a new shirt (gotta be fair). She picked out an SF Giants shirt. I love that we have passed on our love of sports to our kids. Out of any t-shirt in the entire store, they both chose sports shirts :)

We headed home and decided to pick up Zachary's pizza on the way home.

Zachary's is my FAVORITE. It's deep dish pizza and amazing.

It was an awesome Mother's Day. The kids did great all day & they said it was one of the best days ever. 

So, there is my 10 on 10 for May 2015...Mother's Day San Francisco Tourist Day Edition!

 (which was more like 20 on 10...I had so many photos, I couldn't narrow it down to just 10) 
It was so fun being a "tourist" in the city.  Kevin & I are both born & raised here in the Bay Area and growing up, Kevin went to SF every weekend since his parents both grew up in the city & both sets of his grandparents lived there until they passed away. I know I take for granted living so close to this amazing city. We got a lot of things done on my "tourist" list. But, there is still SO much more that SF has to offer! If you've never been to SF, I highly recommend visiting. There is no city like it!

I hope you all had a great Mother's Day!