San Francisco has been incredible. I love it here. Lots of outdoorsy stuff to do and everyone out here is on a health kick, so it's been helping me make this a healthier lifestyle trip. The best part though, is the fact that some events fell through and our boss has been playing a little bit of catch-up so for the two weeks we've been here we've only had to work 4 days! So, I've definitely been busy doing a lot of sightseeing. Here's some highlights.
We first went to dinner down at Pier 39 to check out the area. There we signed up for a Wine and Country Tour to Sonoma and Napa. It was absolutely beautiful and a lot of fun. Too bad I'm gone for so long because I would have sent some wine home.
The next day Carolyn and I headed downtown and rented bikes to bike the Golden Gate Bridge over to Sausalito (About 10 miles). I'm sad to say that it was so windy that while we were riding across the bridge that the ocean took my Cubs visor! :( I'll have to get another while back in town. But the ride was beautiful and more of a workout than I would have expected.
The next day (Friday) we actually had to work an event in Oakland, CA for a few hours. Well, I didn't end up working it because we got our first flat tire! What a process...no one would tow us since we're so big and being the holiday weekend we were limited. So, I was able to drive with the flat to a wheel shop and then had to get a rental car because they didn't have the tire we needed. It was a pain..but I'm still learning more and more about RV's!
Saturday night Carolyn and I went out downtown in North Beach and dinner at a great Italian restaurant that Jen Sanders had recommended. Thanks Jen! We basically talked to bartenders for a while to figure out some spots to hit and it's a fun city.
Sunday we ended up going back to Oakland to swap the truck with the rental car after the fix and then hit the California Music Awards. It's a free day long festival featuring bands that were nominated and every hour they announce an award. While I was there I saw Luce perform as well as Cake receive an award for best song writer. It was pretty sweet.
Sunday night we went out again downtown since it was a holiday weekend...well, that and of course we weren't working! A few months ago some of you knew I went to Vail and met some guys that live here. Fortunately for me, one of the guys, Ryan has been gracious enough to take time out of his busy schedule (since I guesss SOME people actually have to work!) to entertain me and show we the spots while I'm here. Thanks again Ryan!
This past week we were off all week and pretty much relaxed and have been going great dinners. Here are some of the views.
Friday night Carolyn, Ryan and I hit a Giants game. They're no Cubs, but the ball park is sweet. Anything you could eat or drink with amazing views. Giants win and it was cool to see Barry Bonds live. Check it out!
And the best part is that we found out we are going to be here for another week. We have two events this week in Sacramento and two this weekend back in San Francisco. We're working at Escape from Alcatraz so that will definitely be cool to check out. I'm either going hang gliding or aqua gliding tomorrow too!
I'll update again after this week before we head to Denver.
