tea time

american girl tea party with mom and seester. found this gem while rummaging through old pictures. you would never know i was a tomboy by looking at this. were (are) american girl dolls not the coolest?

san francisco

DAY ONE

day one was spent flying with cameron, sarah, and tanner to sonoma from hillsboro with a much needed gas fill up in redding, ca.

although i spent the second half of the trip nauseated out of my mind, i enjoyed the first half with beautiful views of the ocean line, mountains, rolling hills for days, and secret lakes.

DAY TWO

we took the bus to the mission district where we enjoyed eating birite ice cream and soaking up that california sunshine at dolores park. 

next, we hopped on the underground bart and headed to china town. our "tour guide" zach bought poppers (not just any poppers. these things sounded like gun shots.)  from some little shady store and we all got a sick thrill from throwing them to the ground in the middle of the highly populated streets. we also got to eat the famous fresh fortune cookies from the little back alley. successful trip.

for our last tourist stop of the day we went to pier 39.

we frolicked.

we fed seagulls.

we saw the seals.

we just barely saw alcatraz.

DAY THREE

tanner and i spent the morning walking through some of the coolest neighborhoods i have ever seen. i love the classic san fran housing. we did some imaginary real estate purchasing, oh how i wish it was real! annnnd i got wripped off by some cute rich kids selling over priced cookies. 

san francisco, the land of fog, hippies, hills, and dented bumpers. it has a portland vibe but there are palm trees. what more could i ask for? i am completely in love with san francisco. already planning a trip back.

then it was back to the little plane. 

(dramamine quickly became my new best friend on the trip home)

thanks to tanner, race, zach, cameron, and sarah for a fun labor day weekend!