A Very Chit-Chat Thread

[Belle Ella]

for you Michele!

 

[kaoden39]

Thanks ladies.

Before I post my photos I want to say they are not the normal touristy pictures that people might take. Be prepared.

 

[kaoden39]

After we dropped our kids at their various venues I would have killed to find a bathroom. Now if you have ever been to a city like San Francisco that is almost impossible. It is unlike any other city I have visited. There are not gas stations at nearly every corner. I now understand why the gas in San Francisco is so expensive.


I finally decided that Ghirardelli Square had bathrooms so that was where we headed. Of course our GPS is lame and if you don't have actually addresses it isn't going to find it. Thankfully I found the 49 mile scenic drive and we were on our way. Whew!

Pressing business taken care of and we were on our way. It was time to explore. We hit some fun little shops like the one where I got myself nesting doll measuring spoons. I love nesting dolls so I was thrilled. We visited this pampered pet shop and wow what a place. They had all sorts of things for little dogs. Poor Shelby the only thing they had for big dogs was life jackets and since we don't have a boat she was doomed to be left out.

But, the place that attracted my attention was Kara's Cupcakes!! Oh my goodness!! I love me some cupcakes.

We got the ones on the left. They are spice cupcakes with banana and caramel. Oh worth they lovely.

Because I wanted to validate our parking ticket I made sure we spent the $20 so we got some more for the road. We got different types to share. A dark chocolate velvet cupcake, a chocolate peanut butter, and a lemony one. We took our loot and went.

We sat down on a bench so that we could watch the world go by and I could check on our kids. I wasn't thrilled leaving Loren and Kody at the Warfield after I saw it. Wow not in the best neighborhood. Kacy and her friend David were at the Fillmore which was in a better neighborhood thank goodness. Everyone was okay but I will tell you it was a learning experience for Kody and Loren. Their venue was next to a strip club.

We had company at the bench. I am not a fan of pigeons but I do think they are interesting.

This fountain is up on the top floor of Ghirardelli Square. This is the family friendly side.

I thought this was cool. This is one of those old quarter ride on toys that you used to see all the time in front of stores.

I love Betty Boop so I had to take this. That and the cable car was a cool bonus.

I loved the gas/hog thing here.

I am not sure what this is used for but I thought it was cool.


Now, I am not much for hanging out in one place when there is so much about San Francisco that I want to see so we were on our way again. Note ate this point parking is outrageous there. Seriously outrageous. $11.25 to park there for one hour and seven minutes. Thankfully we had that validated so we only had to pay $2.25. It is more expensive than Disneyland, $32 a day.

 

[kaoden39]

From there we followed out the 49 mile scenic drive. When we got to the end which oddly is the parking lot for the yacht harbor we decided to park there and watch the goings on. As you can tell Scotty and I are real party animals. We watched the sailboats racing around the bay and we watched this dredger. For some reason I thought this was amazing.

And you can see Alcatraz in the back ground too. Mind you all of the pictures were taken with my cell phone because Kody and Loren had our camera so they could take pictures of Panic! at the Disco.

This I took because I thought the tanker was cool for some reason.

This picture is from the roof top of Ghirardelli Square and I kind of missed it before.

Now this picture I did not resize because I was afraid that you wouldn't see the little important things like the Golden Gate bridge in the distance. It is kind of hidden in the fog and among the sailboat masts. This is where my pictures ended because I wanted to save my cell battery in case one of my kids needed me.

 

[JH87]

Nice pics Michele! Those cupcakes look delicious! I have a major sweet tooth, and cupcakes are one of my favorite treats. I haven't been to either of those venues that you mentioned, but I have been to a club in the city called Slim's to see a show and after it was over, around 11, there were some interesting people hanging out on the street. If you just pass by like it's normal than usually no one will try to bother you.

 

[kaoden39]

Nice pics Michele! Those cupcakes look delicious! I have a major sweet tooth, and cupcakes are one of my favorite treats. I haven't been to either of those venues that you mentioned, but I have been to a club in the city called Slim's to see a show and after it was over, around 11, there were some interesting people hanging out on the street. If you just pass by like it's normal than usually no one will try to bother you.

Thank you Jillian.


They were approached several times for money by the homeless on the street. I was not thrilled leaving them to wait in line. Kody likes to wait in line to get the best seat. Is this situation they actually had assigned seats we were led to believe it was open floor. She preferred the assigned seat it was up in the balcony.


Now normally they go towards Sacramento for the concerts this is the first time we have gone over the bridges towards the city for concerts. I prefer the Sacramento venues. They saw Travie McCoy in this place in Sacramento that I loved getting to. One of the times that they saw Family Force 5 it was at the Crest on K Street. That wasn't so bad.

 

[Belle Ella]

I was supposed to be in SF tomorrow for the Vinylmation release. Of course as luck would have it there's no way I can get out of work tonight. I was supposed to do half the shift and somebody was going to cover my other half but she's really really sick and of course something came up that I have to do at the end of my shift that I'm kind of the only person trained for.

I'm pretty bummed. I really wanted to be in SF for this thing. I'm tempted to just go out on no sleep but I know that would a B.A.D. idea.

Otherwise, happy Saturday!

 

[Belle Ella]

Well I hope everyone is off doing fun things! I worked on my TR. Now I'm just bored and trying to do anything other than clean. Oh, so fun.

 

[smile4stamps]

Well I hope everyone is off doing fun things! I worked on my TR. Now I'm just bored and trying to do anything other than clean. Oh, so fun.

I'm at work. Doing a double shift. So tired! I can't wait for 3:30!!

 

[Belle Ella]

Aw, that does sound tiring! Not tooooo much longer but I know it's been a long one for you. You can make it! You can make it!

 

[smile4stamps]

Aw, that does sound tiring! Not tooooo much longer but I know it's been a long one for you. You can make it! You can make it!

The problem is I was exhausted at 5 this morning so this is like torture trying to stay awake. The $$$ will be nice though!!

I'm not looking forward to the drive home!

 

[Belle Ella]

You've stuck through this far. It's no double but my overnight shift is tonight and that's how I'll be feeling before I even start. The things we put ourselves through for more $$$.

 

[JH87]

All this talk about work & I start my shift in 20 mins with a headache
Paula you are a very hard worker! You deserve a nice long nap!
And good luck with your overnight shift Jessica!

 

[smile4stamps]

All this talk about work & I start my shift in 20 mins with a headache
Paula you are a very hard worker! You deserve a nice long nap!
And good luck with your overnight shift Jessica!

I hope your headache gets better!! I have to give report and then I can go!!! I have to be back at work at 11pm!!

 

[Belle Ella]

Aw, go home and go to sleep, Paula!

 

[kaoden39]

I agree with Jessica, go sleep Paula.

 

[Belle Ella]

Can I give myself the same advice. I want sleep before work tonight. But I have no desire to lay down.

 

[kaoden39]

Oh I definitely think that you should tell yourself to go to bed!

 

[Belle Ella]

Jessica, go to sleep!

... it's not working? :

 

[kaoden39]

Darn it!! I hate it when I won't listen to myself!!