the rite stuff

Dolores Park in the Mission

Since moving here, I have heard lots of talk about a particularly delicious ice cream shop called the Bi-Rite Creamery in the Mission district. I finally went with my friend Jen, and it truly is all it's cracked up to be. I had a scoop of cinnamon with a scoop of toffee coffee. Jen had honey lavender with cookies and cream. It's well worth waiting in the line that forms on sunny afternoons. And, in true San Francisco fashion, it's organic and uses dairy products from a local family creamery.

Across the street from the creamery is another favorite Mission spot, Dolores Park, where we parked ourselves for a bit to enjoy the sunshine.

A note on Jen--we actually met in Perth, where we bonded over our statuses as American expats who were living in Perth because of our boyfriends. She is from Merced, California, in the central valley near Yosemite National Park, and just moved to San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. Yes, I know...it is a small world.