summer snippets

A random assortment of photos from this summer, the below represents what went on between our weekend excursions to Vancouver, Lake Shasta, Sonoma and more. From street festivals to baseball games to day trips to a birthday celebration in Vegas, it was a busy, and surprisingly sunny, summer in and around SF.



From top left: a high-flying seagull catching views at a Giants game; pre-gaming with 21st Amendment’s famous watermelon beer (only available in summer); the waterfront Bar Bocce in Sausalito; the annual North Beach Festival; horse races at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley; a breakfast of beignets and café au lait at Brenda’s French Soul Food on Polk Street; Brenda’s wall of vintage mirrors; heading to Off the Grid, the weekly food truck event at Fort Mason; Off the Grid crowds; a windy day (perfect for kite flying) at Marina Green; another Giants game – this time with better seats; another day trip to Sausalito, this time to check out Salsalito, a colorful (and clever) Mexican joint where hot sauce is in high demand; a truly awesome sight – this brave man surveying the Sausalito waterfront on a jet pack!; my baby cousin celebrating her 21st birthday at the stroke of midnight; scenes of the Venetian, Palazzo pool and Bellagio conservatory + botanical garden (four shots); a third day trip to Sausalito (I love Sausalito, in case you couldn’t tell); an afternoon ‘field day’ picnic with friends in Golden Gate Park

warriors of the golden state

In Seb's quest to see all the major professional sports that go on here in America, we added the NBA to the list with a trip across the bay to Oakland to see the Golden State Warriors play the L.A. Clippers at Oracle Arena. 

giants and tigers and victories, oh my

I was pumped to cheer on the Mizzou Tigers on Saturday afternoon, but was trumped by enthusiastic Giants fans who were not happy that there was a single, solitary TV turned to the Mizzou/OU game at the Bus Stop bar. One TV out of seven. Give us a break! Luckily San Francisco won to advance into the World Series, so Giants fans were happy, and us Mizzou fans weren't berated too much. Needless to say, it was a doubly exciting evening as MU beat OU just a couple of minutes before the Giants beat the Phillies.

in a parking lot, drinking beer? must be football season!

At Lombard Street (the crooked street)

It was a heavy football weekend for us with college football at the Bus Stop Bar all afternoon Saturday and the 49ers game on Sunday. Good friends were in town -- Jenny, a fellow Mizzou Tiger, and Chip, an Arkansas Razorback. Seb was drowning a little in so much gridiron activity, but for someone who did not grow up with fall football mania, he was a good sport. The 49ers lost by three to the Eagles, but Seb's first football tailgating experience was a winner.

At the Bus Stop bar for the Arkansas/A&M game

Turning Seb into a true Tiger for the Mizzou/Colo. game

Tailgating before the 49ers game: Chip, Jenny, Jon

Candlestick Park stadium

Very high seats, but good ones

Chip, Jenny, Leah, Kelly

take me out to the ballgame

I was under the impression that baseball is a summertime sport. Right? Well, enjoying a beer and a hotdog at a baseball game while you're shivering in a beanie, scarf, hoodie and winter coat is not quite the same. Good thing AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, has an excellent bay-side location to make up for it. Our cheap tickets didn't afford us great views of the players on the field, but we were certainly up high enough for a nice view of the bay. The Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2.