Sometimes I think that Brett and I might just be a little off our hinges. We were recently hired to photograph a wedding in Portland. Well we had the option of flying up renting a car and then flying back. What do we do? Rent what was supposed to be a compact car from our local Hertz and drive the 18 hours up to Portland in one day. I’m not sure we were thinking clearly when the little light bulb blinked over our heads and said “lets just drive it!” Well the wedding was fantastic. Portland was having its hottest weekend of the year. We met some wonderful people; created some beautiful pictures and everyone walked away with wonderful memories from the weekend. The advantage to having driven up to Portland was that we could take a nice little detour through San Fran on our journey back home. We managed to swing through Napa for a couple hours and do some wine tasting. By the way if you ever happen to be up in Napa check out Trefethen family vineyards. We thoroughly enjoyed their Reserve tasting and the sommelier were really knowledgable and very nice.
We ventured into San Fran via the Golden Gate, and I just have to say driving over that bridge always feels like my first time. I lean as far forward on my seat as I can with the seatbelt straining to jerk me back in place. My face practically touching the windshield and staring towards the sky as we cross under the beautiful red towers. Poor Brett is then trying to get me to sit back because of course in my excitement I’m blocking the mirrors. This time as we approached the bridge, fog was just starting to come in and it was beautiful to see it rushing up over the bridge and across the blue bay. The pictures don’t do the experience justice. We only had a day and a half to explore the city and see friends but we managed to zig zag all over the city seeing just about everything we had hoped to. We started in the Haight Ashbury district because they have a Kidrobot store, got ourselves a new toy to photograph in the city. Ventured down to the warf so Brett could eat clam chowder. Tried to ride the cable cars but the ridiculously long line was moving at a snails pace. We ate lots of good food and ventured to Twin Towers for a nice view point of the city but the fog was as thick as split pea soup up there. Did manage to find Tank Tower view point a little lower for a beautiful panoramic shot of the city as the fog closed in around us. After the fog consumed us we drove through Golden Gate park and stopped to see the buffalo, yes that’s right buffalo. Went in search of dinner but found the Green Apple book store instead and got lost in the excitement of new and out of print books. We would have loved to stay in the city for a couple more days but it was time to get home to our doggies.
Our first glance of the city was of the epic San Francisco fog bank rolled in over the bridge and across the bay.
First stop was the Kidrobot store on Height St, but we got stopped by a cute dinosaur on our way.
Our new Dunny!!! We were little kids in a candy store picking this guy out.
- I just remember the breaks squealing as we passed the Swensen’s ice cream shop and Brett trying to find a parking spot as fast as he could. I wonder if anyone makes a bumper sticker “I break for Ice cream”
I'd like 2 scoops of Cookies N' Cream and Mint Chip. MMMMMmmmm
Yeah, we just picked this girl up out front of some law school. Luckily she knew us and likes ice cream as much as we do. By the way Rachel, thanks for letting us drag you around the city for the day.
Love the cable cars. The line to get on was time wastingly long so we settled for just taking some pictures.
Coffee break! I mean taking polaroids is just so tiring.
I think we drank more coffe in our 2 days in San Fran than I drink in a week.
We loved finding art all over the city.
Domo even found some fun street art.
Walle is that you?
We drank a lot of coffee, took a bunch of pictures and made some wonderful memories. Can't wait to go back for another exciting visit.
