Weekend Fun!!

As always, we had a great weekend. It technically started on Thursday for me with award ceremonies, dinners and graduation. I will post those pictures later. I will start with our fun times on Saturday. We went to Zinfest in Lodi with friends. It was so beautiful outside and the wine was delicious. We got to taste a few new places and some of our favorites. I got to be a part of a magic show and that was pretty fun. Below is a picture of Toni and I with a new intern at the G. One of the wineries gave away cotton candy and I was so excited!

After Zinfest we picked up Tim from the BART station and then headed up to Elk Grove to a bbq. The food was delicious and I won 3 straight games of Uno! Then Josh won and then Tim, but I still won 3 - ha ha ha boys! :-)

On Sunday, we headed into San Francisco for Jeff's birthday. We were going to go to Golden Gate Park, but it was crazy busy because of a race going on, so we decided to head to Chinatown. We ate at my favorite restaurant there and then walked up to Coit Tower. It was one of the clearest days in San Francisco and was a great day to go to the tower. It is over 200 feet tall and you get a great panoramic view of the city from the top. Here is a picture of Jeff, Christopher Columbus (don't know why there is a statue of him there), and Coit Tower.

The picture below was taken from the top of Coit Tower. You can see Pier 39 and Alcatraz. The view was amazing! We took so many pictures!!

After we got done with that, we headed over north of the Golden Gate bridge so we could go sailing! We were originally on a 32 ft boat, but the boat was upgraded, so we were on a 42' beneteau sailboat, named Sijambo. The 3-hour ride was so much fun. It was just the three of us with the captain. Jeff and Tim got to do a lot of the work and I took a lot of pictures. Here are some pictures of the trip:

Above is a picture of Jeff and I on the boat. It was a little windy, but a great day to go! We were able to see a ton of harbor seals, went under the Golden Gate Bridge, sailed by Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, and Alcatraz, and saw great sites all around. Below is a picture of a sailboat and the Golden Gate Bridge. It is one of my favorite pictures. I took a few of them.

The next few pictures are of Jeff and Tim driving the boat and working the sails. The one directly below shows the underneath of the bridge. It was pretty neat to see the under side of it.

The wind was really blowing and the guys had to hang tight sometime and use their muscles at others. It was great. I pretty much sat in the same spot (held on at times) and snapped a ton of pictures. Jeff and Tim did a great job picking up on the sailing techniques. The captain was pretty impressed!

Towards the end of the day, when things were a lot calmer, I was able to take the wheel and drive the boat. I was pretty excited. The guys had to take down the sails during this time.

We had our captain take a picture of us at the end of the day. Here is a picture of Tim, Jeff, and I on the Sijamba after we docked.

We had so much fun! We headed out to Pier 39 for dinner when we were done. We saw some amazing street performers. They were using spray paint to create amazing pieces artwork in under 15 minutes. We watched them do a couple. It was unbelievable and one of the coolest things I have ever saw. Ok, that is all for now. This weekend we are heading to Tahoe! It should be an amazing time!