One last SF post

Sorry these posts are ALL OVER THE PLACE. One last SF post to round out the trip.

Oh San Fran, how much I enjoyed you on my stay. We went to a lot of different places and our last day was anything but slow. We checked out SoMa (South of Market), a really nice are by the bay.

We stopped by Garaje for a bite to eat before we were off to visit the BF's friends for dinner. Its a casual taco place with a bunch of tequila and beer on tap. Its cash only, so don't forget those dolla-dolla bills ya'll.

From there, we took a cab back to the hotel and got picked up by the B Man's Coastie BFF in San Fran and took us to their house and then this AMAZING restaurant on the hill called Cliff House and its views were just spectacular! Weirdly enough, I guess this place sits on National Park Service land and it closed down with the Government shut down. Which is a pity!

Me and the B Man on the clifss outside of Cliff House

Just beautiful!!

Race for the Children 5K

Some of the ladies running the 5K

This past weekend I joined my sorority to run a 5K for Children's Miracle Network in DC. It was SUPER hot (almost 80 degrees) in OCTOBER. WHY?!?!?!?! UGH. But the AU Chapter and the D.C. Alumnae Chapter raised $6,000 for CMN! You can still donate here.

People lining up before the start

Another group picture....of course!

Excuse the instagram pictures, but we're on the sponsors banner!

UM....some sisters met Ian Harding (Ezra from PLL!!!!!) and taught him the quatrafoil sign! I have no idea why he's there particularly, but he raised $4K himself, and got a team together and they raised $6K! Apparently he's from Herndon. Who knew?!?!?!

Here is a better photo of him. HOW DID I MISS EZRA?!?!?!

Clarendon Day 5K

As part of Clarendon Day, there was a 5K and 10K in...you guessed it...Clarendon. I ran it with my work team (how fun!) and Buster was in town so he got to run it too. It was actually a really good race, Pacers Running Company knows how to put on a great race! It started at Whitlow's and ran down the hill to Rosslyn. Four Courts, Mexicali Blues and Whitlow's all sponsored a free drink after the race! We all finished (Buster won, with Kathleen a second behind) and I finished at 27. Meh, not the best, but not the worst of my races! Its been pretty hot recently, so I'm not used to running lately, much less when its almost 80 degrees!

My work team: Kathleen, Allison, Johnana (the boss lady) and myself

Already too hot so undressing a bit!

DUDE, this man ran in a suit! Total bro move buddy. Too many bros in Arlington already, we don't need another! But bad ass on doing this!

Marinas and the Bay

San Francisco is a beautiful place. Even when its a bit foggy! The marinas are full of boats that I would love to own :)

As part of our RIDICULOUS walk, we walked past the marina where the America's Cup was going on! 

The USA actually pulled a head from a 6 race comeback and beat Australia!!!

This large vessel had a helicopter on top and 5 smaller boats on board. Someone has WAY too much money!

Golden Gate Bridge

Yep, I'm finally getting to post about some of my San Francisco trip. We wanted to see the Golden Gate Bridge and one of the signs posted by our hotel said it was a 30 minute walk. Oh yeah, 30 minutes sounds great. UM....BIG FAT HAIRY LIARS!!! An hour and a half walk later, we finally got to the bridge entrance. YES, needless to say we ended up walking 16 miles that day. The bridge itself is 1.7 miles long....ugh.

The GGB was opened on May 27th, 1937. The official color of the bridge? "International Orange". WTF?

Of course the day before we decided to walk it, it was clear and sunny. The day we decided to walk, it looked like this:

 It was super foggy (typical SF) and we couldn't see anything.

You couldn't see very far at all and it was a bit cooler

Why, hello there big red!

I learned something on this trip. Buster doens't like to stand close to the end of the bridge. Um, what? So I had to walk closer to the bridge side and he walked closer to the traffic side. Whatever.

This was about as far as you could see out into the water.

But, like magic, half way across the bridge, the sky cleared up and you could see again! Apparently SF has a bunch of weird microclimates. Cold and gloomy on one side, and warm and sunny on another....

Clouds were moving away

 Selfie on the bridge

Unmistakable color

Finally on the other side of the bridge

Beautiful

I decided against bringing my tennis shoes on this trip and that was the BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIIIIIFFFEEEEE. I picked up a pair of cheap trainers. Boy do I regret that. My feet were hurting really bad half way through the walk, and I was tired and hungry. After our way back across the bridge, we were going to walk in Crissy Field and get a cab. But we were no where near the street. I was like a real life Snickers Commercial. I was hungry and nothing could satisfy me but getting food and a drink!

Well, we got a restaurant suggestion from the bf's uncle and it was supposedly only a 15 minute walk. I've already been walking for HOURS. Needless to say, I wasn't pleasant.

On our way to the restaurant, we pass this WEIRD collection of Roman Buildings...WHAT?! WTF MATE.  Apparently this is the Palace of Fine Arts Center. It was built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific Exhibition. Um, sure.

 And then FINALLY I got to sit down, eat and drink. I took off my shoes and I had two very nice and LARGE blisters on the tops of my big toes. The shoes were rubbing me raw and giving me blisters. So needing food was not the only reason I was acting "Snicker-ish!"