On Friday night my office had a Tree Trimming party, and as office go-to girl, I ran errands, cleaned and best of all, tried to make treats for 35 people look yummy! Below are pics of the fruit plate, desserts, and cheese plate with other appetizers. It's fun to have a boss with good taste in food.. it gives you a lot to work with!
Yesterday after cleaning up the office, Erica and I decided to head to the city on a whim and see where the day would take us. We started over in the Marina district, eating at a cool spot called The Grove, then headed out to the Presidio for some quiet trails and great views.
The winter sun was at a great angle giving lovely shadow in the Presidio cemetery. We then walked through Crissy field to Fort Point, the only Civil War Fort that was West of the Mississippi (we learned fun facts like this.. in addition to getting great shots of the Golden Gate Bridge)!
We have some great views of the bridge at many different angles. A couple of hours later we walked back through Crissy Field and the Palace of Fine Arts.
Later that evening, a bunch of us headed back to the city to go ice skating in Union Square. It turned out the skating session was sold out, so we booked it down the hill to Yerba Buena Gardens to check out the full size indoor rink. Turns out a session was about to start and we were about 15th in line. It wasn't skating outside under the twinkling Christmas lights, but we had much more room to skate around. Someone then had a hankering for chocolate so we hopped the cable car, hung on tight and wove our across town to Ghiradelli Square for some ice cream!
Sadly, I didn't get any shots of the delicious ice cream, but here we have Doug and Amanda on the front of the cable car, and Warren and Ben hanging on behind! After our rich treats at Ghiradelli we walked down to Fisherman's Wharf, jumped on the Embarcadero Streetcar, took BART back to the East Bay, and headed to the Kona Club, the local tiki bar by my house.
It ended up being an amazing day full of adventures discovering new places and spending great time with great friends. Every time I visit San Francisco there is something new and beautiful!
2 comments:
Such great pictures, Laurel! I know of your great food-styling skills firsthand from Lucy's party.
And I am so envious of your great day in the city. The light in that picture of Erica is AMAZING! And I want one of those bridge pictures to print for my wall.
Thanks for sharing your adventures!
wow! sounds like a blast. and were those your mom's cookies in the pic? i have to know....
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