Perazzo Paparazzi : San Francisco Trip

Earlier this year one of my best friends Steven called and mentioned that he would be in San Francisco for a cousins wedding. At first I told him there was almost no chance as I would be working. Than about a week later I noticed that the Thursday and Friday would be my Fall Break. So with having two of the days off, with being able to see Steven and Chelsea and Samuel, John and Alyse, Susan's brother Michael and his wife Lu we decided to go to San Francisco. On top of that, we could visit Fallon and all the family there, see Alicia and her kids and even see Michael get home from his mission. So we had to go and it was well worth it.

Here first are some pictures from Fallon as we stopped on our way to San Fran. We were able to see Grandma and Grandpa, Daniel and Hanna, Uncle Jim and Aunt Margaret. We than left to San Jose and stayed with Alicia's in laws the Marrs but we do not have any pictures from that night.

Oh how amazing does Stockton Smile.

After leaving the Marrs we went and picked Steven, Chelsea and Sammy from the airport. We got a new van which we have been wanting to buy but this trip was the breaker of needing to get it. So to start off the trip we went right to food. I had read on multiple sites of this Burrito place which got rated the #1 Burrito in America. It is at La Taqueria and we got there 15 minutes before they opened and second in line. It was AMAZING and well worth the stop in the Mission District.

After the much needed burrito we went dropped off some luggage at are hotel and drove right to Muir Woods which are the redwoods about 25 minutes north of San Fran. It was great to go and see the natural beauty around the area. It was fun to talk and catch up with Steven and his family in person for the first time in many years.

After Muir woods we went to Sausalito which is a gorgeous and very rich marina town right near Muir Woods and right on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. The kids enjoyed seeing the boats and running on the decks. With some long days with the kids it was time to go back to the hotel and call it a great first day in the bay area.

On the second day we started off by going to the Palace of Fine arts. It reminded me a lot of European Architecture and it was really awesome to see.

Owen enjoyed feeding the birds and they certainly liked Owen as you can see.

After the Palace of Fine Arts we went to Golden Gate Park and went to the Japanese Tea Garden. Chelsea commented later in the trip that she was really happy that we did so much with natural beauty in the bay instead of just staying in the city.

After the Garden we ate some street food in the park and than went down to Pier 39. It was fun to stroll the street, the shops and see the sea lions. Susan's brother Michael and his wife Lu met us down there and before we left the area we got some amazing treats at Ghirardelli Square.

For the last and Final day in San Fran John and his wife Alyse met up with us and we went to Alcatraz. It was a great experience and though we seemed trapped on the island later as Owen had the worst melt down of his life, it was still great.

Owen and Sammy on the boat ride to Alcatraz. Whenever I ask Owen about Sammy now he says "Boat, Outside"

While the kids were looking out the window, Steven and John tried to convert me to the way of the Sterns. At least it looks like they are missionaries but we were discussing the Republican Party race for president. Not much has changed.

One cool experience was actually meeting a former inmate on Alcatraz. We were lucky to be there as he was doing a book signing. Dont worry he was not a murderer just a former car thief, tried to escape multiple prisons and has been in and out of prisons his whole life as he turned to forging checks. He learned to forge checks in Alcatraz in which he was there at the age of 23. I wonder if he was forging the whole book. Inmate 1259