Since one of my best friends from college - Lindsay lives in LA, we try and plan trips to visit each other every couple of months. In lieu of doing the usual LA/Seattle swap, we thought it would be fun to meet in the middle - picking the fabulous city of San Francisco. It worked out well because I had free miles and enough hotel points saved up to get us one night free at the glamorous Westin in Union Square. The weather could not have been
more perfect - 70 and sunny with almost no wind (which is almost unheard of for SF). We got in late Friday night, checked in, and almost immediately hit up the Mission. We somehow managed to squeeze ourselves into a tiny table at "Cha Cha Cha." Our table was totally an afterthought, a little 2-seater piggy-backing off a birthday party in the backroom. After our amazing meal of fresh cerviche, spicy mushrooms, fried potatoes and plantains, we found ourselves singing "Feliz Cumpleanos" along with the birthday goers, cheers-ing everyone over sangria. Good times! We hit up a few more places in the Mission including "Beauty Bar," which is the coolest bar ever, there was a manicurist on duty until midnight, and old fashioned hair dryers, and great 80's music. 
We spent the majority of the next day shopping around, even did the touristy Ghirardelli Square and Marina waterfront walk where we met up with Lindsay's sister Ashley who lives by the Marina. We took a trolley ride back up toward Union, and met up with Ashley again that night for at a Middle-Eastern/Mediterranean restaurant.
On our last day, we went out to brunch at "The Grove," on Chestnut Street and shopped around the cute boutiques around there. A little later, Ashley picked us and drove us to the old military base Crissy Field and we took a short hike up to view the Golden Gate bridge. Except, unlike the gorgeous cloudless skies we'd had Friday and Saturday, Sunday was chilly with so much fog, it completely concealed the bridge, walking across it felt like walking into an abyss! Despite the weather, we still got some great pictures, and had an opportunity to see the gusty winds in true San Francisco fashion. Overall, a great (and packed) weekend, I definitely slept well on the plane ride home!
On our last day, we went out to brunch at "The Grove," on Chestnut Street and shopped around the cute boutiques around there. A little later, Ashley picked us and drove us to the old military base Crissy Field and we took a short hike up to view the Golden Gate bridge. Except, unlike the gorgeous cloudless skies we'd had Friday and Saturday, Sunday was chilly with so much fog, it completely concealed the bridge, walking across it felt like walking into an abyss! Despite the weather, we still got some great pictures, and had an opportunity to see the gusty winds in true San Francisco fashion. Overall, a great (and packed) weekend, I definitely slept well on the plane ride home!
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