Monday, October 29, 2018

Mom's Visit, Part 2: San Francisco

On Saturday, we headed to San Francisco. We went to Golden Gate Park again, which is probably our favorite thing to do there. We started off with the Harmon Tower, which is a must-do in Golden Gate Park, and absolutely free! Then we walked by the Lily Pond, where Ricky found some blackberries. We then went to the Conservatory of Flowers, and walked around the exterior, which was beautiful. We didn't want to pay to go inside though. We decided to pay to go into the Botanical Garden, which was the same price, but sounded like it had more to do. It was pretty fun. There are so many small parts inside of it, such as a Redwood Trail, Garden of Fragrance, and Ancient Plant Garden, to name a few. Our favorite part was probably the Garden of Fragrance. But I also enjoyed the Ancient Plant Garden. It was a little confusing at times because there were so many paths, but not enough signs. So at one point, we thought we should be in the California Garden, but we were really in the Succulent Garden. Anyways, Golden Gate park is huge and we still haven't seen it all! See last year's San Francisco trip for more San Francisco adventures.

Harmon Tower

Ricky and I found the same spot we stood in last year for a picture. Last year, you could see the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, but it was too foggy this time. P.S. I'm wearing the same shirt and Ricky's wearing the same jacket as last year!

Mom at the Conservatory of Flowers




There were plenty of flowers outside the building!

Ricky in the succulent garden (I think)


We ended with dinner at Cliff House! My mom had the salmon with lentils, I had the pork chop with broccolini, and Ricky had the braised lamb with shiitake mushrooms. Ricky's favorite part was the shiitake mushrooms, and my favorite part was the cornbread with sausage that came on the side for me. It was a crumble and it was SO good! The view was also beautiful!




Sunday, October 28, 2018

Mom's Visit, Part 1: Shopping and Apple Picking

My mom came and visited us over the weekend a couple weeks ago. It was so fun to have her here! Our weekend started on Friday, which was our Girls' Day! We started off the day getting pedicures. It was so nice! The chairs had massage, and were amazing! We felt so relaxed afterwards. It was a great way to start the day!



After getting pedicures, we headed to the Gilroy Outlets to do some shopping! My family loves the Park City outlets, and I realized the Gilroy Outlets are my version of those. It's a little bit of a drive, but worth it for the deals!



My mom with her cute little basket in the Jelly Belly store!


After shopping, we headed to Gizdich Ranch to go apple picking! I had some apple pie, then we got to work picking our apples! It was a fun experience! And the drive to get there was through the mountains, and really pretty!






We got to pick 4 types of apples: red delicious, golden delicious, gala, and pippin.

We ended the night watching a movie. It was a wonderful day!