san fran, we love you.

The weekend after Thanksgiving we drove down to San Francisco to meet friends from Jimmy's time at Occidental. San Fran is only 3.5 hours from Redding which makes it easy to travel to and we are definitely planning to head back soon.

We had no idea how much we would fall in love with this city. We had the most perfect weather - mid-60s, sunshine and no fog - and could not get enough of the beautiful architecture and plethora of shops, restaurants and galleries.

We walked for miles. Claire and Mandla gave us a great overview of the city - Little Italy, Chinatown, Coit Tower, down to the Bay. The city is amazingly clean and so charming. It was the first time I felt like I could legitimately live in a city that large.

This church was so unbelievably beautiful. I could have spent hours there. 

After we walked around all day we made drove down to Chrissy Field and the beach right below Golden Gate. That's when I whipped out my real camera.

We're hoping to head back in February to reconvene with even more of Jimmy's friends from LA and February cannot come soon enough. Thanks to Claire and Mandla for being amazing hosts!