Chiapelli in CA

Carrie came out to visit for her birthday. She had never been to California before, so it was so much fun to show it off to her. Jude had Friday off and so I was able to take her on a little road trip to San Francisco and then up the coast a little to Muir Woods and Stinson Beach. She loved everything so much that it made for a really fun trip for me, too. She was so happy to see and do just about anything--just to get out of icy PA weather was a treat, I guess. It was so good to see her and we had such a great time!

We drove to Sausalito and took the ferry across the bay to the city.
The ferry went right past Alcatraz

We ate lunch somewhere around Pier 10ish overlooking the water. It was the most beautiful sunny perfect day.
We took the trolley from Ghirardelli Square to china town. It was so much fun going up and down the steep streets of San Francisco on the trolley. We both decided we need new sunglasses after seeing all these pictures.





We found this awesome little alley of restaurants somewhere close to Union Square. It was so cute--a lucky find--for sure a highlight of the day! It was all these little restaurants with seating in the alley under umbrellas with outdoor heaters. Little authentic Italian and French kitchens all connected but with their own individual store fronts and their own outdoor seating. It was seriously so cute. I loved it. We went with Italian and our waiter was straight from the boot. He was awesome--helped us figure out the ferry back to Sausalito and told us how to hail a cab back to the port.

Crazy eyes on the ferry. This was the best I could do.

Our hotel in Sausalito
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View of the Golden Gate Bridge outside our hotel room

Schmancy breakfast on the veranda at the hotel

Our view while we ate
The Ferrari club

Driving up Hwy 1 to Stinson Beach

Stinson Beach

It ended up being 75 degrees and sunny so we dug through Carrie's suitcase and laid out on the beach in tank tops and leggings. We were schmegly but it was awesome! 75 degrees in February!!

Muir Beach lookout-so beautiful!

On the way back to Rocklin we drove through wine country so Carrie could see the vineyards and stopped at this winery.

Carrie soaking up some CA sunshine in the backyard before going back to freezing PA. She seriously lucked out with the weather. It hasn't been that warm since she left.