I'm in San Francisco for the week! Such a unique and awesome city, can't wait to see what the next few days has in store for me. Anywho...a recap of things thus far:
Day 1
We arrived at SFO around 2:00pm. Virgin Airlines was pretty awesome, loved the plastic-y spaceship-y futuristic design and the fun safety video. Also, the individual touch-screen kiosks with music/tv/games/food ordering capability were awesome. Very forward thinking, other airlines need to catch up!
The first thing I said when I got out of the airport was, "Wow, look it's a mountain!" The first of many wowed moments as my eyes gradually grew accustomed to the sight of hills and hills and hills. Yvette's dad picked us up and we headed to city hall to get passports renewed. Pit stop at a bao shop to grab a snack, we got pork sung bao and it was quite tasty. City hall was very...stately. The atrium was nice, as well as the random little exhibits on either side.
Afterward we were dropped off at Yvette's grandmother's house for a disturbing episode of Tyra, a few clips of Family Feud and Arthur, and a wonderfully delicious meal of scrambled eggs with shrimp, cooked vegetables, chicken, lotus root with fishcakes, and the best salad in the world (aka. mango, strawberry, avocado, celery, and cucumber in vinegar dressing).
Day 2
Woke up at 10:12am by myself (which is late considering it's 1:12pm New York time...). Easy start to the day, we walked/bussed to the area near Yvette's high school. Had some delicious pho and banh mi and also some three-colored coconut drink stuff (coconut milk, some green jelly, and red beans..not sure exactly what it was, but it was quite tasty).
Then, we proceeded to Jolie's where I got my first ever pedicure. It was so nice to just sit and read The Joy Luck Club, which has been sitting on my shelf for approximately 8 months. The whole thing was amazing. Warm soak, some sort of scrub, lotioning, nail clipping, cuticle trim, buffering, and beautiful toenails.
On to a nice home-cooked meal at grandma's house. Mee fun, braised pork belly, and congee. Mango for dessert! Yummm
That evening we went for a walk at John McLaren Park. A little sketchy? A little rigorous at times...overall a good way to walk off a very filling dinner.
Day 3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YVETTE!!!! = my line of the day. to be expressed in various intervals and volumes, illiciting various magnitudes of annoyance and fright :)
My day began with an egg puff from Quicklys. We walked to Yvette's other grandmother's house to say hello, which really meant we were reeled into staying for bay gu (purely phonetic spelling). Basically rice paper wrap with pork seasoned with rice powder and garlic and lettuce, dipped into a mix of fish sauce, pickled carrots, and chili garlic sauce. aka. too much deliciousness for me to resist...
We spent the day in downtown, shopping. shopping. shopping. got shoes and swimsuit and necklaces and shoes. and a cream puff for beard papa. pretty delish. Can't say I've ever had a bad cream puff in my life, but that one was definitely a good one.
Then we went to Le Charm for dinner. ate a lot of bread. also had some calamari and mussel in delicious white wine sauce. had salmon for my entree with potatoes. All in all a delicious meal.
After dinner we took a short detour to Treasure Island, and I caught a snapshot of the city at night.
I've brought my heart to San Francisco...now let's see if I leave it here :)
Hugs and hipsters,
Angela :)
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