San Francisco! (part i)

San Francisco! (part i)

We’re back from our San Francisco trip! It was our first trip (EVER!) to California and we had a great time! We followed our favorite city vacation schedule style —> do things all day and chill at home at night.
Mica*and Harrison made this trip possible for us – Mica used airline points for our flight out there (thank you!!!), and we stayed with them (thank you!!!) in the Inner Sunset neighborhood.

They were such gracious and thoughtful hosts, making our vacation effortless and relaxing by figuring out how to see and do the things we wanted, and by having suggestions for activities and meals. I normally do this sort of planning and leading when we travel and it was amazing to have someone else take charge. And how lucky that we got to experience so much of San Francisco through two of its residents!

Random Thoughts Thursday 203

Random Thoughts Thursday 203

My goodness, the story telling in Little Fires Everywhere was so good. I’d consider owning a copy of it, to cherish again. (That, along with Station Eleven, my other favorite read from the  year!). I really want to know more about what happens to the characters!...
Two takeaways

Two takeaways

Two takeaways from my Chicago to Cleveland back to Chicago trip yesterday (that are only useful if you plan to ever use these airports): DO NOT park at Lot H at O’Hare in Chicago. If you use Uber or Lyft to get picked up at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, you have to...
Random Thoughts Thursday 202

Random Thoughts Thursday 202

I finished Vox! I became less anxious after the main character’s wrist counter (that tracks her speech and zaps her if she says over 100 words for the day) came off so she could work on an anti-Wernicke’s aphasia serum for the president’s brother....
Rush, rush, rush, then drive

Rush, rush, rush, then drive

On to the rest of the weekend! SATURDAY! Mom, Dad, and I hung out at bit after the race, but not for too long – we had to get ready for my cousin Danielle’s wedding! Luckily we had a late (1:00 pm) checkout, had plenty of time to get ready, hit up Taco...