Quickies: Short Getaways: I left my heart in San Francisco

With my busy schedule, limited funds, and really busy friends with the same conundrums, it was so amazing to get a weekend away in San Francisco!!

Susie was attending a seminar called Posh Fest for her online app that focuses on sales. She invited us along! SOOOO.. Choua, Julie, and I decided to tag along and then do our own thing. Ding, ding, ding!! That's my cue to plan an adventure!!

Friday, November 6th, 2015

To make things easier for the drive in the morning, Choua and I slumber partied at Susie's. Every time we do this, we end up chatting the night away... not really a good idea when we wanted to leave around 5 am to miss the morning traffic to arrive there before 9 am. I think we all got barely 2.5 hours of sleep that night (especially Choua and I since the air bed we were on started to deflate- definitely a site to see- every time one of us would get off, the other would fall in, and I kept coughing).

She's too cute!

Saturday, November 7th, 2015

Finally, we get to the San Francisco Design Center for Susie's seminar. She looked so cute all professional. We decided to make a much needed coffee run before she left us AND of course (when you are with me).. a picture to capture the moment ;)

Susie at Posh Fest 2015

Choua and I waited for Julie to arrive so we could go to our first stop... the Sutro Baths. We picked up breakfast at Market & Rye. The food was really nicely put together and tasted good, but my stomach was on the frits!

Julie got to us soon after and we were ready to set out on our voyage!!! (I can imagine myself doing the captain pose with my finger pointed as I say "onwards"!)

The plans got strayed so we just made stops at each place instead of doing the entire hike (fewwwhh!). The walk down to see the Sutro Baths was already intense (for me.. I tire easily). The view was breathe taking! Even my camera and phone could capture a piece of how perfect the view was (definitely couldn't fully represent the experience of being there).

Sutro Baths ruins

We continued to walk a bit of the trail. I got a few pictures of the famous "heart in stone" and pictures with the Golden Gate bridge as we progressed along the path.

We saw an older Asian couple doing cool Tai Chi stances with the Golden Gate in the background (they were super cute). They were nice enough to take a picture for us. We didn't get a chance to make it all the way to Land's End's Labyrinth, but I will definitely make a trip back just for the trail. I was definitely sad, but I'm sure it will be and even greater experience to spend more time doing the trail on a designated day.

The next stop before lunch was Seward slides. These are concrete slides that are hidden away in a little residential area. The sign said adults aren't permitted without children (we were a bit rebellious and went for a slide). At the top there was some cardboard that you can slide down BUT as I was sliding the cardboard got stuck and I continued on on my butt. It didn't hurt too bad (Choua just went down without it.. such a trooper!!).

Alamo Square was squeezed in the midst due to the fact that it was on the way to lunch. We got to see the park and the Painted Ladies that I love seeing in Full House.

Painted Ladies

We picked food at House of Thai 2 for lunch. The green curry was yummy and spicy (I can't handle spicy, but I will take the pain for a good dish!). The pad thai and fried rice were also added to make a good combo. We headed to check in to our hotel the Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf. We got a great deal through my company's points system so our stay was only $175. The only sad part was that we had to pay for parking:( (but that's not too bad since you have to pay everywhere in SF!)

We picked up Susie and then headed to the MALL!! Susie had a great time getting to know all of her fellow sales/app people and networking. I think she definitely made some good contacts and it proved to be a beneficial experience.

We needed to find outfits for the night's Pub Crawl (We were on a time crunch... ready, set, GO!!) We rushed around Union Square to find something to wear. I finally found some pants and a top that wasn't too fancy for bar hopping, but cute enough for clubbing.

We grabbed coffee to keep us energized through our shopping endeavors (no sleep totally took a toll on us). We also ate at a Korean place in the food court for quick cessation to our hunger, but the food wasn't too amazing (I got the shrimp ramen).

Back to the hotel, all FOUR of us girls piled up into the bathroom and proceeded to get ready. I think we did really well considering that we had to get to the registration bar at 8pm sharp. 20 minutes for all of us to get ready... record set! We got ourselves together and used our FREE Lyft ride to get to the bar. We made it with 5 minutes to spare with the help of our awesome driver!

We met and registered with our host. Our host (her name slips my mind) said it was her first gig. She seemed excited, but we were way too tired to mingle with everyone. We got the tickets for the pub crawl on Groupon for $39 for 4 of us (PubCrawlSF). The first 2 bars were kind of boring and the drink specials weren't too amazing. The 3rd bar got us to ease up a bit and talk to a couple of people from the group. Overall, the crawl was a pretty good deal considering that we got Lyft coupons, drink specials, and entry into Infusion.

Apparently people from all walks of life come to San Francisco to party!! We met a doctor from New Zealand, a sales guy from London, and an traveler from Brazil. The last stop on the pub crawl was Infusion Lounge. I think this stop was definitely the highlight of the night (I wanted to dance!). We took more shots and danced the night away!

We were so ready for the night to end so we called our Lyft driver to take us back to the hotel. We definitely had the munchies so we ordered pizza (I'm not really a fan of pizza so I got wings). The pizza was terrible! I don't even know where the pizza was from, but Susie agreed. I'm so glad that the wings were good because one large (not so good ) pizza and the wings came out to $50 bucks including tip.

I slept really well that night! I'm sure that's partially due to the alcohol :) Three of us fit on the king bed (I love how we are tiny enough) and Julie had the roll away bed.

Sunday, November 8th, 2015

Rise and SHINEEEEE!!! The plan for today was for Susie to Uber to her seminar and we would hop on a trolley down to Union Square to do some shopping and then meet up since we were in the same area. We decided to grab coffee at Starbucks and then Pho at Darren's Cafe (near Fisherman's Wharf). It was quite tasty.

We purchased trolley tickets (they are actually called cables cars, but I want to call them trolleys!!) for $7 at the ticket booth on Bay and Taylor. We got on and set off towards Union Square. This was definitely something that I finally checked off my bucket list! I got some good footage from my camera with my selfie stick. I talked to a little family from Vermont that were visiting for a week. They asked me where I was from and they found it funny that I was only an hour and half away. I think I can be tourist-y anywhere I go.

I had to use one of these due to my uncooperative tummy! Pretty cool!

I made some friends!

Through the ups and downs and sliding with the downward forces, we made it to Union Square. We explored more shops without the rushes of the previous night. We ended up in Macy's doing a bingo card to get free demos and samples. It was super fun since I'm not too into makeup. I got to be done up and fancy. I ended up with free samples and a new foundation:)

Sometimes it's nice to feel pretty

We needed to get food, get Julie to BART and then head home, so we got the closest place that looked good to eat. Silly us...we ended up at another Thai place that wasn't really good:( I was sad with my pad thai and I found something not edible in it. We then got Julie to BART right in the nick of time!! Homeward bound!!