0031 -- the bay area

Friday was dedicated to getting up to see Rexy and her little girl Sophie. I've been following Rexy on her various blogs for about 3 years now but we never have gotten the chance to get together. 

On the way out of Monterey we made crazy good time so we decided to stop in Santa Cruz since I had never been. It was a little to busy/packed for me. But we did get some crazy yummy garlic fries on the boardwalk!

From there we moved on to Mountain View for lunch and treats with the girls. It was magical and I have no words to describe how amazing they both are. I am so excited that there are many plans for future hangs!!! Plus, Sophie is such a special little lady I can't wait to play with her again. 

We left the girls and started heading towards Oakland for a show that our friend Brandt was playing at. We only heard one band before needing to roll into the city to check in on a friend's dogs. 

The view from this joint was insane to say the least. My photos only have it during the day, but we walked in on twinkling lights from 38 floors up and then a symphony began to play in a courtyard down below...incredible. 

The filling day we had plans to meet up with an interweb friend of ours for brunch at Straw in the city. This place rules, their food is carnival themed and done so well! I cannot sing its praises enough!! 

Keir happens to live wonderfully close to the painted ladies so we took a stroll around the park to work off breaky. As well, it was easily the prettiest day for a stroll!

We parted ways with Keir here and went on a little driving tour of the city before rolling back into Oakland. 

The rest of our evening included Indian food take out, netflix, browsing Brandt's hand typography, cats, and ultra hangs. 

Monday morning we woke up ready to repack the car and continue heading north. With intentions of making it a long driving day we were out of the city by noon, not without a drive over the elusive Golden Gate Bridge. 

Update again soon!

xxo