The Nutcracker

Yesterday we decided that we would actually go to the Nutcracker. We were debating if we should go but we decided that it would be a nice thing to do around Christmas and neither of us had ever been to a ballet before. I had always wanted to see the Nutcracker and so we bought the tickets in the afternoon and drove to San Francisco. We were unable to take pictures of the ballet but I thought I would post their trailer. It was so beautiful and we had a great time!!!

Golden Gate Field, A Day at the Races!!!

Today we went to Golden Gate Field to watch the horse races! It was dollar days and I have always wanted to see a horse race, it always seemed so exciting!!! So, today we went and watched 5 races. Here are a few pictures from our exciting day:

A few pictures of my apartment

Here are a few pictures of the the outside of our apartment. We are almost done unpacking and once I put up my Christmas decor I will put up some of the inside!!!

Rooftop sitting area

The Building

Sunset view from the rooftop

Selling coconut trees?

Today we went to IKEA to find some things for our bathroom and found that they sell coconut trees. I was so surprised! HAHA

Pride and Prejudice

Mr.Bingley comes to call on Jane

Lady Catherine de Burgh and the Bennets

Some of the Bennets

Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth

My husband and I went to the theater on Saturday in Ross, Ca. It was about 30 minutes away in an old barn. I was so excited to see the best story ever told!!! The theater was small but very a very neat barn! We both enjoyed it but it will never compete with the BBC/A&E 6 hour movie of Pride and Prejudice. That is the movie that made me fall in love with Jane Austin's characters. The play went fast and slow at times. Since my husband did not know the story it maybe was hard to know what was going on in such a short condensed version of the book. At times it felt that it needed more to it to make you get what was really going on. The character of Elizabeth, the mother, father, and Lady Catherine were played very well. We were not allowed to take pictures during the play so here are some pictures from their website.

COCO Swirl

                Here is a wonderful yogurt shop in Walnut Creek we just had to try!!! It is self serve machines and you can choose your toppings. You pay by the ounce.

Fold-a-bike

Here is a bike that we saw when we were waiting for the train to get to the city. It folds completely in half!

Our Garage

Here is our parking garage. It is a 2 floor machine that moves either up and down or side to side. In our case it moves up and down. This allows the garage to have more cars. I am a little nervous driving into because I feel I am going to hit one of my sides but the more I use it the better I get!

BART

 Using public transportation is new to me. This for me will take a bit of getting used to. Here is the train we use to go to the city and what Antonio uses to. They call it BART.

To my surprise it is not ciaos

We caught you! HAHA!!!

Here is a dad holding his little girl to help her go the bathroom at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco on Thanksgiving day. Antonio spotted them while we were walking past them to look at the boats coming in. We both just started to laugh and Antonio just had to take a picture. I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go!

Tour of San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day

This is the Historical Wells Fargo Building

Today was a sad day since we were not able to spend Thanksgiving with family but we had a great time together in San Francisco. We decided to take a tour of the city on a double decker bus to tour the city. It was really nice because we did not have to drive just to get lost and we did not have to find parking. Here are some pictures of what we saw today!

Here is a picture of a beautiful Cathedral, the cable cars and a very steep sidewalk!

Alcatraz

Here is Antonio and I on our bus tour!!!

Cute little Go-Cars to tour the city

City Hall

Statue in Union Square

Golden Gate Bridge

 

We went to Boudin Bakery for a warm drink and a lemon poppyseed muffin! It was very good and neat to see them baking bread.

Historical Boudin Bakery

Transferring of Breads!

Here is some styles of bread

We stopped at Fisherman's Warf and looked at some of the boats coming in and was almost attacked by some pelicans haha!This is one of the boats!

CRAB

It's 50 degrees and we were cold!!!

Hold on your credit cards it's Union Square home of MACYs, Tiffany's, Bloomingdales,etc.

Apartment Hunting...Still!

Yes we are still apartment hunting but finally it is coming to an end. We have been checking out Walnut Creek and we are seeing an apartment in the city today. So we have basically checked out the whole area...Berkeley, Rockridge, Jack London Square in Oakland, Walnut Creek, and finally today San Francisco. So, hopefully we decide and get all the paperwork done. I am just worn out from looking at so many places I can't wait till it is over and we can have our own place rather than stay in a hotel,which is nice at times and a pain on others.

Pictures of what we have seen so far, not much but they are nice!

 Here are a few pictures, some of when we were walking around I spotted some flowers that my husband recognized that he thought were like the ones like his grandmother used to have, which is always nice to see in the winter, some palm trees which are new to the eyes from where I am from, an outside flower shop, and finally a glass of water that we had at a Thai restaurant.

Palm Tree at the Claremont

Flower shop on Shattuck

Thai Restaurant glass of water

The Claremont Hotel Club and Spa (our hotel)

A view from our room

Claremont hotel tower

Our View from our hotel room!

Here it is all rainy today :(

Our Little Friend!!!

Here is our very nice hotel that my husband's company set us up in and a picture of our little friend this morning outside our window. I also added a picture from our view today and a view from yesterday, you can see that it has been yucky all day raining and misting. You cannot see across the bay anymore or the bridge but when it is sunny and not foggy you can see the Bridge in the distance.