One Stop Shop

One of the many reasons we like living in the Bay Area is that we live so close to such a big city. San Francisco is like a tourist's buffet. There is no better example of this than our travels to the beautiful Golden Gate park this weekend. It is the Costco of all parks, a one stop shop! We were only at the park for approximately four hours but saw the following in that short amount of time. First we visited the De Young museum and discovered ancient african artifacts, early american furniture, sculptures, and modern art to name a few. (One of our favorites was the glass sculpture of a woman who when captured with light is illuminating; pictured below.) Next we went to the Japanese tea garden. It should be no surprise to anyone that we were too cheap to pay to go inside. We felt a picture in front of it would suffice.
On our way to the windmills, we couldnt help but stop and smell the roses, literally, the rose garden was beautiful. As Matt might try to claim, he wanted to see the windmill to honor his dutch heritage. The fact of the matter was that it was free and perhaps a good photo opportunity. We showed up just in time to watch this couple get married. Our day wouldnt be complete without a trip to the beach! A good 80% of the park is still unexplored. We cant blame you if you want to visit, our door is always open!

4th of July!!!

Matt and I had the opportunity to house sit for the wonderful woman I work for while she was out of town. It was perfect timing because Matt had two days off work and we dont have air conditioning to survive the 100 degree weather. We stayed 10 days and were able to celebrate the 4th as we should... with a barbeque, pool, fireworks, and family. Here are some pics of our weekend!Barbeque man with a Beard
Helens backyard and our paradise for the week.

A pic of the moon and stars before the big show.A dragonfly firework. We were excited (or should I say Matt was super excited)to take pictures of the fireworks with our new camera.