After our whirlwind tour of LA and Santa Barbara, we headed north to the San Francisco Bay Area. Having left Copenhagen almost 3 months ago for the second leg of our journey, it was a good time to take stock of the trip, share some stories and catch up with friends and family.
Our time over the holidays was, as you would expect, mostly focused on food and drink (all delicious), but we also managed to squeeze in some small trips to San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland and Petaluma. I guess in a way we were still fairly busy travelers. It was great to see family, especially since Alex’s uncle Mike was able to join us from Florida, and so many old friends, including a number of new family additions (i.e. babies).
Some highlights include Karaoke in Japantown for New Year’s Eve (ironically at a Korean restaurant), a number of mandatory brewery visits (see here), some delicious duck (for Danish Christmas) and roast lamb (for American Christmas), a 1986 port wine that Alex’s dad had been dutifully saving for almost 10 years, and one of the coolest roadside bars (a monument to classic Americana) that we’ve ever seen.
Christmas tree in San Francisco
Homemade cranberry bread
Yes, those are someone’s new socks. Fashionable, no. Awesome, yes!
Soon to be our duck dinner
Lamb roast and onions
What an awesome table, and hat
Admiring the 1986 Coelheita
Alex’s uncle Mike and Kristina after a satisfying dinner
Instant Karma’s gonna get you
The guys posing at Saul’s Deli
Pickles posing at Saul’s deli
Biking at Jeremey and Liisa’s. Alex on scooter
Jeremy and Liisa’s front yard. Star Wars theme, awesome!
Hmmm, what song to pick?
Oh, that one!
The gang in downtown Petaluma
Tin Bar
Chris, Heather and Alex learning of a recent accident where a truck crashed into the building right where they’re sitting
Posing with Tin Bar
Our old SF neighborhood of North Beach complete with wind and rain
City Lights Booksellers
Columbus and Broadway
Caffee Trieste
Tony’s Pizza, a relatively new addition to North Beach – the classic margarita was amazing
Dropping by to visit our friends at Huckleberry
Inside Huckleberry
Classic San Francisco
It was great to see you guys out here! Also, this reminds me I have to take down my Christmas lights. Ernie’s looks cool – may inspire a trip up to Petaluma at some point.