I'm Back From My Anniversary Weekend. The Dodgers v. Barry Bonds ...

I'm back from our anniversary weekend. We had a great time together and we couldn't have had better weather.

Friday night we attended the Dodgers v. Giants game (the Dodgers won then went on to win the three game series 2-1), I won $30.00. Barry Bonds didn't hit any home runs. We were hoping he'd make history by hitting home run number 714 in front of us. After the game we had drinks at Sadie's then we went to my place in Millbrae.

Saturday we left my apartment around 2:30pm. We checked into the Hotel Vitale a few hours later after stopping at Nancy's for her things and to park my truck. We called a cab to take us to the hotel. The hotel put us in an Urban Studio room. We settled in, relaxed a bit, explored the hotel and then walked to the Ferry Building. After an hour or so we went back to our room, Nancy soaked in the soaking tub while I watched NASCAR. We spent some time together then walked a few blocks over to watch the KFOG Kaboom Fireworks display. The fireworks of course were awesome. The show seemed to be about 30 minutes long and the crowd numbered about 250,000. After the display finished we walked to North Beach for an Italian dinner. We decided on Macaroni Sciue Sciue. The dinner was good and location was fun. I love North Beach and I really love Italian food. I had a great time people watching and watching Italian tv via satellite in the restaurant.

We walked back to the hotel and were joined by my a couple of our friends. We all hung out in the lobby, on the roof and in our room until security came by at 3:am or so telling us that the room next door had already complained twice...

Sunday we woke up to 80 degree weather. We walked a bit then laid in the sun on the hotel's waterfront patio. I am now sunburned in a wife beater pattern... We showered and spent some time in our room then walked to Embarcadero Center and had dinner at Gaylord's. Again, I had a nice time at the restaurant. It was funny because they were formal in an old persons kinda way with pastel prints and waiters standing at attention. It was almost funny but the place is good. The food is good and the service is good. It really wasn't too expensive either. Afterward we had a drink on the hotel roof then went to bed.

This morning we laid in the sun on the waterfront patio. I tried to even out my tan. I don't know how successful I was but I think the tan lines are funny, as long as no one sees 'em. I showered then we checked out. We hailed a cab to Nancy's. I picked up my truck and we drove to Millbrae where we hiked up into the hills, through a trail and back home (about 3 miles). We watched the Giants v. Astros and the Dodgers v. Arizona games on my tv then took BART to Nancy's. Now I'm here blogging about it.

I really enjoyed the weekend. It went smooth, we had a great time together and I feel totally refreshed and ready for a great week. This weekend we'll be doing the Bay to Breakers. This will be my first time.