With all that said, I am generally stoked about the days when I can leave the apartment with only a sweater, let alone shorts and a tanktop. Enter Monday and Tuesday of this week. San Francisco was graced with extremely rare summer weather: 85-90 degrees, SUN, and hardly a cloud in the sky. It was absolutely glorious, though I will admit a little challenging because very few businesses or buildings have air-conditioning in the city. But, I could spend the day in my shorts and tank, enjoying the heat and drinking cool liquids while relaxing after the weekend - awesome.
This heat wave was admittedly short lived - and I kid you not, the temperature dropped from 80-70 degrees in an hour on Wednesday(accompanied by an incredible rush of fog that clouded the city almost instantly!), went down to the mid 60s on Thursday, topped off at 60 degrees today, and tomorrow will be reaching nearly 55 degrees. Sad. But, I am hoping this means our fall will bring with it some warm weather (as it usually does) and some gorgeous, fog free days.
On Tuesday night, Dan came home and we decided that with this crystal clear evening (a rarity even during the rest of the year) and the warm temperatures, we needed to head to the beaches near the Golden Gate Bridge to watch the sunset. We've been trying to do regular date nights every week since I can be a home-body or we both get so excited about hanging out with our friends in the city that a week goes by and we realize we've barely spent any good quality time together. This was the perfect, spontaneous date night!
So, we called in for some gyros, hopped in the car, and took the drive out to the Bridge. After that, we headed to one of the tallest points in the city (Twin Peaks) to get a view of the city at night. Apparently that was everyone's idea as the look out points were packed, but boy was the view worth it. We ended the trip with a jaunt down to the Mission District and one of the most famous ice cream places in the city: Mitchell's Ice Cream. Usually the wait is long...so we were expecting to need some patience in this heat. But, when we arrived, they were serving number 58 and I pulled number 24. Now, I love ice cream, and Mitchell's especially, but waiting for 60 customers to be served seemed like a bit too much. So instead, we headed back to our corner store, grabbed some Mint Chocolate Hagan Daas, and ate it while watching the sci-fi movie "Serenity" (thanks for the recommendation Joe!). Here are some pictures from the evening. Again, sorry about the out of orderness -this blog isn't that great about formatting.
Dan's picture of the city from Twin Peaks - one of my favorites!
Dan and the Golden Gate Bridge. We were sitting on an old WWII bunker as we ate our gyros and watched the sun go down.
My pic of a flower near the Golden Gate Bridge - we're trying to get better at our photography skills without using too much editing. I really like how this one turned out.
Sunset over the Pacific and a HUGE ship. We weren't sure what the ship was carrying, though our guess was containers. Just looks a lot different than the barges and other container ships we see out here.
Me, getting ready to feast on a gyro! YUM
A self-portrait of Dan and I (and random person) at the Golden Gate Bridge.
Me, sporting my shorts, tank top, THIN sweater, and baby belly at the Golden Gate Bridge =)
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