The milk man, the paper boy, evening T.V
You miss your old familiar friends, but
waiting just around the bend.
Everywhere you look (everywhere)
There's a heart (there's a heart)
A hand to hold on to.
Everywhere you look (everywhere)
There's a face of somebody who needs you.
When you're lost out there and your all alone
A light is waiting to carry you home
Everywhere you look.
Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Chity Chi bob botta
We left LaLaLand and headed up the 5 to San Francisco for our hot date with Danny Tanner and Uncle Jessie:)
340 miles and the Bay Bridge later, we arrived! We headed into the Financial District for some tapas and wine lunch. This place had their menu on an iPad and took our order on a PDA, pretty high tech we must say.
After we killed our bottle of wine, we headed to China Town. Here, we enjoyed some free tea tasting.
Every tea had some sort of positive effect to help your body, ie. relaxation, digestion, weight loss, etc.
One of the teas we tried was $800/pound...only because it grows in elevation of 7500 feet on top of a mountain in China making it very rare. When we asked the effect of this tea, the lady said “it helps make you broke.” hahaha Needless to say, we didn’t buy any of these teas, but we tried them all and enjoyed them thoroughly.
We made our way to Colin’s apartment, who would be hosting us for the next few days. Not sure how excited Colin was about 3 girls invading his apartment, but he was up for the challenge. :)
We relaxed a bit then headed our for a sushi dinner. Colin took us to one of his favorite sushi places, Sushi Bistro. We had some delicious specialty rolls and some toro, that just melted in our mouths. Not to mention the sake, wine, and beer on the side.
We rounded up the evening with some drinks at the Tipsy Pig.
We got a little crazy last night and ended up shunned to Alatraz Island. We decided to take the guided audio tour as we walked around the halls of the facility. Everything was kept in its original condition, complete with grenade marks, bullet holes, and prisoner’s belongings.
We learned that Alcatraz was eventually shut down because there wasn’t enough money to keep it running. There were many escape attempts, but only three prisoners ended up making it out. They made a drill out of a bowl and spoons to break through the concrete wall. Although they made it out, they hit the ice cold waters and were never seen again. The San Francisco Bay is full of sharks and has freezing temperatures which probably led to the prisoners demise….(insert cliff hanging music here)
After Alcatraz we were headed off to Pier 23 for lunch. It was such a beautiful day that we decided to grab a table outside and have a few mimosas to go with our meal.
We made our way a few piers down to Pier 39 & Fisherman’s Wharf where we got to see lots of sea lions!!
Although we were still full from our lunch, there’s always room for ice cream. Good thing Ghirardelli Square was within walking distance:)
Our day would not have been complete without a visit to the Tanners. We sat on the grassy knoll at Alamo Square Park in hopes that Uncle Jessie would come outside. He must have been jammin’ out with the Rippers at the Smash Club because he never showed up:(
So, we headed back to C-Duece’s apartment and were pretty exhausted from the ½ hour walk from the Tanners. We decided that a bottle of wine and ordering in would be the perfect end to an eventful day…
Especially because we were doing Sunday Funday Napa style:) We drove over the Golden Gate (imagining ourselves in a red convertible, singing the Full House theme song and Uncle Jessie in the backseat) and took in the amazing view.
About an hour later, we stopped at our first winery, owned by the Jacuzzi family, in Sonoma.
Complimentary wine & olive oil tasting was first on our list. If it’s free its for us!
From there Colin, the best tour guide ever:), took us to V. Sattui for some more wine tasting and maybe some food so we don’t die. Our $5, 5 wine selection wine tasting turned into $5 and 15+ wine selection tasting thanks to Luis who was just coming back from his break & wasn’t quite aware of how many we had already had.
A special thanks to Gary, the chocolate man, who gave us some chocolate to pair with the dessert wine we were tasting. In the future, we will be sending him pork roll, corn, and tomatoes in exchange for his delicious homemade chocolate.
With some food in our bellies to provide us with nourishment, we set off for our third winery, the Robert Mondavi Winery. Richard…
told us about our choices of the “regular” tasting or the reserve tasting. Yeah, we’ll do the reserve tasting, thanks. This brings us to the club member room, which we were not supposed to be in, but Brandon shrugged his shoulders and busted out the wine glasses anyway. Here, we had 6 more samples and a few photo opps. with the crew.
Daylene decided that if she’s going to be in a photo it’s going to be a kick ass one.
You guys rocked! Brandon, you better watch Wet Hot American Summer. :)
We left Mondavi, and hit up two more wineries to round it up. One of which, Stephanie & Colin almost got kicked out of. Apparently talking really loud & laughing loudly doesn’t fly in Napa.
On the way home…one of us…might have gotten pulled over…that person may or may not have gotten a DUI check…that person also may or may not have told the officer that the reason she was speeding was because she was “jammin’ out”. This person may or may not be Renee.
All ended well, we now just have two cop friends in Napa. If your ever driving in Napa, take note-the speed limit is 60 and if your teeth are purple, they are probably going to ask you to step out of the vehicle.
We woke up this morning thankful that one of us was not in jail and headed East on highway 80. We are making our way back home now:) BUT not for 8 more days!!!
Stay tuned!
xxoo
the X Country Girls
PS. We are currently looking for someone to sign us to a label. We have been practicing 8 hours a day and can sing any Disney song, anything on Elvis Radio, Showtunes, or 80’s throwbacks. We swear it’s not delirium, we think we’re really good:)
