I just spent a very lovely and indulgent birthday weekend in San Francisco. Besides the weather being practically perfect, there were a ridiculous amount of amazing meals, from the deep dish madness at at Little Star Pizza, to the curiously unique ice cream at Humphry Slocombe, to the thoughtful and deeply fulfilling goods at one of my all-time faves Millenium. And I finally checked off the vegetarian-must-go Greens from my list. 

But there was, of course, more to it than the food. It was a late, last summer escape with my little family as school and work kick back into high gear again. I watched Nico's face light up with each airplane, train, bus, trolley car ride and Mateo get a kick out of the (very) old school, slightly creepy arcade games at the Musee Mechanique down at the Fisherman's Wharf. We also made a fantastic discovery with The Exploratorium which was an interactive science explosion. It was great fun. It was a trip we were certainly lucky to have taken and there could not have been a better way to usher in another year. Thank you family of mine.