be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

since there was an excessive heat warning in the valley & the little brother had games in the city, we spent another weekend in san fran. this time with my 'rents. it was pretty warm still but we went places we'd never been before & it was a lot of fun!

we spent the morning waiting. the wait at the famed 'mama's' restaurant was about an hour and a half long aka $6 in parking meter time. while waiting, my dad & i ventured down the street to a gorgeous church where we got to talk to this adorable couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. they'd been married in the same church by the same priest 50 years earlier. the "bride's" parents and grandparents were both married there along with both of their daughters. i thought that was so sweet!
so finally we got to the front of the line, the pic is on the bottom right, & the food was phe-nomenal! could have been the hours sweltering in the heat & being starved but it was great. then we climbed one of those crazy steep 'cisco hills to coit tower (bottom left) where we looked over the whole city! beautiful view on a clear day.

now on to michael's bball games (36 points in the first & 3's being thrown down left & right) where the other teams watching were calling him kobe. proud moment for my bryant-enthused bro. :) we went & took naps in a nearby park in between the 2 games. ellery was hamming it up @ the games which always draws an audience.
then off to the painted ladies! they're a street of really spectacular victorian row houses with an awesome view of the city skyline behind them. we walked around the park & picked out which one's we'd want to live in. i was obsessed with that orange & yellow number. it was one of the smaller ones but it was sweet!

lastly we went to japantown where we ate at benihana's. um. WOW. dragon rolls: i love you. it was another perfect day in the city, seeing the sights & eating like kings. thanks mom & dad!

oh & my dad caught this:

ahhh...

choo!

gesundheit, darling girl.