explorin'

Last night, I met Ben downtown after work so that we could go explore Chinatown. It was awesome. We got dinner at Brandy Ho's and, of course, all of the waiters/waitresses loved that Ben could speak to them in perfect Cantonese!

After dinner we walked around some more and got two of Ben's (and now mine) favorite Chinese pastries - a cocktail bun & pineapple bread. Then we both got a little cranky and it was time to go home. Ha.

Today, we explored beautiful Sausalito! Clearly, we only take pictures when we are eating, but we did more than that - I promise. Sausalito is so cute. We decided that it is where we would like to live for . . . well, forever. The shops are so fun - we especially loved "The Holiday Shoppe" which had nothing but Christmas decorations - it was great. Also, Ben and I, as per usual, got lost looking for a certain street - but we are so glad we did! We got to enjoy a gorgeous neighborhood stroll!

For lunch, we went to a restaurant called "Hamburgers." It really reminded me of "The Soup Nazi" - a Seinfeld favorite. We enjoyed our grub in a delightful little park.

Ben said that this particular happenstance was blog-worthy so I will tell you: When I ordered, I wanted a hot dog so that is what I ordered. But a couple of minutes later, they hollered "Number 5 - We're out of hotdogs!" Well, secretly, I had been wishing that I had ordered a hamburger and I got to change my order - perfect!

After lunch, we shared an ice cream cone and enjoyed the view of the bay. The man who took this picture - his wife goes to Nanjing University - the same place that Ben studied in China when we were dating!

We had a great day! Sitting and enjoying the view and the ice cream, I told Ben that this is one of the moments that I would like to capture and keep forever.