Fun in the SF sun!

We had quite the weekend and it was wonderful! One of the many things we're enjoying the most in our new city is the endless outdoor activity. The weather is beautiful most of the time, so the city heads outdoors on the weekends. Mike looked into the San Francisco Bay Area Aggie Club and we lucked out because their kick-off to the upcoming football season was Saturday! We joined about 30 other Aggies at Crissy Field (near the Golden Gate Bridge) and enjoyed chatting with fellow transplants, eating BBQ and talking about College Station. Surprisingly, two other couples moved to San Francisco from Texas the same time we did...five weeks ago. We took a group photo, but it hasn't been posted to our Aggie group page yet. When it posts, I'll be sure to share on the blog.

While at the Aggie BBQ, Mike and I met his friend from high school and his fiance. They asked us to join them at the Giants baseball game the following day and we did! Here are some pictures from the afternoon at AT&T Park. Can you tell what a beautiful day it was? Don't let the pictures fool you though...it was a bit chilly in the 60s. But, the Giants won!

Such a pretty baseball field. I'm not really into baseball, but this stadium was pretty great.

Saturday was themed "The Dog Days of Summer" and people could bring their pups to the game with them. I about died when I saw this bulldog sporting a Giants jersey and baseball cap. He was completely chill and let people take photos of him left and right. I guess he's used to the papparazzi!

Certainly not our last visit to the AT&T Stadium. If you visit us next spring/summer, we'll be sure to take you to a Giants game.

Baseball? What, we're here to watch baseball? I kept watching the boats pass by.

Sneak Peak #2: Our bathroom. Not too exciting, huh? Luckily, Mike stays up late and I wake up early, so it never has to be shared.

This is what I, Erin, have to deal with as I get ready for work every morning. I have a system down, but seriously this counter (can you call it a counter?) is a lil' hard to maneuver with rollers, make-up and various other things.

I can't let my babies go without a shout-out in today's blog update. Toby and Bella say "hello" to all. Even though it's cooler in San Francisco, they still love to sunbathe every chance they get. Look...they are almost holding paws!!!

Wings Over Wine Country

To say that Mike is obsessed with planes is an understatement. When I learned of the Wings Over Wine Country Air Show, I knew we'd be headed there. It was such a beautiful day (sunny and low 70s)...not only did we enjoy the show, but the ride home was fun too!


Showing off my "wings" shirt...worn in the spirit of the air show.


Hitchin' a ride in an F-14 calleded "Buckeye Blitz"...the type of plane filmed in "Top Gun". (That tells you about my extensive knowledge in aircraft....I kept asking Mike if all of the planes were in "Top Gun").


Gig' 'em Aggies....displaying a lil' bit of Fightin' Texas Aggie pride! We are excited football season is just around the corner.

Mike was so excited to eat a turkey leg. Check out the ladies in the background...they thought it was so funny that I was taking a picture of Mike holding his pride and joy.

Sneak Peak

DINING ROOM
I never show anything until it's a finished product. With that said, one room in our apartment is complete and that is the dining room. I'll show you our other rooms as we finish unpacking them. We ran into a dilemna as to what to do with all of our china and crystal. Our Houston apartment had white shelves built into the wall to store everything, but our SF apartment has absolutely no storage whatsoever. It's also our philosophy to not spend big money on furniture until we are in a home, so I turned to Craigslist in search of a china cabinet. What you see is what we found for $110!!! I'd prefer it to be white and look a little more "beachy", but for $110 I'll take it as it is!


Here it is! Too bad we never eat in the dining room.

This is a painting we purchased on our recent trip to Maui. I just love it!

FARMER'S MARKET
Rather than spend another weekend unpacking, we decided to make Saturday a fun day. We started out at the Farmer's Market (at the Ferry Pier) near downtown. We did not have anything specific in mind to purchase (except for kettle corn), so we wandered around and bought a few things that looked yummy. Then, we ended up at an annual festival in Japantown.

I do not eat peppers, but thought they looked so pretty that I took this photo.


Mike found spinach and other not-so-yummy "green" foods. Doesn't his expression just scream excitement?

We were super excited to come across cheese! And all sorts of cheese! We ended up purchasing four different kinds.

I found my kettle corn popcorn! This just made my day!! And yes, I can polish off an entire bag by myself. :)

Painting and Unpacking x 1,000!!!

Mike, Toby, Bella and myself have lived in our new home for 8 days. We've certainly made progress in the apartment....painted the kitchen, the dining and living rooms, and our bedroom. And, we've unpacked an unreal amount of boxes for our tiny 2-bedroom place. We wanted to share some pictures of us from this past week. I promise to post pictures of the "finished product" sometime in the near future. Since we both work full-time, it limits our time to unpack...but we're getting there!

What's going on???


And the painting begins....changing the bedroom color from beige to surf blue.

Cheese.....this is fun!


All of this painting is so exhausting....

Attempting to unpack the living room.

The super, tiny kitchen covered in packing paper. The narly white board on the wall behind me is now gone!