{"id":92,"date":"2010-10-22T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=92"},"modified":"2011-05-02T22:54:49","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T05:54:49","slug":"b-bs-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"B &amp; B&#8217;s visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first weekend of August we were visited by our favorite couple  ever, Brianne &amp; Brian!  They stayed with us Thursday through Sunday  so it was a great chunk of time to spend with those kiddos. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The first day I had to work so Kevin and B &amp; B went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/\">Exploratorium <\/a>to act like kids for a day.  That night after work we met up with Carleigh in Union Square and had drinks and dinner at an Irish pub (can&#8217;t remember the name of it).  We then treated ourselves to some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitchellsicecream.com\/\">Mitchell&#8217;s Ice Cream<\/a> since they hadn&#8217;t tried it yet.  We&#8217;ve got ourselves a couple new fans! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcUUV6O_I\/AAAAAAAABrA\/bKhvCR7uvRo\/s1600\/_9_90.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530944059003780082\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcUUV6O_I\/AAAAAAAABrA\/bKhvCR7uvRo\/s320\/_9_90.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOn Friday while Kevin and I were at work, B &amp; B did some exploring  in the East Bay on their own.  We then met up that afternoon to do some  exploring in North Beach\/Chinatown.<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcUUV6O_I\/AAAAAAAABrA\/bKhvCR7uvRo\/s1600\/_9_90.JPG\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcUG1zR8I\/AAAAAAAABq4\/T-MVjLuyVPw\/s1600\/_9_99.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530944055379445698\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcUG1zR8I\/AAAAAAAABq4\/T-MVjLuyVPw\/s320\/_9_99.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Yes it is August and yes we&#8217;re bundled up like we&#8217;re going to the North Pole \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcTiMUpXI\/AAAAAAAABqw\/SUiEmeXlDns\/s1600\/_9_102.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530944045541795186\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcTiMUpXI\/AAAAAAAABqw\/SUiEmeXlDns\/s320\/_9_102.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Our first stop in Chinatown: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/house-of-nanking-san-francisco\">House of Nanking<\/a>!  We had heard rave reviews about it and were not disappointed. Soooo tasty!  Just don&#8217;t be fooled by the name of their scallop dish &#8220;Tower of Scallops&#8221;&#8230;it was only three freakin&#8217; scallops! Other than that, we were super impressed (just not with the service, but what can you expect?)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcTMyLZcI\/AAAAAAAABqo\/H4rH4qhvUN0\/s1600\/_9_107.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530944039794992578\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHcTMyLZcI\/AAAAAAAABqo\/H4rH4qhvUN0\/s320\/_9_107.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb-wtX9SI\/AAAAAAAABqg\/7eYAYzDyzAU\/s1600\/_9_108.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943688661267746\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb-wtX9SI\/AAAAAAAABqg\/7eYAYzDyzAU\/s320\/_9_108.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe then walked a mile or two to North Beach and hung out at our regular spot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/maras-italian-pastries-san-francisco\">Mara&#8217;s Italian Pastries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb9ZKXakI\/AAAAAAAABqI\/DzBPYZ8DRqw\/s1600\/_9_116.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943665160546882\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb9ZKXakI\/AAAAAAAABqI\/DzBPYZ8DRqw\/s320\/_9_116.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">YUM!!!!!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb-tcclzI\/AAAAAAAABqY\/uktZ5GFISnc\/s1600\/_9_111.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943687784961842\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb-tcclzI\/AAAAAAAABqY\/uktZ5GFISnc\/s320\/_9_111.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Our lovely posed photo (check out the tripod our camera is on, haha!)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb9_Y41eI\/AAAAAAAABqQ\/4leJtFoVbSo\/s1600\/_9_112.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943675422004706\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb9_Y41eI\/AAAAAAAABqQ\/4leJtFoVbSo\/s320\/_9_112.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Here&#8217;s our goofy shot&#8230;guess Kevin and Brian didn&#8217;t get the memo!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb86WgvuI\/AAAAAAAABqA\/lODZSNfi1c8\/s1600\/_9_119.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943656889990882\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHb86WgvuI\/AAAAAAAABqA\/lODZSNfi1c8\/s320\/_9_119.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Being goofs in front of some window display in Union Square<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbmM5YICI\/AAAAAAAABp4\/7UE3fygxz10\/s1600\/_9_120.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943266731073570\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbmM5YICI\/AAAAAAAABp4\/7UE3fygxz10\/s320\/_9_120.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">They look like they could be locals! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<p>On Saturday we went to visit Kevin on his lunch break since he had to work \ud83d\ude41  We went to eat at <a href=\"http:\/\/laboulangebakery.com\/\">La Boulange Bakery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHblVMZikI\/AAAAAAAABpw\/OiwX_eSHyR8\/s1600\/_9_121.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943251778472514\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHblVMZikI\/AAAAAAAABpw\/OiwX_eSHyR8\/s320\/_9_121.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Delicious tuna melt!!<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Then B &amp; B and I were off to explore the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sutrobaths.com\/\">Sutro Baths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbkS5rlmI\/AAAAAAAABpo\/Iy2dAAJKoeE\/s1600\/_9_127.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943233983223394\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbkS5rlmI\/AAAAAAAABpo\/Iy2dAAJKoeE\/s320\/_9_127.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbkDVmWtI\/AAAAAAAABpg\/-9oRp0Gk398\/s1600\/_9_129.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943229805353682\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbkDVmWtI\/AAAAAAAABpg\/-9oRp0Gk398\/s320\/_9_129.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbjufOOmI\/AAAAAAAABpY\/qC7R2WFc00Q\/s1600\/_9_135.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530943224208570978\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHbjufOOmI\/AAAAAAAABpY\/qC7R2WFc00Q\/s320\/_9_135.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHaxqWriqI\/AAAAAAAABpQ\/CrP8WSTf6M4\/s1600\/_9_145.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530942364105542306\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHaxqWriqI\/AAAAAAAABpQ\/CrP8WSTf6M4\/s320\/_9_145.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Brian rock climbing<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHaxI1sVQI\/AAAAAAAABpI\/ACxhQchBTnA\/s1600\/_9_147.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530942355108812034\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHaxI1sVQI\/AAAAAAAABpI\/ACxhQchBTnA\/s320\/_9_147.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Then we did some exploring (by car mostly) through Golden Gate Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHaw5pk44I\/AAAAAAAABpA\/2hnVvyU6X1U\/s1600\/_9_154.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530942351031460738\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHaw5pk44I\/AAAAAAAABpA\/2hnVvyU6X1U\/s320\/_9_154.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd where do you think we went to dinner?  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfcsf.com\/\">Goood Frikin Chicken<\/a> of course!  It&#8217;s where we take all of our lucky visitors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHawSTPnGI\/AAAAAAAABo4\/n6_eXnTX03g\/s1600\/_9_159.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530942340468808802\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHawSTPnGI\/AAAAAAAABo4\/n6_eXnTX03g\/s320\/_9_159.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter dinner we made the trip out to Concord for Terri and Scott&#8217;s poker night.  The newbies (B &amp; B) got beginner&#8217;s luck and walked away with the pot!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHav-HgmVI\/AAAAAAAABow\/SPvXkmCZ-TA\/s1600\/_9_168.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530942335050881362\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/TMHav-HgmVI\/AAAAAAAABow\/SPvXkmCZ-TA\/s320\/_9_168.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>We had such a fantastic time with those two and we miss &#8217;em already! Can&#8217;t wait for their next visit \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first weekend of August we were visited by our favorite couple ever, Brianne &amp; Brian! They stayed with us Thursday through Sunday so it was a great chunk of time to spend with those kiddos. \ud83d\ude42 The first day I had to work so Kevin and B &amp; B went to the Exploratorium to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,5,31,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brianne-brian","category-foodie","category-golden-gate-park","category-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}