Dean and Meg have been driving across the country on a long road trip to visit friends and see sights, and they stopped in our area last night! The route they are taking is something like the journey depicted on this map. I'm impressed, because if I had to spend that much time in a car, I'm pretty sure I'd go insane. We had talked through text messages throughout the day and they said they would arrive around 7 or 8 and eat dinner with us. I knew Dean too well to believe that, so I decided we'd order pizza. That way, I wouldn't have to worry about when to make dinner so that it was warm and ready when they arrived. If they ended up being too late, Tim and I can just eat the pizza leftovers. I'm glad I did that, because they showed up late around 11 pm! They seem like they're doing well; they just recently got engaged. Dean proposed to Meg in a hot air balloon over Letchworth Park. I guess it had been so windy that the ballonist kept postponing the trip so Dean was going out of his mind. Meg just finished a nursing program at the University of Buffalo. She starts work at Strong Memorial in the heart surgery ward a week after they return from their road trip. It was pretty late, though, so we set up their air mattress, chatted for a while, and then Tim and I headed to bed.
I went to work early this morning so I didn't really talk to them but Tim showed them the way to the BART and they went into the city. They explored fisherman's wharf and that whole area while Tim and I were at work/school. When Tim and I got home, we got on the BART headed to the city, and walked over to find Meg and Dean. We finally met them right near Chinatown, and we decided to grab some dinner and some delicious baked goods at the Chinatown bakery that Tim and I love. It's hard to tell which Chinese eateries are good and which aren't so we just wandered around until a certain place struck Tim's fancy and we went in. The food was pretty good for Meg, Tim, and I, but Dean's plate of "crispy chicken" was somewhat questionable. It was very crispy, very chewy, and full of many bones. I'm not sure whether he liked it or not. He ate it with some hot sauce that was on the table and it must have been really spicy because he spent the entire dinner panting and breathing funny. After dinner, we wandered over to the Chinese bakery and got some cream buns and pineapple buns, which are two of the most delicious things the Chinese make. Meg and Dean really liked the creme buns. The creme buns are these sweet bread rolls that have a really good creme inside and they are covered in coconut. Tim doesn't even like coconut much, yet he really likes these creme buns. Pineapple buns are another sweet bread roll that have a sort of crispy topping that makes them look like the surface of a pineapple. I think those are Tim's favorite. Every time we go into the city, I try to get some of these goodies because the buns from this particular bakery far surpass the rest.
After dinner, Meg wanted to see Lombard Street. Tim knew where the general location of Lombard Street was, so we wandered over. After a few navigational oops, we finally wandered to the curvy location of Lombard Street and walked up and down the sidewalk. A lot of tourists like to drive down Lombard Street while holding camcorders, which makes for a silly fight. There was one couple on a motorcycle; the male was driving and the woman on back was holding her camcorder. I guess she dropped her camera and leaned over to pick it up and in the process she managed to fall off the motorcycle. They weren't going very fast, so she wasn't hurt. She just picked herself up, brush herself off, and walked down the sidewalk. I'm sure she was very embarrassed though since many people saw the fall. Oh well. I guess that's one way to remember Lombard Street, right? I bet the camera footage is pretty priceless.
After we were content with curvy little Lombard Street, we all wandered back to the BART station to head home. We were all pretty tired, so we just stared into nowhere or read magazines, and wandered home once we got to our station. Tim biked over to pick Navi up from daycare, and Meg, Dean and I wandered straight home.
I went to work early this morning so I didn't really talk to them but Tim showed them the way to the BART and they went into the city. They explored fisherman's wharf and that whole area while Tim and I were at work/school. When Tim and I got home, we got on the BART headed to the city, and walked over to find Meg and Dean. We finally met them right near Chinatown, and we decided to grab some dinner and some delicious baked goods at the Chinatown bakery that Tim and I love. It's hard to tell which Chinese eateries are good and which aren't so we just wandered around until a certain place struck Tim's fancy and we went in. The food was pretty good for Meg, Tim, and I, but Dean's plate of "crispy chicken" was somewhat questionable. It was very crispy, very chewy, and full of many bones. I'm not sure whether he liked it or not. He ate it with some hot sauce that was on the table and it must have been really spicy because he spent the entire dinner panting and breathing funny. After dinner, we wandered over to the Chinese bakery and got some cream buns and pineapple buns, which are two of the most delicious things the Chinese make. Meg and Dean really liked the creme buns. The creme buns are these sweet bread rolls that have a really good creme inside and they are covered in coconut. Tim doesn't even like coconut much, yet he really likes these creme buns. Pineapple buns are another sweet bread roll that have a sort of crispy topping that makes them look like the surface of a pineapple. I think those are Tim's favorite. Every time we go into the city, I try to get some of these goodies because the buns from this particular bakery far surpass the rest.
After dinner, Meg wanted to see Lombard Street. Tim knew where the general location of Lombard Street was, so we wandered over. After a few navigational oops, we finally wandered to the curvy location of Lombard Street and walked up and down the sidewalk. A lot of tourists like to drive down Lombard Street while holding camcorders, which makes for a silly fight. There was one couple on a motorcycle; the male was driving and the woman on back was holding her camcorder. I guess she dropped her camera and leaned over to pick it up and in the process she managed to fall off the motorcycle. They weren't going very fast, so she wasn't hurt. She just picked herself up, brush herself off, and walked down the sidewalk. I'm sure she was very embarrassed though since many people saw the fall. Oh well. I guess that's one way to remember Lombard Street, right? I bet the camera footage is pretty priceless.
After we were content with curvy little Lombard Street, we all wandered back to the BART station to head home. We were all pretty tired, so we just stared into nowhere or read magazines, and wandered home once we got to our station. Tim biked over to pick Navi up from daycare, and Meg, Dean and I wandered straight home.
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