Seen in San Francisco

 This post is dedicated to things seen in San Francisco, like the Golden Gate Bridge, from a car . . . .

. . . but sadly, not this car. This Mona Lisa was outside the Stinking Rose restaurant, where we likely consumed 50 cloves of garlic each. Did I mention we ate well?



These are zee "Demons on Horseback"—jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon fat on a bed of butter-leaf lettuce with special radishes and buttermilk ranch. And yes, I will be trying to make blood-orange creme brulee at home. Jess's foodie "bridesman" and San Fran resident ran the tables . . . .

Back to the car:



We took a little trip across the bridge with a crazy head-scarf lady . . .



. . . with two crazy headscarf ladies . . .



 . . . to behold the Muir Woods' fattest trees:

 

And to practice as the Karford belly-skier trio:

Stinson Beach! Whoa!

Seals: still there!

 

Ghirardelli chocolate: it won't heal I-missed-your-wedding wounds, but it's still delicious.

Chinatown!

We saw where fortunes are made: Did you know that fortune cookies were invented in San Fran, not China?

Trolley!

And of course, we saw this beautiful lady find THE DRESS. Sorry, no sneak previews.

80 Years

Tana's 80th birthday culminated with watching reels of home movies, surrounded by all of her kids and, as she says, "my perfect grandchildren." Turns out Grandpa was always behind the camera, which meant the ratio of elk/fish/Montana-mountain footage outnumbered family shots 10 to 1, but there were some sweet shots.

We stuffed Grandma all day long, starting with Swedie hotcakes at my house in the morning and finishing with chocolate cake, and that was post-Magleby's prime rib and lobster.

Doesn't she make 80 look good?