pothiers in san francisco

the day after thanksgiving my sister shawni and four of her kids came to visit me in san francisco.

having the pothiers here was so, so, so dreamy. i had been looking forward to it for months. when i went to the airport to pick them up i had butterflies of happy anticipation going crazy. i had been wanting to show my city to my sister and her kids for so long. i was breathlessly excited.

and we had such an awesome weekend together. the weather was not great, which was tragic, since i had been wanting to show shawni the gorgeousness of san francisco sunshine light (that photographer sure loves pretty light). i can’t tell you how many times i have seen a spectacular scene in sf and wished with all my heart that my sister shawni was with me to appreciate it and capture it. i think she and i got the same thrill-with-beautiful-things gene. i guess the overcast skies we got are just a reason for shawni to come back soon and see the city in a whole other light some sunny weekend!

for a couple weeks after the pothiers left, i felt this huge gap and longing. every single day i wished that i would have loved having them here more! but i’m not sure how i could have. it was so so so so so so so so so (are you getting the point) so so so fantastic.

so now i am going to drop a whole lotta photos. i planned a pretty extensive itinerary for the pothiers and we covered a lot of ground and had loads of fun. i think my favourite parts though are those that aren’t pictured: building a fire and playing games at my house, staying up late talking in bed with shawni, and all the inbetweens of seeing cool things where we were just together.

ready? here’s an outrageous number of un-captioned pictures. i think you’ll get where we are at and what we are doing. a lot of shawni’s commentary on her blog is about how cold it was and how much walking and waiting we did. it’s funny the things you get used to living in the city.

day 1 – haight-ashbury, alamo square, hayes valley, ike’s place, tenderloin mural, chinatown, trolley car, north beach, lombard street, washington square and golden boy pizza, bus ride to union square, tree lighting and pretty holiday windows

 

day 2 – bike across the golden gate bridge, sausalito and the ferry past alcatraz, ferry building, pier 39 and fisherman’s wharf, ghiradelli square, biking along crissy field, and tacos in the mission

   

day 3 – wandering around stanford campus and playing in the leaves, baker beach and stunning views in the marin headlands

     

dear reader, you deserve a medal for making it to the bottom of this obnoxiously long post. but great pictures, huh? i love those pothiers so, so, so, so. and having them here was just the best.