We ended up in the Bay! My girl Krista invited me on her birthday trip to San Francisco which I was excited about because I had San Fran already on my list of to-dos. Before we get to the fun part (because it was an awesome mini-trip), I need to share the fact that I missed my first flight the Friday night I was supposed to leave AND my second flight the next Saturday morning. Then when finally in San Fran and it was time to leave, I missed my flight to FLL. Like it's not even funny and it's ridiculous. I think I'm superwoman when it comes to making flights and it needs to stop. I hate when I waste money on that type of stuff. I just wanna shoot everybody in the airport especially the airline workers. ANYWAYS. San Fran was bomb!
We dined at 1300 on Fillmore for Krista's birthday, which happens to be ran by Chef David Lawrence. My friends told me it was ran by a Jamaican chef, so of course I researched it and it turned out to be true. David Lawrence is a white Jamaican that has a dope restaurant conveniently located in the heart of the city, that's one thing I definitely know. I didn't know what to choose because there was a lot of seafood (and I'm not a big seafood person as yet), but I chose the burger. And the burger was LIFE, especially after we came back from the club HANGRY.
Taylyse
Krista, birthday girl
"Let's get into some fun sh*t!" ~Drake
Like I mentioned twice already, the hotel we were at had the perfect location. Not only were we in Union Square where all the shops and restaurants were walking distance from, but the tourist things to do were also easily accessible from where we were at. To hop on a historic cable car was only a 2-minute walk from the hotel. The girls were all still knocked from the night before, so I ventured off to experience San Fran's best by myself. The cable car was truly an experience that everyone should try, and it lived up to be everything I thought it was: amazing. I've always wanted to get on one since reading books like The Joy Luck Club by Asian/SanFran native Amy Tan, or favorite movies like The Princess Diaries. To be on one of these while going up famous hills, everything! The cable car also conveniently stops at other famous tourist attractions along the way, including the historical Chinatown the famous Lombard Street. I accidentally stumbled upon Lombard.
The whole time, I was actually en route to see the Golden Gate Bridge and decided to knock out other tourist things while on the way. So when it was time to get off (the ticket collector was helping me with directions), the ticket collector pointed to where I should go, but due to my mind being on other things (the sweet Cali green my girl gave me), I was lost when I hopped off the car. Before I took out my map, I decided to roll up first (to prevent the pretend stress I imagined myself having). I looked to my right and there was a very zig-zaggy hill going down, right next to it was a straight walkway with a ramp, so I chose to go down that and find a sitting/secret place right in the middle. Low and behold, my mhfkn ass was sitting in the middle of the famous zig zag of Lombard Street. Only I! Soon enough other random people and cars quickly stopped by, and when I told one man how this view was incredible, he shared with me what this all was, then I asked him to take a picture. ONLY I.
And finally, I hit the world wonder. Along with trying to attend all of the carnivals in the world that I possibly can, my plan is the same for seeing all of the world's wonders. When I finally got to the bridge, it was mhfkn breathtaking. I really was expecting something like the Brooklyn Bridge that I'm very used to, so I didn't really think a bridge could bring me awe, until I got here. I completely forgot to mention that it was raining the whole weekend. After months of a drought, it decided to rain the weekend we got there. But me being me. learning to make the best out of unfavorable situations. still didn't let it bother me. And it all worked out in my favor when I got to the bridge, because the rain provided the fog that made the bridge that much more incredible. I mean I'm either really making the best out of situations or the fog backdrop truly glorified The Golden Gate Bridge, or both. I made some wacky Instagram videos (as I usually do whenever I'm somewhere, sucks that I can't embed them anywhere), and I tried to record myself walking the whole bridge and couldn't. the scene was just too freaking powerful for me. I was about to walk over a sea or an ocean that I didn't even know the name of yet, and on top of the fact that I couldn't see the other side. So all I would se is water on either sides of me. No thank you! As adventurous as I am, I even shocked myself with that refusal. Entirely amazing! And fu*k these timestamps Samsung! How do you even get those off?
Dope trip or nah?
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