surprise!
so b went bike camping with the boy scouts. it rained. he still managed to make a fire and cook breakfast. two out of three things he was hoping to get signed off for second class. apparently he can't use sharp tools in the rain. anywho. since we were down to one child for the weekend i called in a few favors and pawned the other child off on friends. so for 24.5 glorious hours i had the beautiful and talented alisa all to myself. she hates surprises. and i kinda suck at springing them. so i kept dropping subtle hints. /subtle/ hints. like casually asking what kinds of touristy things she'd like to do in the city. specifically. ;-> anywho. it was kinda hard to find a room. i pretty much took the first one i found. it reeked of old smoke. we opened the windows and went out to dinner in china town. nice view. didn't order the shark fin soup. stopped at the cheesecake factory for desert. we hiked a bunch. walked across the golden gate bridge. the next day was bay to breakers. oh. well, that explains why we couldn't find anywhere to stay. heh. we went across town to visit the walt disney family museum. and tootled around fort point. then, too soon, it was time to go home. i think she enjoyed her surprise. i sure did.