For Sale! One Table & Chairs Set

That's right, we're selling this little old table and chairs set.

I came into joint ownership of this dining set with my roommate Whitney when we moved into St. James Court Historic Apartments in the summer of 2008.  It had belonged to the previous tenants (perhaps the tenants before them as well), and they didn't want to move it or didn't have room for it in their new place.  They sold it to us, along with a monstrous dresser, which now resides in my bedroom.

This little set went with me and Super Then-Fiance to New Berlin, where we lived for a year at Pinewood Creek Apartments.  Now it resides in our basement in our house in West Allis.

Our basement is something we haven't quite known what to do with for a while.  Initially it seemed like a cool game room and man cave area, but the added expense of having full-blown cable (and now DirectTV) down there put a damper on that.  Plus, it's just dark and basement-y.

Our basement is actually quite dry - we live in a well-drained area and have a working sump pump that does its job.  Of course, it's still a basement.  There are some issues with lighting that we need to deal with.  We started our basement rehab project by getting some more attractive sconce fixtures to replace the Nautical-Chic outdoor fixtures that had somehow become the lighting solution down there.  The looked like this:

Augusta Wall Mount Outdoor Brass Downlight from Home Depot, $39.97!

It felt like some sort of weird sailing museum down there with the combination of those lamps (6 of them), the blonde faux wood paneling on the walls, and the metal support pillar (necessary to hold up our house) in the middle of the room. Gorgeous.

We ended up replacing those lights with something sleeker.  We hoped to have a cool bar area down there someday, so we wanted to reflect that vibe.  This is what we chose, and installed ourselves:

Portfolio Black Pocket Wall Sconce, $19.98 at Lowe's

That made a huge improvement in the room.  Someday maybe we'll do something about the paneling (even if that just means painting it).  This winter will give us some nice cozy time to work on clearing things out to have a garage sale in the spring, and to maybe bring some different furniture pieces into the room.   This room has lots of awesome, swanky bar/game room/man cave potential still!  Just one thing at a time, starting with making some space.

So for now, if you need a table and chairs, hit me up!  We can work out some sort of deal. 

A Word on Entertainment Media

Maybe it was watching South Park last night, but this morning as I drove to work I got to thinking about Netflix.  Sit tight, this is a long one.

I have had a Netflix account since I started college.  I've seen many films and watched many awesome TV series through my Netflix subscription, but other than that I can't necessarily say that it has deeply enriched my life.

When we left for our honeymoon we put the Netflix account on hold, which apparently now equates to "canceling" your account temporarily. I don't like this.  They make you pick either Streaming OR DVD + Streaming, not just DVD alone, when you "reactivate" - and we have been a DVD-only house for a while now.  On top of that, they charge you immediately when you reactivate, not after a month of service, which really sucks if you suddenly change your mind two minutes later, or had to pick streaming plus DVD but only want DVD!

Frustrating.  Fortunately they have impeccable customer service, and almost a no-questions-asked policy when it comes to refunds.  We couldn't choose between streaming-only or DVD-only when we were thinking of reactivating.  There wasn't anything particularly pressing that we wanted to watch on DVD (I mean we have a queue going obviously, but nothing we were itching to see right away).  I was trying to come up with something we could watch, or would want to watch, if we reactivated - but in order to see what was available on streaming, I had to activate it.  So I did, not realizing I'd be charged right away.

Once I saw that their streaming was mostly crap I'd seen already, we changed our minds and decided to go back to DVD-only, but that wasn't a choice.  So I had to choose DVD + streaming just to look at what our DVD queue had in it, and what we might want to watch.  Once I was able to look at it, we decided we really weren't in need of watching any of that stuff just yet.  So I tried to go in and cancel again, only to realize that I had already been billed for a month of streaming only plus a month of DVD + streaming.

So I called them and explained the situation, and they happily refunded both amounts and put our account back on hiatus.

And you know what?  We haven't missed it in the three weeks we've been back from our honeymoon.  Granted, we've also had access to Showtime for free (introductory promo, which just ended), but even without Dexter and random movie-watching we have lots of shows that we regularly record on DVR.  There's "New Girl", "Raising Hope", "Tosh.0", "Law & Order: SVU", "South Park", and "Brand X", not to mention "The Daily Show", "The Colbert Report" every week night and "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" and "American Dad" on Sundays.  I'm probably forgetting a bunch.

Oh, plus "Jeopardy" every week night.  And sometimes "Conan".  We have way more stuff to watch than we are able to catch up on.  And honestly I even find myself getting bored with this selection and wanting to watch stuff on the History Channel, or TLC, or HGTV or Food Network, as well as dumb things on TruTV.  We have a glut of entertainment at our fingertips.  I think it's safe to say that we watch a LOT of TV.  I think it's probably almost always on in the evening, unless we are gone.

Some nights we turn it off and just work on other stuff, like a jigsaw puzzle or a good book or a computer game, or cleaning house.  Those are things I wish we did more of, actually.

But it seems impossible to say "no" to any of the shows we watch.  Which ones would you axe?  It seems sad to say "I don't care if we watch that anymore", particularly with the sitcoms that pull you into the story line   There's a general feeling of loss and of missing out if you don't watch.  But guess what?  You don't have to, and once you stop I bet you won't miss it.

Just like with Netflix.  When did it become standard, acceptable practice for everyone to constantly have rented movies?  And really, how many DVDs (one at a time) do you go through in a month?  More than three?  Think about the time it takes to receive the DVD and to send it back in.  If you time it right, you can get two DVDs a week.  But that assumes you watch it right away and send it back.

Realistically, if we get a DVD int he mail on Monday-Wednesday, we won't be watching it until Friday or Saturday night.  In part, this is because we have TV shows we want to watch, but also a movie just doesn't fit well into our weeknight routine of coming home from work at 5:30, dinner by 6:00, clean-up, running errands/going to meetings/meeting up with friends/doing chores, and getting ready for bed.

Even if we managed to watch one DVD per weekend (which doesn't always happen, since we have other fun out-of-the-house things to do on the weekend a lot of the time), we'd probably only manage to watch 3-4 DVDs per month, max.  At $9/month, that's $2.25-$3.00 per movie.  Not too bad, as far as movies in general go.  But then you bring RedBox into the equation, with their $1 rentals.  Suddenly $2.25 - $3.00 seems like a fool's price.  But included in the price of Netflix you are gaining the broader selection and greater convenience of home delivery, as opposed to having to go to the RedBox location, choose from the limited selection, then return the DVD the next day to avoid additional charges.  When you consider the inconvenience, Netflix seems like the better choice I guess.

So basically unless you work at Walmart and there is a RedBox in the entryway that you pass at least 4 times daily and would have no trouble returning the DVDs you rent on time, hitting up RedBox is potentially a losing proposition compared to Netflix or other streaming sources.

Is that how lazy we've gotten, though?  We can't be bothered to swing by our local grocery store, Walmart, or pharmacy store to snag a movie from RedBox?  I'll tell you two things RedBox has going for it: spontaneity and instant gratification (if the movie you want is offered).  

Then there's the question of movies in the theater.  It's pretty insane that we're all somehow willing to cough up $10 to see a first-run movie.  For the price of two people seeing a movie in the theater once, you can own in a few months later and watch it over and over again, or sell it to recoup some of your losses.  Seriously?  What a shitty deal!  And yet we do it.  Myself included.  I am an AMC Stubs member, even.  It helps to know that a few measly points are coming my way in exchanged for the large sums I'm shelling out to watch "Harry Potter".  But you've gotta spend like $100 on movies before you see any serious returns rewards-wise.

We have found a comfortable alternative that lets us watch "current" movies before they've gone out of style, but without paying the crazy prices at AMC and its brethren (though we do sometimes still treat ourselves to that experience).  It's the budget cinema.  We live pretty close to the one in Milwaukee, and we go there quite often.  Movies are $2 per person, and they offer a full concession stand at slightly lower than AMC prices, though it still isn't cheapy-cheap.

Between our DVR and the cheap-o theater (which, admittedly, is a little run down and sticky - but hey, it's dark in there anyway), we manage to stay entertained and abreast of media culture without breaking the bank.  I'm not sure we'll ever go back to Netflix, unless they sweeten the pot.

Although they do have "Love Never Dies"... but I'm sort of afraid to watch that.  Maybe I'll put it on my Christmas or birthday list, then once I've seen what cannot be unseen, I can decide to keep it or sell it....

Non-Wedding or Honeymoon-Related Post!!

So now it's just me blogging about whatever the heck I want!  Score!

First things first - I am very sad that I foolishly messed with the blog template, and now my polka dots are gone.  I can't seem to get them back, since that template is no longer available.  Ack!  If anyone knows how to get it back, I would be eternally grateful...

Things in the last few weeks have been going pretty well.  We adopted a new cat, Jasper, from the Wisconsin Humane Society.  He's one year old, all black, and currently suffering from an upper respiratory infection, so he's in cat quarantine.  But he's the friendliest, sweetest cat!  Here is a photo of him from the shelter.  It's really hard to get pictures of him right now because he is always running around our feet, plus he's all black and if you can't see his eyes then you don't know what you're looking at!

He is a cutie.  If you're ever in our neck of the woods, stop by for a visit!  He'd love to meet you.

Other activities lately include Super Husband's dad's birthday celebration and huge amounts of leaf sweeping.  Our two big maple trees largely dump their leaves in the driveway, so we're pretty much having to clear things out on a weekly basis, which I guess is normal for fall.  

Otherwise, business as usual!  Trivia on Wednesdays with the super awesome Team Bot or Not, and Super Husband bowls on Thursdays while I hit the grocery store.  All the weekly specials are fresh on Thursdays and no one is there, which makes for some good pickings.  One disadvantage is that the deli is closed and sometimes they put away some of the produce for the night really early, so not everything is available.  Fortunately, Super Husband taught me that you can ask for a rain-check on anything you see advertised that isn't available when you are in the store, and you can get that price at a later date!  I'm not sure how I never knew grocery stores did this, but he has the secret intel from having been a bagger at Hilander and Woodman's back in the day.

We've been cooking a lot lately.  We tried our hands at making homemade pasta with our wedding gift from my father in law last night.  We got frustrated (too hungry) after a little while and froze the dough for later.  We had managed to make enough noodles for a small bowl, which we did cook.  They were good!  We'll try again when we're not super hungry and have a bit more patience.  I'm sure we'll get the knack of it.

Otherwise we've had apple cinnamon pancakes, bacon, steak and mushrooms, various chicken dishes (lots of frozen chicken to eat before it gets weird), soup, sloppy joes, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some equally non-memorable things we've ingested and that I'm sure none of you cares to hear about!

Upcoming shenanigans include whatever we get up to for Halloween, Super Husband's birthday weekend, and a dinner with my siblings for me while Super Husband is gone for the weekend in two weeks.

Stay tuned for more!  If you're bored and I've left you feeling unsatisfied, I suggest you check out this fantastic Tumblr page, Sims Gone Wrong.  Whether or not you play The Sims games, you're sure to find weird stuff to look at over there.  Enjoy!

Honeymoon Trip: Days 9-10

I've been putting off finishing this, but I really should get to it.  So here goes nothing!

On Monday the 24th we got back on the train, after dropping off our rental car.  The majority of the trip can be summarized by this photo:

Since the novelty of the scenery had largely worn off, we only really took one scenic picture, which was of the snow that had crept down the mountains in the Rockies over the span of a week.  A nice sign that winter is coming.

Other than that, we tried to amuse ourselves.  I slept a lot, and we looked forward to every mealtime as a new distraction.  I finally tried their chocolate peanut-butter caramel cake, which sounded like a lot of stuff going on at once, but I figured what the heck.  Man, I wish I'd tried it sooner!  It was like Snickers in a cake.

Other than eating and looking out the window and sleeping a lot, we tried to get some thank you notes written.  But I soon realized that I'd left the piece of paper that detailed who gave us what back at home, so we couldn't do much once we'd written a few of the easy ones, like our parents and wedding party members.

Another point of interest for us was that there was a private car at the end of the train, attached to a classic Zephyr Silver Solarium car, for their private use.  It costs something like $8,000 a day to rent train cars like that, so whoever was back there was loaded and riding in style!  We only saw the outside, really, but a few people who were with a tour group managed to get a glimpse inside.  Swank.

Overall, the return train trip was uneventful.  It was pretty boring on the way back, especially Utah and Nebraska and Iowa.   We came into Chicago about 15 minutes late, which meant we wouldn't be able to hop the 3:15 train to Milwaukee and had to wait for our 5:08 as originally planned.

Longest. Wait. Ever.  But finally we were on our way, and we were so ready to be home!   I was ready to kiss the ground when I got back into Milwaukee.  My mother in law was there to pick us up and bring us home, and man we were glad to be back!  

This concludes the honeymoon recap finally.  Sorry for how long this took!  I'll try to keep up with blogging about normal life stuff - maybe more in-depth reviews of places we go and things we do.

For now, that's all folks!

Honeymoon Trip: Day 8

Sunday was our last day in San Francisco, and we wanted to take a final stab at exploring the city on foot and public transit.  We checked out of our Alameda hotel and took the car to the BART station to park it for the day, then headed into town.

Super Husband discovered that there was a Second City performance at the Palace of the Fine Arts, which was on my list of sights to see, so we made plans to go there for the show at 3:00.  Until then, we were on our own.  We decided we may as well stop at the Aquarium of the Bay (Yelp review), which was conveniently located in the Fisherman's Wharf area.

The aquarium was short, but chock-full of sea life.  They had a nice educational section here and there, talking about garbage in the ocean and what types of non-sea life were native to the Bay Area.  They also had a tunnel you could walk through where there were sharks and large rays all around you.  That part was pretty cool, and we spent a good deal of time in there.  The jellyfish were some of my favorite things to photograph.

They also had a place where you could pet rays and small sharks.  Nick was reaching in to pet this one, and it didn't like the angle of his approach or something, as it jumped out!  Here it is just before it becomes airborne temporarily...  I think it looks like it's smiling and is pretty cute, actually.

After the aquarium, we headed out to the Palace of Fine Arts (Yelp review), which was a ways away out in the edge of the Presidio area.  The PoFA is a remnant from the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition.  Apparently it is a very popular photography site for wedding parties, and it houses an actual theater, which is where we were headed.

I foolishly assumed there'd be more food options out near the PoFA, but that was not the case.  We had to walk over toward Crissy Field and ended up only finding a gift shop/cafe that sold overpriced, over-gourmet-ed sandwiches.  Oh well.  We forked it over for those and then went to catch our Second City show, "Second City for President".

The show was pretty funny, and of course very culturally relevant.  We had a good time, then we went to catch the bus back into town.  We were kind of glad that this was our last day in San Francisco, since the weather was beginning to turn colder and foggier.

After getting back into the city, we decided to just pack it in and have the night to get ready for our departure the next morning.  So we said goodbye to San Francisco and snagged some McDonald's from a shady Oakland location, then went back to Extended Stay America for our final night.  The next day we would be back on the train headed for home!

Honeymoon Trip: Day 7

Saturday we took the car back into San Francisco to do some things that required a car - for example, driving down Lombard Street (just to say that we did).  It proved to be pretty impossible to get a good shot of doing this, since there was a line of cars and you had to keep moving with traffic, and there were pedestrians EVERYWHERE causing traffic issues.

Next we drove west to Baker Beach, which I had been told was a great place to view the Golden Gate Bridge from, as well as a pretty quiet beach.  Also there are allegedly people who bathe in the nude at this beach, though it was too chilly for that on the day we went.  We were spared that experience, though I'm secretly disappointed since it would have made a funny story.

We were very fortunate that there was hardly any fog at all during our visit - we had some great views of the bridge and the city from Baker Beach!  

Next on our agenda, a short drive down the coast, were the Sutro Baths (Yelp review here).  This is by far one of my favorite things that we did on the trip.  We spent a while climbing around the ruins and checking out all the different structures, trying to imagine what they once were.

If you ask Wikipedia, they will tell you that the Sutro Baths were the world's largest indoor swimming pool complex at the time it was built in the late 1800's.  They had one fresh water and six salt water pools ranging in temperatures, as well as a concert hall and an ice rink.  The building was scheduled to be demolished in the 1960's, after a steady decline due to high maintenance and operating costs, but a fire finished it off in 1966, leaving what remains.

Here is what they used to look like:

Sutro Baths, circa 1896.  Source: Wikipedia

And this is what they look like today:

You can actually climb all over the entirety of the ruins - nothing is roped off and there are no pathways.  You can go wherever you please, which I guess could be destructive to this historic place, but really there's not much they can do to protect it from the sea no matter what, so why not I guess.  I had a great time playing amateur archaeologist here, and I think Super Husband had a good time too.  It was nice to do something physical that wasn't just walking.

After soaking up the sun and getting thoroughly dusty from our adventures at Sutro Baths, we found the nearest Chinese-American restaurant and plopped down for some lunch.  It ended up being Hunan Cafe 2, which was just what we wanted.  YUM.

After filling our stomachs well past capacity, we took our Chinese leftovers and headed for the bridge!  We were blessed with immaculate weather as we cross north-bound, as seen below:

After crossing the bridge, we continued up into the Marin Headlands toward Muir Woods.  It was about a 30-minute drive.  We were unprepared for the treacherous nature of the roads, however.  They were twisty-turny and full of hazards and blind curves.  We had to take it pretty slowly, though on the way back down it felt like it was over in a second, even though we were in a conga line of slow-moving cars returning home.

When we finally made it to Muir Woods, we were very ready to get out of the car.  Unfortunately, we had not heeded the signs that said "Lot Full - Use Muir Woods Shuttle", in part because where this shuttle was located was not entirely clear from the signage.  Everyone else seemed to be headed to the Woods themselves regardless, so we did too.  

Once we got there, we discovered just how true those signs were.  There was very little parking to begin with, which was a disaster at 2:300-ish on a Saturday afternoon.  There were a few people leaving, but so many cars waiting to take their place that you wouldn't believe it.  I don't know how long we waited, circling the parking lot, but it felt like 50 years.  We were completely enraged because people would sit at their cars, fooling around with their hiking boots or their strollers or their picnic lunches, but then NOT LEAVING in their cars.  So many times.  Completely infuriating!!  When we did finally get a spot, we took a picture because we were so damn proud:

But then we got the heck outta there, because we did not want to be ~~those people~~ who loiter in the parking lot!!  Here is some proof that we were there:

We decided to take one of the walking trails that ran up along the ridge, since there were fewer small children up there and it looked more interesting.  While walking, Super Husband heard a crackling from the embankment above, and stepped back just in time to see this lump of stump crash down where he had just been standing.  (It's the pile of splintered, rotten wood and ferns that you see on the trail here:)

Thank goodness for instincts!  I don't know what would have happened if that had landed on him!  There were no railings on this trail, and there was a steep incline downhill to the right of this shot.

After we had taken in the forest, we headed back to Alameda (and it took us over an hour and 30 minutes to claw our way through fog and traffic in order to do so!!!) and called in a 7:30 dinner reservation at Pasta Pelican, another place we had a Restaurant.com coupon for.  

We actually enjoyed Pasta Pelican a lot more than we had Urban Tavern.  This was more our style - and it was quiet, on the marina with a nice view, and served food that seemed "normal" and appetizing.  Super Husband had some pasta, and I had a pizza.  They also served up nice warm bread with olive oil, minced garlic, and Parmesan cheese for dipping.  Super Husband was in garlic heaven!

After dinner we went back to the Coral Reef Inn to call it a night.  Our next adventure would be an all-public-transit, final-dash through San Francisco the next day!

Honeymoon Trip: Day 6

Friday morning we were in no rush, since we knew we were just taking the BART into San Francisco to explore and see some sights, then have dinner at Urban Tavern, a place where we had bought a Restaurant.com gift card (more on that experience here).

We started the day by visiting the beach in Alameda for a short walk.  It was another gorgeous day, and it was very peaceful at the beach.

Once landed in San Francisco, we decided to head back to Fisherman's Wharf to buy some souvenirs and see whatever we might have missed before, since we had only been there for dinner really.  We were hungry right away, so we stopped into Johnny Rocket's for some lunch.  Excellent decision.  We don't have them here in Milwaukee, but if we did it would be a regular stop for me!  Good food, good prices, and a fun atmosphere.

We had sweet potato fries, cheddar bacon fries, and a hot dog that we shared.

They have a jukebox thing at each seat where you can pay 5 cents to hear your song.  We chose "Rockin' Pneumonia" because it sounded weird.

They also required the use of restroom tokens in order to access the back hallway where the bathrooms are.  I'm guessing this has to do with the allegedly high population of homeless people and vandals in SF, but I honestly didn't see too many around (or at least no more than I'm used to seeing in MKE and CHI).  Anyway, I found it novel and cute.  I'd like to install token-access-only in a door inside my house!

After filling our bellies, we spent some time mucking around the Wharf for a while.  

After that, our next destination was Alamo Square and the Painted Ladies row houses.  We had to take a bus that only came every 30 minutes to get there, and even then it was a bus that immediately ended its line and we had to hop a different version of that same bus... but we got where we were going eventually.

It was quite a hike uphill to get there!!  Once we did, though, the park at Alamo Square was lovely, and it was nice to just sit and take in the view of the city and the lovely houses.

Then it was on to dinner at Urban Tavern.  Since we had to go there to use our certificate from Restaurant.com, we did.  Now I wish we hadn't painted ourselves into a corner like that, because it basically wasn't our style.  Still, we began optimistically...

We liked their horse statue that they have, and the food looked good, but it was too "foo foo" for us, as they say.  We have simpler palates. If you are going to serve me baked beans, I'd like them Busch's style, please. I ain't fancy.

In the end, we ate what we could and tried to make the best of it, but we were glad to be done there.  We just headed home to the hotel after that since we were tired!

Once back in Alameda and rested up, we decided to foray out into Alameda at night for some ice cream.  We found a place called Tucker's Super Creamed Ice Cream.  Nice place!  I could have done a lot more damage there, but managed to confine myself to ordering one scoop in a cone.

Just look at all these wonders!!!!

I would definitely go back there.  In fact, I'd go back to all of Alameda for its own charms.  They have a neat looking theater, as well as some other nice looking local businesses we'd like to sample.  And on that note, I will leave you with these night-time Alameda images!

Honeymoon Trip: Day 5

Thursday!  Now that we had our bearings, and were pros at riding MUNI, we took the BART across the bay and headed on down to AT&T Park, where we caught a Giants-Rockies game.

Our tickets were at will-call, and everything went very smoothly!  We found our seats, which turned out to be in the very tip-top of the stadium.  Yikes!  It was a climb, but it was a gorgeous view from up there!

Nick's first order of business was to buy some cotton candy, of course!  This park is awesome in part because they let you bring in water bottles, soda, and food - so long as it isn't liquor!  We brought our leftovers from Swiss Louis with us, which made for a tasty lunch!  It was freezing cold at the very top of the park, especially since there is no "real" wall behind you, just chain link fence covered with some sort of tarp material.  

We moved after a few innings to go and explore the park. We really enjoyed the fact that they have standing room only areas throughout the outfield.  This was the best fan experience I have ever had at a ballpark (mainly going off of Miller Park experiences, so maybe not saying much).  

We also like their giant Coke bottle, which is apparently a slide for kids to go down!  I never knew that, but it made it more awesome.  We stayed in the SRO area for most of the rest of the game, and we almost caught two balls that came our way!!  Whenever the Giants hit a home run out into the stands or the bay, they spray these big fountains which are right behind the SRO area, so we got a little wet as well.    Eventually some season ticket holders offered us some seats that they knew were empty, since they knew the ticket holders and they weren't there that day.  Sweet!  We watched the rest of the game in comfort in the nice warm sun.  Didn't hurt that the Giants won!

After the game, we had a couple hours to make it over to our Segway Tour.  We stopped at a nearby McDonald's (review here) then caught a bus.  Terrible bus experience, but what do you expect?  It was rush hour in the SOMA district, just after a game let out.  The bus was CRAMMED with people.  We had to ride it all across town, essentially, which sucked, and took about 45 minutes.  But once we got over to Columbus we were alright.  We finished our McDonald's food in the company of a one-toed pigeon (which we nicknamed Stubs), then walked over to the City Segway Office.

Turns out we were the only ones signed up for that tour!  So we got a private tour guide.  We saw Fisherman's Wharf and views of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset.  Also, miraculously, no fog!  Pretty cool!

As the sun had set, our tour took in some of the sights at night in the city as well. 

After our Segway tour, we snagged some fries from In-N-Out (they were just okay), and went to grab the cable car at the turnaround, on our tour guide's advice.  It ended up kind of sucking, because we had to wait a long time for it to leave, and the guy in charge wasn't communicating why we hadn't left even though there were TONS of people waiting to get on and the cable car was pretty much full.  Made no sense.  Finally, though, we left and headed back to the other side of the bay.

Tonight was the night we switched hotels, so we got in the car and headed over to Alameda and the Coral Reef Inn.  Cute place!

More on our adventures at the beach and in San Francisco to come in the next post...