Scootin' around the City

Okay, first things first:

Having a scooter in the city ROCKS!

we scooted all over the place yesterday:

we had an early start, and left the house at 10:30am. (yes, that's early for us on a weekend). First, we went over to Golden Gate Park, and just drove around. We went to Stow Lake and rented pedal boats for an hour. It was terrific! it was a gorgeous, warm, sunny day, and we pedaled our boat around the lake for an hour. There was a small wedding happening in the Chinese Bagota - we were able to watch from a distance. It was so nice - they had a small string quartet playing. We cruised around, watching the ducks and the turtles. Very nice.

Next, we scooted the the other side of town, and had lunch at The House of Nanking" was just outstanding. We parked the scooter right outside the restaurant (which if you've been to The House of Nanking, you know how amazing it is to park nearby). We had a great lunch consisting of House of Nanking Chicken, and Chinese Greens of Snow Pea Shoots. (highly recommend this dish - it's not on the menu). YUM!

After lunch, we scooted up to Coit Tower. It was such a gorgeous day, and the view from the top of the hill was perfect. We also bypassed the line of cars, and parked the scooter in the vacant motorcycle spts, which was also perfect.

We decided to go somewhere where we could walk around a bit, so we headed down to Union Street. We strolled for a bit, then headed into Jamba Juice drink. While we were there, Lora Shahine surprised us! She and Omar were next door, having lunch at Prego. They spotted us a we were walking down the street. We sat with them, and had a nice visit, then invited them over for dinner with my parents.

We scooted over to The Ferry Building and parked right across the street! (LOVE the scooter!) We got a few steaks from the butcher, and also some yummy heirloom tomatoes.

We came home at 4:00, just in time to meet my parents. Omar and Lora swung by at 5:30, and we had a delicious BBQ! :)

What a fun and busy day - courtesy of the Vespa! :)