A Weekend in Sunny San Francisco

Our good friend Sally moved from Charlottesville to California several years ago.  She started out in L.A. working for Yahoo and ended up moving to San Francisco a couple of years later.  We've kept up with Sally a little bit over the years, making an effort to hook up with her when we were in Monterey for Sea Otter.  The last time we were out there we met her (then) new guy, Tommy.  Tommy seemed pretty cool, but Sally already knew that, she didn't need our stamp of approval.

Fast forward ~3 years later.  We are living in Colorado and we get an invite to Sally's wedding in San Fran.  Well, we are already halfway across the country and San Fran is an easy direct flight, and Sally is awesome, so it was an easy call.  As an added bonus, we got a chance to hang out with another C-ville friend KP. We actually stayed with KP and fam in Marin over the weekend.

After a day of chillaxin' and eating in Marin, we geared up for the wedding on Sunday.  The ceremony was held at the UC Berkley Botanical Gardens.  It was a very cool venue.  A small amphitheater nestled in a redwood forest.  After a short ceremony we headed over to the cocktail hour.  The highlight of the afternoon had to be when they introduced Tommy & Sally for the first time as a married couple.  The small crowd started with some hearty applause and was showing no signs of letting up...the applause continued...and continued...and people started standing...clapping louder and louder.  I didn't set a stopwatch but I am pretty sure it was at least a 2-minute standing ovation for Sally and Tommy.

After the reception we rolled mack to Marin to recoup and gear up for the party that evening.  It was an "Under The Sea" Nautical-Themed bash.  The DJ was more into his custom mixes than entertaining the crowd, but it was a fun-loving crew that embraced the nautical costume recommendation completely.  I think none so completely as Johanna though. She really pulled off a great fish costume from head to toe.  I wasn't so motivated but I did wear my captain's hat all night long.  I even got a nod from the toll booth attendant on the GG bridge.

We had a little bit of time before our flight the next day and went on a great hike with KP and little G.  It was a short walk out to a great little beach.  We had some lunch, threw some rocks into the ocean and just enjoyed the wonderfully humid air.  It wasn't Virginia humid, but just about anything beats the dry Colorado air we've been living in.  

We are now back in Fort Collins, recovering from last weekend and gearing up for next...we've got a visitor coming!