SF adventures

We headed out of town last week for our traditional "urban family" Thanksgiving.  Upon moving to Chicago, flights back to the east coast for both Thanksgiving and Christmas were a bit tough on the budget.  So we started a new tradition of spending Thanksgiving in the city with close friends (a.k.a. our urban family).  While our t-day group has varied in size over the years, there have been three couples "the core six" that I hope will keep the tradition alive for many years even though we all happen to live in different cities now (yes, I see the irony in all of this).

So this year, we ventured out to San Francisco where we reunited our "core six" and also got to hang out with college friends that we hadn't seen for way too long.  This year's Thanksgiving feast had a whopping 14 people.  Between all of us, we made tasty appetizers, cooked a 19.9 lb. turkey, a ham, many favorite casseroles and salads, and for dessert there were eight pies and six different homemade ice creams! There might have been a few bottles of wine and some tasty bourbon, too.  Come on, how awesome is that?  Of course, we worked it all off rocking out for a bit though.

We planned an extra long visit in order to fit in all of our friend time this year.  That also meant that we got to see a lot of San Francisco.  If it weren't for the lack of snow and the fact that we'd only be able to afford to live on a bench in Golden Gate park, we might reconsider moving to this city.  I will say this though, SF never let me down when it came to food/wine choices, the weather was consistently warm (compared to Chicago), we got used to the hills (or started avoiding them) rather quickly, and Golden Gate Park was a perfect running spot (I ran four times and I was on vacation).  Next time we visit, I hope to venture outside of the city to see even more!