Day 99

So we pick it up with Friday night's dinner. Leah and I met my cousin Kathy for Sushi at Tsunami. It was a strange but cool place. We sat at one of these low to the ground, almost Japanese style tables. The food, as well as the company was top notch. It was great to see Kathy, with law school books in tow. We had such a long day of drinking wine that we headed back to the hotel after dinner and a few drinks.

Leah slept in a little on Saturday morning, while I of course was up at my customary 6:40 am and got some work and KU/Tribe article reading in before Leah got up and we had breakfast. The good news was that KU played on ESPN at 9am, so I got to watch a little of the game before we went out to explore the city. When we headed out, rain drops engulfed us. We walked up to Ghiradelli Square and watched the making of chocolate. It was real close to our hotel so we walked back and got our car and drove over the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito. We walked around Sausalito with our umbrellas for a while, hooked up some salt water taffy, and enjoyed the amazing views of the bay through the clouds and fog. We then drove around to a few different neighborhoods in SF so Leah could see different parts of the city. We stopped for lunch and to momentarily break our diets at Barney's Gourmet Burgers.

Our dinner was unbelievable. We went to Gary Danko, which is a 3, 4, or 5 course dining "experience." It was such a great looking restaurant to start off with. They are all class in there. We walked over from our hotel and it was raining. When we walked into the restaurant, they took our umbrellas and bagged them. It was like they helped dry us off as well. We ended up going for the three courses. They had a 65 page wine list and said they offered to send over the sommelier to help us fins a wine that suited us. I'm telling you, we have never been pampered like this. The food was amazing. I had a Lobster and Shrimp Risotto for my first course, a Beef Tenderloin for my second course, and finished off with a Chocolate Souffle. Leah had the Risotto, Sea Bass, and the Souffle. It was such a unique dining experience. Something that everyone should do once in their life. I had 4 different people tell me the same thing and Gary Danko lived up to all of the hype.

We flew back today. Back to reality. I was stuck in a middle seat and we were over an hour late. Plus I have to fly out tomorrow morning to Des Moines for the day. Like I said, back to reality. But this trip was truly great. I know Leah had an absolute blast and all of my plans worked out for the most part.

Song of the Day: "1nce Again" by A Tribe Called Quest