the big city with katie

well the training ended friday afternoon....katie and i high tailed it out and made our way to san francisco for the weekend...

friday night...it was so fabulous...had been five years...and i was definitely ready to see it again....

saturday began with a trip to alcatraz...a beautiful sunny day...thank you to the weather gods...could not have been a better day....we mark our spot...on the deck of the boat...katie is one of my "girlie" girlfriends...purses...froofiness and shoes...i have to say that i love the pink shoes...the "coach" tennies didn't make the trip...i love this girl :)

we arrive at alcatraz...

we take a walk across the "recreation yard"

little left of the "warden's home"....

the cell house....AMAZING...the tour was one of the best i have taken...self guided audio...

katie at the entrance to the "sally port" just up from the docks....

after alcatraz we hit hit pier 39...had lunch and walked up to fisherman's wharf...we stopped along the way to take a pic for my ginny....the flowers along the waterfront were incredible....i love you ginny!

we shopped...we found our selves in a salt water taffy shop...60 flavors...we had a blast choosing flavors...will be sharing mine with allegra and haakon (joce and byron's kids) over easter weekend...we also visited ghirardelli sqaure...purchased chocolate and then made our way back to the hotel for a late afternoon rest...in the evening we headed back to pier 39 for a little more shopping and a trip to the end of the pier to see the sea lions before dinner at the crab house...

i am exhausted and energized at the same time...a terrific day...will spend the morning at the wharf before making our way to the airport early afternoon...

kirsten...and katie too!

boom boom...so good...so very good

we (katie and i) arrived in san jose california on wednesday night for the Link Crew refresher training...have been looking forward to the trip for weeks...katie is a colleague from work and and my partner for Link...i love Link and have have been so impressed with the training in the past...my hopes for this refresher training was simply to focus on me...to invest in work and in me...i feel like i probably shouldn't say this, but i really needed the time...was so good to step out of life for a few days...

training met all my expectations...felt good to be immersed in good stuff with great people...

carolyn and micah (trainers)...two claps and a hell yes you rock!

katie...shmeepy me...here's to good times and a great girlfriend...

the training was held at Hayes Mansion in  San Jose, CA...very nice!









i left my ginny home with Nadou and Radar...in our daily calls she has reported days full of visits and short trips out and about with friends...it is saturday night and i have to admit that i am READY to be home...READY to see my ginny...

kirsten