Momma's here

So a few short days after tony and i got in from hawaii, my mom came in to visit us again! Unfortunately I am posting this from work, so i will have to add some great photos later on.

She got in on Saturday and since tony and i had to work, she took the train in and called when she got to the door. We took her out for dinner and then left her at home with silence and some good books ( that is really my kind of vacation!!!) the next day while tony and i did some napping, mom went to the farmer's market and got us some delicious fruit and veggies so we could make a veggie pot pie. I can't remember what we did that night, but i am sure that it was fun: )

The next three nights tony and i had to work so we left her with a good bottle of wine and some more books!!!

Finally we had some time off! tony had homework to do, so mom and i went to santa cruz to kick around town. We saw a good amount of dodgy, cracked out kids that she wanted to take photos of but i wouldn't let her- for her safety.

The next day Tony was all done with his homework and we had tickets to go to alcatraz. So once again, we got up early and got ourselves to the pier so we could go to the rock.

I really wished i was at home so that i could put some photos up because it was impressive. If we still had prison's like this one, i doubt that people would be so lax with the law. We took a tour that was actually headphones and an audio tour told by ex prisoners, wardens, and other people that lived on the island. it was a little spooky, especially the solitary rooms and the place where a group of cons tried to escape and killed a lot of people.

After the tour we decided to take the rest of the afternoon to enjoy the brighter parts of the city. So tony and i took her to upper haight, also known by where haight and ashbury meet and all the hippie kids hung out back in the day-including janis joplin and jerry garcia.

We did some window shopping and then around dinner time headed to north beach where there are more than enough italian restaurants to choose from. Lucky for us we had reservations at our favorite place. Although to get there we had to go up and down a few streets that were so steep that i couldn't see the street until the nose of my car was at the edge of the hill, it freaked me out. i hate driving on them.

After dinner we went home and had to go to bed early because she had an early flight.

In the morning, before we took her to the airport, we went to our favorite breakfast place for a quick breakfast. Since i overestimated how long breakfast would take us, we had a litle extra time to go to the japanese housewares store ( it also a dollar store, but everything in there is not a dollar)

after some browsing we headed to airport, kissed my mommy and went home to take a nap .