Vay-cay-shun

Last Thursday, we flew down to spend some time with friends in the Bay area. Our first stop was with Laura's best buddy Patty in Berkeley. We had an incredible time riding bikes, having a picnic lunch with locally made Humboldt Fog goat cheese and visiting the Takara Sake Museum.

Worth every penny of its 20-something dollar/pound cost!

West coast sunset.


The next two nights we crashed with Nick & Emily in Oakland. We went to Buddhist brunch (a temple sets up an amazing outdoor thai brunch where you have to pay in tokens), rented paddle boats on Lake Merritt, checked out the local farmer's market scene, hung out in san fransisco for a night, and had a picnic sunset dinner.

Nick & Keith with the nicest weather in the background.


Buddhist Brunch!


With all three of our awesome hosts we also got a tour of the delicious local cuisine & drink. Our stops included: Herbivore, The Cheeseboard Collective, Bi-Rite Creamery, Cafe Colucci (delicious ethiopian), & the Trappist (Belgian and Specialty Beer Bar).

Patty & Keith enjoying a Belgian beer at Trappist.


Cheeseboard Collective's pizza of the day.. mmmmm.

We <3 our California buddies!

Check out some more of our vacation pictures at flickr.