Today Griffin and I played tour guide to some of his friends that are in town on vacation. We were ALL over the city. Picked them up at Nob Hill where they were staying and headed to the Castro. This area is always a fun destination but we didn’t see as many strange people as usual. Then we drove down to Haight/Ashbury (crossing this one off the SF To-Do List) to walk around a bit. I’d never been before so it was kinda fun, although I don’t feel a strong need to hurry back anytime soon. Had lunch at Asqew, a place that serves mainly skewers, it was pretty good for a quick meal. There were several crepe places we passed by but didn’t stop, so now I’m having hardcore cravings for a dessert crepe. Yum. One of the more famous “chains” is Squat and Gobble that has several locations in the city. Their menu looks AMAZING. We’re talking “Almond Peach” crepes with peaches, almonds, brown sugar and cinnamon. Mmmmm…. (salivating).

In the Haight we also went to the Kidrobot store, a new experience for me, but not for Griffin. I don’t really know how to describe the store, but it only sells little toy figurines geared towards our age group. Strange but oddly likable. There are many different “collections” of figurines and each of these figurines are sold in unmarked boxes. You purchase a box from the collection but you don’t know which figurine you get until you open the box after you buy it. Griffin got an Adult Swim item and ended up getting Robot Chicken. He really wanted was Ignignkt & Err from Aqua Teen Hunger Force (a show I despise). I was kinda tempted to get a box from this collection, I thought they would make a good desktop item, but I resisted the urge and decided I really didn’t need one.

After checking out the Haight we came back to our place for a while, got some coffee at Farley’s and then headed out to dinner in the Nob Hill area. I found an Indonesian restaurant on Yelp (another one of my favorite websites). It was really delicious, chalk another one up to a great Yelp find. It was the Borobudur Restaurant specializing in authentic Indonesian food. Seeing how I’ve never eaten Indonesian food before in my life I can’t really comment on it’s authenticity but I can comment on how delicious it was. My appetizer and main dish were amazing. The appetizer was “Roti Prata,” a pan fried bread with curry dipping sauce. This was NOT a healthy option, but so doughy and delicious. I’m sure the fact that I’ve been on a low-carb diet recently contributed to it’s deliciousness. My entree was a noodle dish served with chicken and fried chicken wontons, the noodles didn’t have a sauce but were so deliciously seasoned somehow. Although this restaurant is not convenient to get to from our place, I definitely want to go again. It was fairly reasonably priced as well, $7-12 per entree.

Some good sights from today (or at least the ones I got pictures of):

• This was a sign on a garage near the Mission. Gave everyone in the car a good laugh.

• A painting on the side of an old residential building in Nob Hill. Not sure what it means…

On a side note: congratulation’s to Little Sister who graduated from college today in Colorado. She has been at Lamar Community College for the past two years and now has her degree in Equine Science.

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