I'm Baaaaaaaack

OK. My deepest apologies for my little breakski from the blog world. The traveling is not always conducive to sitting down and spilling your deepest, darkest thoughts on to the Internet. So get ready for some serious updates as to what you've missed since Monday May 11. OMG, can you believe it's Memorial Day already? I'm so stunned that I actually typed out OMG if that's any kind of bench mark for you.

Anyway, here starts the update, going all the way back to San Francisco. After the driving an hour out the way excursion, we arrived at dinner at The Fish Market in San Mateo. My review is good not great. Fabulous views, right next to the water, wonderful wait staff. Wonderful wait staff except it took until I ordered my dinner to be asked if I would like to order an alcoholic beverage. Apparently I don't look 21? Or I look like the type of girl who just wants water with her dinner? (Let it be noted I'm actually the kind of girl who wants vodka with her dinner. Lots of vodka.) The problem was the food wasn't the best food I've ever had. Not that everything is going to be the best food I've ever had but if you name yourself The Fish Market, my tuna better not be cooked medium. If you found yourself there I would recommend sitting at the bar and ordering some appetizers. Our appetizers were hands down more enjoyed than anyone's entrees. We had the crab cake, calamari, and some ahi that was melt in your mouth fresh. Obviously this is not the same tuna I was served for dinner. My serious recommendation would be, try another restaurant. I've been to better in San Mateo including but not limited to Left Bank for dinner, Shiki for sushi, or Specialtys for lunch. And by lunch I mean fresh, hot cookies.

While in San Francisco we also attended a Giants baseball game as a team bonding event. This was probably the most boring baseball game of all time, but great fun nonetheless. (For the sports fans out there it was the Giants v. Nationals. This was the biggest story of the day. Not at all entertaining.) If you ever find yourself up there and have the opportunity to go to a game at AT&T Park you must do it. It is a beautiful ball park and there are great views of downtown San Francisco throughout. If you're looking for something to eat there I definitely suggest the garlic fries. I'm not sure what it is about that city and garlic on french fries but they are all over that town and they are delicious. While it isn't so baseball-y I also suggest the Ghiradelli hot fudge sundaes. That is what heaven is like. I'm 100% sure of it. Also, that giant Coke bottle has dueling slides in it. Not that I've ever raced anyone down them. At the age of 22.

So that was my quick stop in San Francisco and the activities that came out of it. The trip home was not nearly as exciting as the trip there which was a welcome break. Except for the almost missing my connection thing. Which of course meant me, running through an airport. Anyone who knows me knows how often I run so this was a big deal for me. Like, a really big deal. So yes, I ran, looking like an idiot but I didn't miss my flight so looking like an idiot was totally worth it. Which leads me to a quick stop in Buffalo before moving on to the next.

Sometimes Travel is NOT So Cool.

My trip to San Francisco starts with a flight at 6:20am from Buffalo to Dulles. Dulles as in D.C. not Dallas as in Texas. I specify only because I've found it helps a lot. People always think you're talking about Dallas. Dulles never occurs to anyone. This trip involved but was not limited to the women directly behind me throwing up into multiple vomit bags. Like had to ask for extra bags as the ones in the seat back pockets in front of her and her husband were not enough. Once on the ground, said vomiter put all her paper vom bags into a plastic garbage bag which was then collected by the flight attendant only to have the woman's husband call the flight attendant back to ask for the plastic bag back as "her eyeglasses might be in it." They weren't. They were on the floor.

After that came a generally peaceful flight from Dulles to San Francisco after which I was 100% sure my bag my was lost. Everyone from my flight got their bag but me and the flight number disappeared from the very informative screen near Baggage Claim Area 1. So as I'm waiting in line at the Baggage Service area (cursing myself for wearing sweatpants as I was on my way to an afternoon of business meetings) there it comes slowly spinning around the carousel. That beautiful Vera duffel bag. God bless you.

An afternoon of meetings led to a sales team dinner. I got put in charge of driving a rental car. Admittedly, I am a slave to my GPS. Being that I didn't think I would be driving a car while out for business, said GPS did not make the trip with me. Which led to driving across what may be the world's longest bridge. Which took us to a completely different town. We then had to drive back over the bridge to get where we were trying to go. Which involved paying a toll. Did I mention the restaurant was pretty much within walking distance from the office? Not cool at all.

So really this is not that great of a story but some things must be talked about. Like vomiting on planes. And hour long trips to restaurants that are literally five minutes from your jump off point. You know, the important stuff.

Shoutout To All The Moms Out There

A very Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there. Since sooooo many Moms read this blog I figured it was important to give them their due. The point is: make sure to give Mom a call, send her a card, or cook her dinner. I will be making a fabulous feast of crab cakes, wedge fries, (seasoned with Parmesan cheese and parsley and baked until golden and delicious) and asparagus. I am probably more excited for this meal than she is.

In other news, my time in Buffalo is coming to an end (yes, I'll be hitting up The Station again tonight) so tomorrow brings us adventures in San Francisco. Get ready for really exciting stories about hour, after hour, after hour of meetings. Also, long naps on planes. There will be lots of stories about that.