sister sister

Ok, I'm going to say it. I'm lucky to have Sandy as a sister. I'm happy that we are able to get along and hang out. I was psyched to have her extend her work trip from the LA area and come up to SF to spend time with me. I even got to score a day off work!

So, we didn't make any solid plans, we took things as it came. Saturday I was having a craft party, so we started in on the gingerbread house that my parents has sent in a care package. That icing proved difficult to use tho! What didn't help was that a couple of the walls were cracked from shipping it 3,000 miles. We were almost done too, when it finally caved. Oh well!


Sunday I took Sandy to the infamous Mama's, which is basically a staple that I MUST TAKE EVERYONE WHO VISITS ME TO.
At least it seems to be the case. I don't mind though!
Afterwards we went to Golden Gate Park, to walk through the Botanical Gardens
and hit up the Conservatory of Flowers.
The conservatory was pretty awesome. It was broken up into five different rooms, each with various fauna for the region. I'm just going to post some pictures that I really enjoy from the day, but if you want to see more, check out the full album.

I like this one because the leaf was so huge!
Cool tortoise shell like plant


orchids (they had a lot of orchids actually!) i didn't realize some orchids grow on trees

some carnivorous plants

Ah yes, the obligatory face cut-out picture wall

After the conservatory, we happened upon a roller skating party complete with pumpin' jams and people doing hula hooping tricks! I know there's more video that Sandy has on her camera, but for now, this will have to do for your enjoyment, (oh and I apologize, I do not have the software needed to rotate them upright. You can always turn your monitor!)






The last one is obviously the finali! I'm pretty sure Sandy has one that shows me looking even MORE awkward if you can believe it.

A day at the park that ends in hula hooping is a damn good day!