Angel Island

a perfect day

ohhh my goodness ANGEL ISLAND! 

by far my favorite thing we have done thus far is spending an entire Saturday biking around Angel Island. We rented bikes in Tiburon and then hopped on the ferry over to the island. The Perimiter Rd. is about 5 miles and takes you all the way around the island perimeter (duh). The scenery is OUT OF THIS WORLD! The ocean! The golden gate bridge! Alcatraz! The city skyline! Oh my goodness I was just grinning ear to ear the entire time. I know I've said time and time again how I feel about biking, but this day was something else - the sea breeze blowing through my hair, not a car in sight, my husband by my side towing our napping baby behind us - can life get any better?! Ohhhh but it did - Angel Island has tons of different historic buildings, which are another love of mine. I know they look run down, dingy, and broken - but I see so much beauty in these buildings.  Oh, I was in heaven this day! not to mention the history behind everything. I'll be honest, I didn't know much about Angle Island before we toured it, but it's an impressive little island! It was fascinating to learn about the Immigration Station, Camp Reynolds, etc. Oh! And did I mention that we unexpectedly were there during Civil War Days? Haha it was awesome - there were a lot of guys dressed up and we even got to see a battle reenactment, and let me tell ya those canons are LOUD

Alcatraz

break the rules and you go to prison.

break the prison rules and you go to alcatraz.

touring Alcatraz was an amazing experience. the audio tour is absolutely phenomenal - I learned a ton listening to the stories while walking through the cell blocks. It was extremely eye opening - and seriously I'm not kidding about the tour - it's so well done, you actually feel like you've travelled back in time and are there during all of the historic events. 

Palace of Fine Arts

a night with fine friends

one magical evening, the stars aligned and we were able to go frolic at the Palace of Fine Arts with some dear friends. Nat & Cobes were visiting for the weekend and we couldn't have been happier about it, and then Kayla met up with us to join the party, and it made for a pretty perfect excursion. we even busted out the selfie stick to document our joy:


the Palace of Fine Arts is one of my favorite places in the city. It's so peaceful, and I'm such a sucker for that greco-roman architecture! we had a lot of fun exploring, and Nat was able to perfectly capture the beauty of this place!

these beautiful images were taken by my incredibly talented friend natalie. she is seriously the best at all things photography & art