Around the city with the family-in pictures

At Boudin Bakery at Fisherman's Wharf, you will find sourdough bread in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Sister pose!

Excited to sample some macarons from Miette!

The parents @ Taylor's Automatic Refresher.

My tasty garlic fries from Taylor's.

I need one of these in my kitchen.

Mom with the Bay Bridge in the background.

Brother and sister crossing the street in Chinatown.

Sister and the random cat.

My Dad playing with a squishy ball at a bazaar in Chinatown.

Cousin Josh deciding on his purchase.

I can't wait 'til my family comes to visit again. I miss them already! On a happier note, Marc and I will be back in the city on Sunday to participate in some nerdy festivity which I am too embarrassed to post about right now. The worst part is that it involves my initiative. In fact, I just bought the tickets. I hope to share more about this next week. :)

I'm in Nor-Cal!

On Sunday, a caravan of 3 cars + a moving truck made their way through the long and boring stretch known as Interstate 5. The trek started at 5:30 am and ended close to 1:00 pm. The journey consisted of 5 stops of which only 1 was to fill up the tanks with gas. Unfortunately, the other 4 stops were made to empty out some bladders. Thankfully, I had my 10-year old cousin in the car with me to keep me company. He slept most of the time as I munched on an entire bag of carrots to keep awake. Trust me, hearing the loud crunch of carrots will keep you functioning through boring cow-land while watching suicidal bugs smash right into your windshield. As soon as we unloaded the truck, you would think that we would start to unpack. That didn't happen 'til two days ago when my family finally headed home. For the first three days, we spent time with them enjoying the surroundings of the beautiful Bay Area. We had a wonderful time walking the streets of San Francisco, visiting relatives in Hayward and Milpitas, and shopping in San Jose.

Now that all the fun is over, we have been busy unpacking boxes and putting things into their rightful places. I am so thankful for Target and Ikea for being easily accessible for all my home needs! Our place is slowly starting to feel a but more homey; just a little bit more organizing is needed and we'll be set.

I miss everyone in So-Cal very much but am excited to make Nor-Cal my new home! I'll share our little city adventure in my next post. For now, need to run to Target...again!

My helpful movers: Mom, Dad, Chad {brother}, Kirsten {sister}, and Josh {little cousin}

Family from the Abellada side at a 'mini reunion' in Hayward.

Cousins!