Wow has it really been 10 years?!?!? It feels like yesterday and yet a lifetime ago- crazy. To celebrate our 10 years, Clarke (my extremely frugal husband) let loose and had a bunch of tricks up his sleeve. My wonderful Mother-in-law came up and took care the three kiddos for 3 nights.
We started by going to the temple. Seemed appropriate since this is where we made eternal promises to each other 10 years ago.
Clarke really wanted to eat in Chinatown. I was a little leery because I am not a big Chinese food lover (too greasy). But we felt it was essential in our experiencing San Fran. We went to a random Chinese restaurant and asked what they recommended. She said the BBQ duck. We were feeling adventurous and agreed. GROSS!!!! I took one bite even though I was starving couldn't eat another. Clarke did a little better and his feeling was that it was "different." He couldn't stand to see it go to waste so we asked for a doggie bag (even though I told him it was not allowed to stink up our hotel room) a homeless guy was sitting outside the restaurant asking for change. We gave him our leftovers instead.... poor guy!
BYU came to play at the University of San Fran. The game was so much fun. I felt such camaraderie with all the fans in navy blue rooting on the Cougs. The game was intense, we were ahead the whole time until the last minute and they scored a 3 pointer. It looked like we were doomed but miraculously we scored 2 points on the buzzer. I am not a big sports watcher but it was such a FUN GAME. 
So the first night Clarke surprised me with tickets to the San Francisco Ballet. I was really excited for this "Night of Culture" The Ballet was divided into three parts. The first was called Chrome and all the dancers were dressed in skin colored leotards (they looked naked) and it was really harsh and aggressive. The next number was called Beaux. It was pink, romantic, and all men. Very San Francisco-ish. The last number was called #9 and was BY FAR our favorite. It had beautiful costumes and the dancers were graceful.
We ate lunch at the "Stinking Rose" the whole menu is made with garlic, yum! We ordered a Salad and a pasta dish then split it. I thought it was wonderful, Clarke had a headache and could barely eat... I helped him out :)
We hiked to the top of Coit Tower. The views were breathtaking. Outside all the windows people had left different coins from all over the world. I decided to do my part and left a Chuck-e-Cheese token. I would love to hear as people debate over which country has a funny mouse on it's currency.
We got a three day pass on the cable cars and buses. Our first night after waiting over an hour to get on we went about three blocks then a car ran a red light and plowed into our cable car, in fact it hit right by where Clarke and I were sitting. It was kind of exciting.
Clarke took me on a romantic dinner/dance cruise under the bay for our last night. The food was delish and the night was clear and beautiful. The DJ dedicated a song for our 10 year anniversary.
Clarke was adamant about getting to Pier 39 so we went early Sat morning. It was kind of anticlimactic because everything was closed, but it looks like a fun place esp at night. However we enjoyed watching bunches of Sea Lions fight over the dock.Thanks for the wonderful week... and 10 years Clarke. Love you
P.S. my "gift" after ALL of that was tickets to Wicked in June- wahoo! I have been dying to go for ages.
