City Date

For Father's Day I decided it would be nice to plan a "date night" for me and Dan. It has been a very long time since we went on a date. So I got a referral from the church of a high schooler who came highly recommended. Well, our night finally arrived and we ventured into the city together....with no kids in tow. We decided to ride the train rather than drive so we could enjoy our conversation and sit close together. It was very nice! Once we arrived in San Francisco we welcomed the culture again. Our first fun "sighting" was the naked guy again. Only this time he was on rollerblades. And he had people around him chatting with him....how do you do that when he's naked? We continued on our walk to Fisherman's Wharf, one of our favorite places in the city, and decided to catch a ride with a man who rides his bicycle and pulls a double seated cart behind. We thought....why not?....it is a date after all. The guy was hilarious. He had a heavy accent, threatened to run over pedestrians as we rode along, and spoke multiple languages. Every time he saw a Chinese person he would start rambling in Chinese. And then he would mock other bicycle workers who didn't have any customers. But the best part was when we told him we didn't have cash to pay him. He rode us inside a building and pulled right up alongside an ATM machine. So funny! Once he dropped us off at our destination we had a wonderful dinner at a seafood restaurant. It was so good to have a quiet evening together. On our way home....we decided to walk instead of hitch a ride with the biker guy.....we saw a random thing. A guy was pushing a girl in a shopping cart on the sidewalk. They were having a blast...but I want to know where in the world the shopping cart came from in downtown San Francisco? Things like that just make us laugh. All in all it was a fun time and the girls did great with the babysitter. Tomorrow...the actual Father's Day...we will enjoy a day at home and finally give Dan his gifts. Mya has had a very hard time waiting. And I am proud of Sara for keeping them a secret.