be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

we got back home early this morning after a whirlwind trip to san francisco–my first time to california! here are some favorite mental snapshots from the weekend (in no particular order):

walking down the wide sidewalk to the farmer’s market on saturday morning, two men running towards us–one man in jogging shorts and a sweaty t-shirt, the other one… in a business suit.

fabulous corn, green chile and monterey jack cheese tamale at the farmer’s market.

flower wholesale shop with gorgeous flowers and many of them very affordable (since they were already opened)–sadly, couldn’t figure out a way to transport them, along with my luggage, on the public transportation system so i had to leave them there.

windsurfers on the bay. on saturday, the winds were so strong that i saw one parasailer pulled into the air at least 10 or 15 feet above the water before he landed down on the next wave.

the old elevator in our hotel that sometimes forgets how to count.

crossing the bay bridge at night and seeing the skyscrapers all lit up.

the tall, green-smelling stillness of muir woods.

“tickles the tapeworm” lunchbox in chinatown.

ok, this one seems like a cheap shot, but i enjoyed visiting the sur la table store and the anthropologie store. sur la table had lots of gadgets and other interesting things that even entertained mr. h-s for a while. anthropologie had these massive pod-like decorations hanging from the ceiling that looked, upon closer inspection, like they might just be papier-mache and twine–but they were so cool!

trader joe’s imported italian yogurt in glass jars. i had cinnamon and ginger flavors.

avocado flavored ice cream at mitchell’s!

spring (art) faire in sausalito.

seeing my best high school friend for the first time in about 4 or 5 years and feeling like we could have talked together all weekend.