Gearing Up

Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Manifesting

We spent a delightful weekend in San Francisco. It was wonderful to get out of the snow for a few days and enjoy the beautiful sunshine in the Bay area. Jason was attending a writer’s conference (you can read more about his experience at www.TheBigBangAuthor.com) so our 11 year old daughter Devan and I explored the city.

Our day began at 4am on Friday. We drove through snow and rain arriving in San Francisco around 9am. The first day, Devan and I explored the Academy of Science aquarium, planetarium, and the King Tut exhibit. It was all so amazing. Devan has decided that she doesn’t like riding in crazy taxis through the streets of San Francisco!

Saturday we had a delightful day venturing through China Town. We also purchased cable car passes, but soon discovered riding the cable cars on a Saturday is absurd. There are so many tourists waiting to get on, it really wasn’t worth it. We ended up walking uphill to get the next stop, and the next stop, when we finally caught the trolley only a block away from our hotel. The good news is we were headed the opposite direction down to Coit Tower to get a panoramic view of the Bay.

Devan was perched on the outside edge of the cable car with my arms wrapped tightly around her. Going downhill was a bit scary making sure she was safe. After about a 10 minute ride we hopped of the car heading toward Coit Tower. We both began laughing because the trek to the tower was straight up hill! Ah, another adventure.

We quickly climbed the hill, rode to the top of the tower, took pictures and headed back toward the trolley tracks. After standing there for around 20 minutes and two trolleys full of passengers passed us, we again decided to walk to the next stop, and the next, and the next. It wasn’t long before we were back on top of Nob Hill at the beautiful Mark Hopkins Hotel.

Our shins were sore from the up and down travels of the city streets, but our hearts were ready for more. We quickly changed for our next quest – Chinese food in China Town on Chinese New Year’s Eve. The streets were alive with firecrackers popping every couple of minutes. We decided to eat at a wonderful Malaysian restaurant where Devan wanted to eat something exotic. Although her order was simple, there was a garnishment on her plate of what we believe was duck eggs. She tried it, thought it tasted ok, and is still alive!

On Sunday, Valentine’s Day, our plans for the day were a bit tame compared to the other days. Good thing because both of us were hurting from hiking up and down hills. We walked a few blocks downhill to Tru Spa for a Moji-toes spa treatment. Our feet were soaked in lime and mint water while we sipped on mojitos. Our shins, calves, and feet were scrubed with a lime, mint, and sugar mixture. The treatment was finished off with a shea butter moisturizer, and our toe nails were polished to perfection. Ahhh, what a delightful way to end the trip.

It was a wonderful weekend get-a-way! The best part of being home is sleeping 12 hours in our Cal-King bed! The Mark Hopkins Hotel was wonderful, but we had two double beds. The only one who had a decent night sleep while we were there was Devan.

It’s amazing how a few days away can inspire new ideas. Both Jason and I are enthused by the information he received at the conference. I’m so excited to share the ideas with my client’s to help them transform their businesses and their lives. There are a couple of ideas that will take a while to implement, but gearing up for new adventures is always fun to me. The timing is perfect for these new ideas since we are beginning another lunar cycle.

What are you creating this lunar cycle?

Permalink | February 16th, 2010

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