Sittin' on the dock of the bay...

Remember that song by Otis Redding "The Dock of the Bay"? Well, I was sittin' on a deck above a dock of the San Francisco Bay last weekend with my friends Kim and Natasha and that song came to mind. To me, there is nothing better than sitting at an outside restaurant and it's even better if the restaurant happens to be on the water...and it's even better when you're with friends that make you laugh so hard you cry which is what happens every time I'm out with these two! The three of us go out for lunch and shopping once a month (last month it was Carmel) and this month we chose to go to Sausalito which is just on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Since we were in that area I told my friends that we had to have lunch in Tiburon, which is a few minutes away. There is a great place to eat there and that photo above was taken from our table at Sams...

My old high school friend Donnae introduced me to this place in the late 80s. It's the best place in the world to sit back and relax with some good food but it's also a great place to people-watch. Yep, we did a lot of people watching. I took this photo below of my friends as a cover because we really wanted a photo of the guy in the black jacket and black visor because he looked like a younger version of George Clooney! Can you see him? That was some pretty tricky picture taking! lol I'm going to be so embarrassed if someone that reads my blog knows him!

The food was great! Kim and I had a Caesar Salad with Grilled Salmon....

Natasha had a Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken...

When we weren't looking at the George Clooney look-alike we had a beautiful view of the water, boats and homes on the hill. Smile Natasha!

After lunch we walked around a bit...

and then we hopped in the car and took the short drive over to Sausalito. I snapped this photo from the back seat....

Okay, here we are in Sausalito....

There is a great view over the bay to the San Francisco skyline....

Smile Natasha....

Then we strolled though the town and enjoyed site seeing and shopping...

This shop below (Georgiou) had beautiful clothes and the prices were pretty good too...

I always notice the flowers....

Yummy San Francisco sour dough bread...

This guy is balancing rocks. It was amazing to watch....

They aren't glued, just balanced like this...

You can see him doing this on YouTube, click here. It's unbelievable!

It was a great day but it was time to go home, which is only about 1 hour away, but first we have to go over this....

The Golden Gate Bridge. I used to call it the Golden Great Bridge when I was little. I still think that sounds better...

View from the sunroof...

When you get off the bridge you see this beautiful building, The Palace of Fine Arts...

While we were driving through San Francisco we saw a bunch of camera crews. They are filming the new show Parenthood in the city. I LOVE that show! We didn't see any of the stars though, just the crews taking down the equipment.

We had such a great day! The plan is to go to Napa next month so I'll take you along to the wine country with us! Even more exciting, we are planning a weekend trip to Las Vegas in September for my 50th birthday!!!