New Year. New Home. New Life.

It is now almost the end of January and I am just getting to New Year's Eve.  


We made it to the apartment by 7:30pm on NYE.  No time for unpacking, but time to say hello, check out the 4 rooms I would be inhabiting for the next undetermined amount of time, and figure out the plans for the night.


Our friend from college, Jon, was here with his cousin, John, from Chicago.  They were staying with Greg a few days before road-tripping it down the California coast.  It was nice to have a welcoming crew to share in the excitement and help party the night away.   We decided we would send the Jo(h)n's into the city first to scout a good place for us to go so we weren't all wandering aimlessly through the city.  Michelle, Greg, and I were hungry so we walked into town (Sausalito) and decided to get dinner at Sushi Ran.  It was perfect.  We were seated right away, there was a good crowd, the sushi was DELICIOUS, and we were all excited.  Our server supplied us with hats and crowns and the owner came over and gave us free shots of sake and took our picture.  We were super happy.  I have to mention the young couple seated next to us.  Girl decked in mini gold sequin dress and guy wearing a standard sweater and jeans, just to give you a visual.  The girl would not stop playing with pictures on her iphone and kept having her bf take pictures of her.  She may have taken 1 of him for every 10 he took of her.  Then they would look at them together and she would comment on the pictures of herself saying "oh cute, oh that's one's cute, cute" and then ones of him she would just pass by.  It was so ridiculous Greg had to tell Michelle and me to stop staring.  It is amazing that people like this exist.  At least it provided some entertainment. Holy cow.

NYE Dinner at Sushi Ran

Meanwhile in the city of San Francisco, the boys had found a fun place so we decided to drive in to meet them.  They were at Kelly's Tavern, or KT's as it is better known.  It is in the Marina section of the city - which is apparently a section filled mostly with young professionals.  We got there at about 10:30, so everyone was 3 sheets to the wind except us.  We ordered some drinks and met the Jo(h)n's on the dance floor.  This was the scene:

What was also interesting was that the Times Square celebration happening in New York was on the TV.  We obviously couldn't be watching it live since we are 3 hours behind.  It was weird to feel "slow."


We had a very nice welcome party our first night.  Our road trip ended with a celebration and then safely back to the apartment in Sausalito.  I had been waiting to mention we had no tickets or accidents the entire way!  No jinxing us now!  Cheers.