Birthday Weekend

Well I need to post some pictures on this bad boy because I had a great weekend. Last Thursday an old friend called me up and told me that he wanted to take my wife and I to San Francisco for the weekend for my birthday. He knew that we hadn’t gotten out in a long time and wanted to treat us to nice weekend. So we went to San Fran and had an absolute blast. We went to China Town, Japan Town, and the Metreon. I also managed to go to Twin Peaks at midnight and got some freaking awesome night shots. We did a lot of walking and my calves are still feeling it. It was great all around. I had Fried Pork intestine, and anyone who knows me, knows I won’t pass up an opportunity to eat strange and new things. I picked up a new pocket knife to add to my collection of odd and unusual knives for just 9 bucks. My wife and I scored a silk outfit for our son complete with hat, and a braid of hair on it to make it look real. The hair on the hat is even real human hair. She also picked up a sweet silk diaper bag.

After the trip I got to celebrate my birthday with my family and went out to Tokyo Fro’s Sushi for some grubbing sushi. My parents even liked the food there and think they had a pretty good time even my dad who has been feeling pretty crappy because he has been fighting off a nasty cold.

On Monday we had planned to take my son to the Zoo for the first time. However it looked overcast and there was a chance for rain. That combined with both my calves feeling like hamburger meat made me decide that we would just go to a bunch of pet shops and have my son play with the animals. Our son is a real animal lover and had a pretty good time petting different animals. He was surprisingly gentle with them too considering he is a pretty rambunctious two year old. Well going to the pet shops probably wasn’t the best thing because we ended up taking home two pet rats. LOL My son thinks that they are coolest and loves to pet them. When he does he whispers Sa, Sa, Sa. Which I think is him trying to say soft.

We were thinking about getting a pet hamster or mouse for him sometime in the future because of the cool cages and tunnels. However I remember having both rats and hamsters and absolutely loved the rats more because they were very social. Hamsters can be skittish, can bite and like to run away. Rats however like to be around their owners and can even be trained. I have never been bitten by a pet rat and I probably have had close to ten of them in my lifetime. I know I had a rat I had trained to stand up and come on command at one point in time. I looked around online and there looks like there are a few rat clubs in Sac too. I just might have to go to a few of them. I bet my boy would have a blast watching all of the rats and seeing all the different things that they can do. Well that’s my blog so let me give a good and hearty thank you to my boys Adam and Ray for showing a great time in San Francisco. Till next time.