We went to Town Square on Friday in our hunt for a Hawaiian shirt for Robert for a beach-themed wedding reception we attended yesterday. I've never tried the Grape, but I'd like to. I thought the sing looked kind of cool.

Lake Las Vegas on May 30. We took a cocktail cruise for the wedding reception, then docked to enjoy dinner at Sonrisa Grille. A fun time was had by all, and I took many more photos than this.

Today was Pentecost in the Catholic Church, and we lit a fire to celebrate the Holy Spirit.

The California Academy of Sciences. It recently reopened with a living roof, which means it has a garden on top. We went here on the recommendation of several friends. It was worth it. We spent the entire day there. It has a planetarium, a rainforest, an aquarium and other exhibits.

A crocodile... or an alligator. I'm not sure which. He is real.

A starfish hangs out on the side of his aquarium. He was one of many fish I took photos of. I really toned it down for the blog. It just would have been overkill.

A very cool looking toad.

A jellyfish garden. I took a few other types of jellyfish, but these turned out the best, mostly because they weren't moving as much as the others. Although they were all still behind glass.

Robert hides from one of the things he fears the most.

Robert says "hey" to his cousin, the neanderthal.

One very cool thing about the rainforest was all of the butterflies fluttering all over. I took a ton of photos. Robert says one of them landed on me, but I missed it. Darn. I was hoping I could get a photo of one hanging out on him, but, alas, they wouldn't land there.

Another butterfly. I was able to get really close to a few of them. For my favorite, check out my photo of the day from May 21.

We went over to the Japanese Tea Garden after the museum. It was so relaxing and beautiful.

Here's me hanging out an the tea garden. And representing my alma mater.

In that building on the left, you could buy tea to drink while looking at the greenery. Robert doesn't like tea, and I am currently trying to acquire the taste of it without loads of sugar and milk (you know, like the Brits do).

Cool Japanese structure with me in front.

Robert crosses the garden across the pond in the tea garden. He looks so relaxed.

This was a bridge. And yes, it took quite a lot of effort to cross over.

We met my friend Jonson, who lives in San Francisco, at Burma Superstar, a Burmese restaurant in the RIchmond area, which is right by the Golden Gate Park. Jonson doesn't look as thrilled as I do.

My friend Anna and her boyfriend, Josh, took the BART from Sacramento to meet us for dinner. I was so excited to see them all.

Anna receives a scratchy cheek kiss from Josh.

Jonson was not being very cooperative with the photo taking. Here he is hiding behind a newspaper. When newspapers die, what will people hide behind in coffee shops? After dinner, Jonson took us to an awesome Chinese dessert place that seemed very healthy because it was mostly fruit.

Grgich was the first vineyard we visited. Me met the owner, who is 86 years old. He told me I should come back in August when they are smashing the grapes. He said I could help them out Lucille Ball-style.

Cabernet Sauvignon grapes at Grgich Vineyard.

Robert looks over the grapes at Grgich.

Milat was the next vineyard we visited. Mike Milat, one of the owners, served us our wines.

Vines cover a house. I'm not sure if this was Milat or the vineyard next to it.

We stopped at Sattui Winery for lunch, and boy, was I needing it. Robert and I split a sandwich and a crab cake and sampled some cheeses. We bought a few cheeses, as well.

Here's just a part of the cheese case. Very very tasty. Although my friend Melissa tells me we missed out on some great bleu cheese.

Here I am sitting outside the wine cellar at Sattui.

A rose at Sattui. There were a lot of flowers there. It was a beautiful property overall.

Jacussi was fifth on the vineyard list. I tried to take some photos at Hopper Creek, but they didn't turn out that great. Hopper Creek had a "wine dog." I'm not sure what the purpose of a wine dog is, but she was pretty cool. At Jacuzzi (yes, the same people who do the hot tubs), we sampled olive oil in addition to wines. It was interesting how varied olive oil can be.

Viansa Vineyard was next. It was surrounded by beautiful rolling vineyards. The entire Napa Valley/Sonoma area was just gorgeous, and the climate was nice, as well-- not too hot, and not too cold.

Here I am, sampling a Syrah. I can't tell if I look like my dad or my mom in this photo. Honestly, I can see them both. But, it's always been that way.

This perfect rose was on the grounds of Viansa. Yes, I know I take lots of photos of flowers.

We stopped in Sausalito on the way back to take photos with the Golden Gate Bridge Behind us. It was windy and cold.

Robert looks cool in front of the bridge.

It took the driver of our tour van an insane amount of time (and serveral tries) to get a good photo of us. I don't know why my camera intimidates people so. Particularly when it's set up to act like a point-and-shoot.

One of the rooms inside of the Conservatory of Flowers. There were several different rooms that were set to various climates for different types of plants. I believe these were more tropical.

Me in front of the flower pond.

This flower was growing out of the water. So pretty.

Me in my 25 percent natural habitat. Can you see it *now*, you people who doubt my Japanese-ness? Andrew actually pointed out I look more like Princess Leia.

A historic boat with Alcatraz behind it.

Robert tries out a pulley system that is commonly used on ships.

Robert hangs out with a pirate.

Robert talked about going here THE ENTIRE trip. I swear it was his favorite place.

This single-handedly counteracted all of the walking we did to cause me to gain a pound that I am *still* working to get off. I just know it. But it was sooooo good.