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So, I am on Spring Break and let me just say that I’m setting this to auto-post because I am most definitely sleeping in to an hour that seems completely unreasonable to anyone with any sort of job, except I’m not going to apologize for it, because my alarm has most definitely been going off at 4:45 for like the past six weeks and I’ve been staying at work late and THIS IS MY BREAK.

I kicked off this 16-day weekend by heading down to San Francisco, and yeah, it was amazing. I started the day by patting myself on the back, mostly because I just like, MADE IT to the city. I rode the BART in and got off on the right stop and sure, I walked 1.2 miles in the completely wrong direction, but I was still at brunch at the exact right time, and so for that, I deserve infinite gold stars because if you’ve been anywhere with me, you know that I basically cannot find my way out of a paper bag.

I approached Mission Beach Cafe and found Nicole, laying against a mailbox dying from the hangover of death, and Jamie comforting her and trying to keep her from vomiting, and I’m not going to lie, I was completely nervous because I don’t really do/enjoy/engage in small talk very often, and HI, they are awesome, but we immediately bonded over how we basically hate people. And then Amber arrived, with all of her awesomeness, and then Kristin and Andrea too and I couldn’t stop smiling about the fact that these are all girls I absolutely adore and how great it was to be around a table with such awesome ladies.

I could write an entire ode to the egg sandwich with bacon that I had at this cafe but I think I might cry because it was the best thing I’ve ever eaten. Amber later referred to it as a “revelation” and yes, that’s it exactly. It was eggy goodness with caramelized onions with this magic cheese on a house-made English muffin and these potatoes they only gave me like five of when really, I could have eaten a giant bowlful and okay, fine, I’ll stop writing about it.

But I won’t stop thinking about it.

Anyways, after a great brunch that made me laugh hysterically, Andrea, Jamie, Nicole and I started wandering. Wandering in San Francisco never fails to be interesting and at one point we looked around and Nicole declared that WE HAD ENTERED AN AREA. And she was right. And then I spotted this:

Of course we had to stop and take iPhone photos and wonder what exactly this SRPAK thing was, and then we walked even more and found the coolest bar with an amazing outdoor area and cute boys and even though Andrea and I had to listen to a really weird rendition of Oklahoma performed by the bartender before I could just GET MY DRINK, it was basically awesome.

Next, we headed back to Nicole and Jamie’s apartment where I most definitely saw THE trash chute that really could fit a baby and we ate this faux pizza from Trader Joes that was maybe even better than the egg sandwich and obsessed over John Mayer and Jamie played Girl Talk for me and I laughed more than I thought humanly possible.

And at the end of the night, when this semi-scary man was hitting on me while I was riding the BART back to my car, I thought for the 10 trillionth time in my life: thank god for the Internet, because seriously, days like that with girls like that who make me laugh and are my brand of crazy and who I instantly shift into overshare mode with even though we’ve just met are so amazing and I think it’s all because of this little blog and then my heart and brain explode with gratitude.

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I didn’t know you were a Nor Cal girl! So am I – of course I live in Brooklyn now. I am heading to SF next weekend for my friend’s wedding in the Presidio. I am so excited. I might have to find that revelation that you speak of.

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That egg sandwich sounds Heavenly. No joke.

Hey, I’m still on the fact that you hang out with girls you met on the Internet and had such a good time. I don’t have the courage.
Love your blog.

I love a good breakfast sandwich. When I meet a meal that is too delicious for words at the moment, I then end up talking about it for weeks.

your weekend sounded great and I hope you enjoy the rest of your spring break!

What a great day.

I feel like whenever I see Nicole she’s dying the hangover of death. Hahahah!! <3 you Nicole!

Sounds like you had a great time!

Agreed–very fun! Can’t wait for our next meeting, whether in SF or Sac!

Sounds like so much fun And no joke, I heard about an “egg and bacon panini” on the radio yesterday and now, with this too, I’m SET – I’m going grocery shopping tonight so I can enjoy an eggy sandwichy wonderful start to the day too!

I’m so glad you’ve found a group of somewhat local girls to call your friends. Being the age I am and at the stage of life I’m in, I definitely feel too old for lots of these types of meet-ups and burgeoning friendships. But, I like to think that if I were a decade younger, I’d be falling in love the same way you are.

Oh man, that sounds like so much fun! I saw a few of your tweets that day and I was like, “Gah! Amy and Nicole and some other bloggers I haven’t heard of but I’m sure are just as amazing ALL IN ONE CITY?! Why am I not there right now?” And also: where are all the pictures?!

I think Lady Sprak would make an excellent mascot.

(So! glad it was such a great time.)

Next time you go, you’d better take me with you… ( and you know, the car ride won’t be as boring either! ).

I’m so jealous you got to see Nicole this weekend Enjoy spring break, I need to live vicariously through you.

You are so lucky!

Well, I’m really glad you were able to have an awesome day before yesterday had to happen. I hope you’re holding up OK. Let me know if you need anything!

That sounds like a delightful day. Sometimes living so far away from all my blog friends makes me sad since I can’t do meet-ups easily. Then again, I can live vicariously through them until I do see them in real life.

Caramelized onions make everything better! Happy spring break and hope the rest of your “long weekend” is just as awesome.

OH MY GOODNESS! Sixteen days off, you are beyond lucky!!!

Sadie at heyMamas

Yay!!! It sounds like you had a really awesome time! And OH MY GOD…Sprak had me absolutely dying of laughter. That is hilarious. It’s moments like that when you literally have to thank the gods for iPhones, or any sort of camera phone really, or any sort of digital camera or basically anything to take a photo with while you encounter stuff like that! Totally and completely priceless. But anyway. The older I get the more I realize–sure, guys are great. They are. They’re cute, they’re fun, they…you know, take out the trash. But there is nothing better than quality girl time. Time to drink coffee, wander around strange streets finding the most hilarious things, laugh until you really can’t breathe, and truly understand one another. So awesome! Thanks for sharing

Glory Hole pizza. Getting lost in the city and entering AN AREA. Nicole vomiting in the bathroom. Glory hole egg sandwich. Baby disposal trash chute.

SPRAK.

I mean, yeah, BEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN AMAZING!

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