url='/Videos/4077.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4077.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Giants Game We arrived in San Francisco late, about 10 o’clock, and headed straight over to my cousin Kate Lynn’s apartment. Her apartment is very nice, pretty big, and has a great view of the city. We chatted with Kate Lynn for a bit about plans for our stay and sites we needed to see before heading to bed. The next morning, Allison, Kate, and I hopped on the subway and headed downtown. What we encountered there was both entertaining and a bit shocking, as we found ourselves right in the middle of the Pride Festival! The Pride Festival is a giant gathering of gays, lesbians, and transsexuals to show themselves off and celebrate their sexuality. The streets were closed off for the millions of people in attendance, the street vendors, kiosks, a big ... read more

With Vegas (and its heartbreak) behind us, we headed over to California to check out the west coast. We drove through some severe traffic (like really, really bad) and finally arrived in San Diego. Tired from our energizing time in Vegas and long trip, we chilled at the hotel. We ordered pizza, caught up on the new episode of Entourage, and hit the sack. We woke early the next morning, ate breakfast at a little place called the Hob Knob Hill, and made our way over to the beach. San Diego is a beautiful, laidback city that has a great feel to it. There are many different beaches to choose from and we ended up at Pacific Beach. It was good weather, sunny and warm, and we hung out on the beach for a couple ... read more

url='/Videos/4033.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4033.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'The Grand Canyon We set the alarm for 6:30 in order to be at the complementary continental breakfast when it began at 7. You wouldn’t believe how crowded breakfast was! It seemed as if the whole hotel decided to wake up at the butt crack of dawn to eat! (Excuse my French!) Anyway, we were on the road and on the way to the Grand Canyon by 8 am. Needless to say, I drove the two hours to the Canyon while Brian slept like a baby next to me in the passenger seat. Let me just say that you know you’re in the middle of nowhere when you push seek on the radio and it goes through every single station over and over again! We had decided that our first stop for the Grand ... read more

Santa Fe is known as “The City Different” and when your eyes fall upon the adobe houses and Spanish courtyards that makeup the city, it’s easy to understand why. Brian and I were pleased to find that our Bed & Breakfast had us staying in a truly Santa Fe style house; an adobe building with chili peppers hanging on the front door for decoration, a kiva fireplace in the room, and southwestern accents throughout the room. After getting settled in we decided to find the main Plaza and get a bite to eat. The Plaza is a square in the center of Santa Fe closed down to cars and lined with southwestern shops, restaurants, and street vendors (mostly Native Americans selling jewelry). While it’s a nice area, (certainly worth visiting) it seems a bit like ... read more

The ride from Memphis to Oklahoma City was a tense one. Brian and I were extremely bored and kind of at each other whenever we’d try to converse so he spent much of the ride watching episodes of House (thanks Jess!) on my laptop when I was driving and when he was driving I started getting reacquainted with the book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (the movie version’s coming out soon!!!). By the time we got to Oklahoma City we’d been in the car for almost 7 hours but we were slightly cheered up by the fact that, courtesy of my dad and his hotel points, we’d be staying in our first hotel of the trip…the Sheraton. After checking in and relaxing in the room for a bit, we decided to check ... read more