New Year's Eve in Sydney

Words can't really describe our New Year's Eve experience. We were lucky enough to have fantastic friends (thanks Jennie & Thor) with a spectacular view of the bridge & harbour. Add in great food & drink and it was a terrific night. Hopefully the pictures capture some the night's magic.



Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year!

New Year's Eve in San Francisco

On our way to Sydney we had to stop in San Francisco, so we decided to spend a few days and celebrate New Year's eve. We stayed at the Harbor Court hotel on the Embarcadero. This boutique hotel is part of the Kimpton lineup, which we really like (mainly for the free happy hour, but the service is also top notch). Our room had a spectacular view of the Bay bridge, which allowed us to watch the fireworks from our room window.



While we didn't have an agenda in SF, we managed to get quite a bit of last minute shopping done before our journey (thanks to the closeness of the Westfield shopping center). On our last day in SF (Tuesday - Jan 1st), we checked out the movie Juno. It was a great mind release from the impending 14 hour flight. I thought the movie was kind of a cross between Napoleon Dynamite and Knocked up...which is not a bad thing.