We left AT&T Park after our wonderful tour, and traveled about 40 minutes south, to Menlo Park, CA.
We made plans to see my friend, Monique, who was my roommate during my first semester at Emerson College. Although we were only roommates for a few months, our friendship has continued these many years. I reconnected with her about 3 years ago, and finally saw her again last summer during my visit to San Francisco and the surrounding area. Here she is with ol’ Lulu, in August of 2o16:
What an absolutely gorgeous woman, inside and out! We had a wonderful weekend last summer, when I stayed at her lovely home in Los Altos, despite her working through a few of life’s “stumbles”. She has managed to graciously RISE ABOVE, and has found new work as her own General Contractor! We agreed to meet at a property she is currently renovating in Menlo Park, and then get some lunch together. As Monique’s work made it difficult to make the trek up into San Francisco, this was the PERFECT solution!
The triplex that she is working on is nearly completed, and looks FABULOUS! I regret that I took no pictures, but she and her crew (including her new boyfriend, Sean) are doing a wonderful job! She hopes to have all three units in move-in condition before the end of the summer, and knowing Monique, she WILL meet that deadline!
After the tour of the triplex, we drove a few minutes away to a restaurant called The Left Bank, in adorable downtown Menlo Park.
As usual, I checked in on Facebook, and quipped, “So, in the end, we decided to go France.” (in reference to the French location for which the restaurant is named. LOL)
Great lunch, great time, great meeting Sean, Monique’s boyfriend. Even Gerry enjoyed the French food — his first experience in a French restaurant, so we went low key, and ordered him a croque monsieur (pretty much a ham & cheese sandwich) because they had no “le hamburger” on the menu. LOL And dear Monique … thank you again for the lunch! It was much appreciated!
Gerry’s photography skills were put to the test once again, to snap one of Lo & Mo (myself & Monique), but … well …….
(Really?? LOL)
In the end, a selfie would have to do …
Oh, my goodness … MUUUUUUUUUUUCH better!!! 🙂
Big hugs, and bye, Monique!! Hope to see you again very soon!!
It was then back north a bit, but not all the way back into the city. We stayed our last night in Burlingame, CA, just about 2 miles from the airport. As our hotel, the very lovely and comfortable Bay Landing
offered shuttle service to/from the airport, we decided to drop off our luggage, and … with many thanks and a small amount of melancholy … drop off “Bluey”, our ROCK STAR of a rental car, at Enterprise.
In dropping off a day early, not only did we save a fist full of cash, but we eliminated any stress about dropping off on the morning of our flight. G’bye to you, too, Bluey … you made our travel luxurious! 🙂
Boarding passes printed, we settled in for the night before our journey home the following day!
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