{"id":4824,"date":"2021-06-21T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2021-06-23T04:47:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T04:47:38","slug":"sf-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2021\/06\/21\/sf-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Animal Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>With masking mandates relaxed, attending our in-person resident-fellow graduation felt rather uneasy, although I was honored to receive the clinical teaching award this year. Unfortunately, we had to miss Westley’s PreK graduation thanks to a last-minute change from his school<\/a>. With the statewide reopening and school out, we drove to SF on Thursday for a family getaway. We arrived at Japan Center<\/a> in time for hakata-style ramen<\/a> and matcha soft-serve<\/a>, then headed for our timed entry to the California Academy of Sciences<\/a>. Here we watched shark videos, ascended the Rainforest exhibit past butterflies and golden silk spiders, then wandered Steinhart Aquarium<\/a> as Westley documented his observations in his field notebook. We had a good joggle at the Shake House<\/a> before settling into our sunny rental apartment<\/a> in Hayes Valley.\u00a0 Dinner at Aziza<\/a> was kefta, lamb shanks, and couscous that titillated both eyes and taste buds. On Friday, we squeezed past homeless folks for bun mam and bun bo hue at Mong Thu<\/a> for breakfast, then brought leftover banh uot and nearby banh mi<\/a> to our day at the SF Zoo<\/a>.\u00a0 Between the peeping peacocks, rummaging bears, pooping hippos, and scratchy rhinos, Westley still managed to have energy to roam the playground and line up for the Little Puffer<\/a>. We finished the day with scrumptious biang-biang cumin lamb noodles and Shaanxi rolling cold noodles at Terra Cotta Warrior<\/a>, followed by mango-coconut-black sticky rice and egglette at Sweet Mango<\/a>. On Saturday, we strolled to the Painted Ladies<\/a> and hung out with locals at the nearby playground before check out. Lunch was spent crammed in the back seat munching dumplings and soy milk from Dumpling Specialist<\/a> before we picked up pineapple buns<\/a> and CB2 tumblers<\/a> on the way home. Father’s Day gave us a chance to recover as Westley restarted swim class<\/a>, watched Totoro<\/a>, played Yoshi<\/a>, and tried instant noodles<\/a> for the first time. I also caught up on the newest seasons of the Walking Dead<\/a> and Shadow & Bone<\/a> while planning our new outdoor kitchen, just in time for the next heat wave.<\/p>\n\n\n

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