UC Berkeley

We got up and headed to Berkeley for our Saturday. To get there, we took BART for about 30 minutes which took us a few blocks from the campus. We headed straight to brunch, of course!

We ate at Gather. The decor was perfect. No wait. Fast service. SOOO different from eating in the city. 

My date ;)

I had the french toast - SO yummy.

Tripp had a breakfast sandwich and said it was the best brunch he's had so far. That says a lot because we have brunched a LOT. I was so happy to hear this because I always get nervous he won't like the places I reco based on research. This one was a win.

 

 After brunch, we headed to explore the UC Berkeley campus.

And because it's California and there is always something unexpected to be seen... we came upon some tribal festival/party right when we walked on campus. There was signing, dancing and what looked like meditating. Never a dull moment.

It was a beautiful campus!

Basketball arena - home of the Bears. If you look closely, you can see Tripp calling the hogs at the top of the stairs haha.

The amazing buildings! I loved that they all have a similar look... not a smorgasbord like Fayetteville.

We had planned to go inside the Library, but there was a private event.

The famous clock tower.

The Greek Theater... it was huge and had the best views of the city. They had an event the night before, so there was still equipment up.

Hard to believe this view from another campus greek theater could be topped.

The business college. I mean... really??

Swooned over this copper roof.

The Cal Bears football stadium.

The next adventure was to head to a lookpoint point on Panoramic Hill. We walked a LONG time up and down hills + stairs and didn't find the exact place I had read about in Panoramic Hill. The views along the way were great, but we were over trying to find it. Saving that for next time!

Cute lemon tree back there :)

Here's the Sigma Chi house. Safe to say we were a tad disappointed!
 

Chi O didn't disappoint - duh! ;) Loved the look of this house.

After checking off most items on campus, we decided to walk down a few of the main streets in Berkeley.

This made me laugh out loud... "Laters Baby" is what Christian in 50 Shades of Grey says.

 
 We were exhausted after walking so much, so we sat down with some pie.

 

I got chocolate silk and Tripp got lemon meringue. YUM.

This was the cute little back area where you could enjoy your pie :)

On our way home from Berkeley, we got out at the BART stop that Tripp takes everyday for work so he could show me his office! BART pulls right under their building, so it's pretty convenient. 

Tripp's desk.

View from one of the conference rooms by his desk. 

Tripp took this pic when we were waiting on BART.

The week before I came out to SF for this tripp, I got this email :) So thoughtful and I loved the surprise!

We went to One Market right after Tripp moved out and hadn't been back since... and it was one of our favorite meals in SF. So we dressed up and had a great meal together to celebrate our last night together in the city. Tripp got scallops - I got the pork tenderloin - Ended with cobbler for dessert :)