Carrie and I have often talked about taking an "Anne Lamotte Tour" of the bay area, so when she presented me with an official tour guide last Saturday morning, I was ecstatic! T.O., you've done it again--thanks for spending so much time to prepare the day! For those unaware of Anne Lamotte's brilliance, it is absolutely necessary for you to read Traveling Mercies as soon as possible.

The day's events started by traveling out to St. Quentin and attempting to find the beach that Lamotte writes about. After being 25% successful, we drove out to Sam's Cafe in Tiburon. Although we managed to spend more cash on afternoon bloody marys than lunch itself, we also managed to poke fun at every yuppie-sail-boater drinking the same $7.50 bloody mary as the rest of us.

Enter: Fun Guns.
(A recurring theme)

A bit of walking around Sausalito (and encouraging Claire to buy an incredible dress!), we strayed off the tour guide path and traveled to the Marin Headlands, to check another view of the Bay.

We got tired.

(You can call those "Tired Guns")

After a bit of resting (and salt-water-taffy-eating), we finished up the day at one of the best shows I've seen in a very, very long time. I've never laughed so hard at someone else's misery...everyone, Get Mortified....especially at The Make-Out Room. Although they do have the worst decor I've seen, it's still pretty effing cool.

See what cool things happen when you turn 27?!