Baja North and North Beach

In an unexpected turn of events, Martin and I had to cancel our much anticipated and eagerly awaited trip to Mexico.  And so we found ourselves home for the weekend with nothing to do… the dance card was quickly filled.

While we weren’t heading to Mexico, I was still craving margaritas so Friday night we headed to the Mission for margaritas and authentic Mexican food.  While it wasn’t Baja California, Baja North was a second best. 

Drinks were kicked off at Velvet Cantina with strong margaritas, Pacificos and chips and salsa.   My margarita and the chips and salsa were tasty and exactly what I wanted, but we needed a bit more sustenance, so one (or maybe two) drinks later we left and headed a few blocks east to San Jalisco for a proper dinner.  Walking over, we reminisced about the various houses we had looked at in the neighborhood and how different our lives would have been if we had bought in the Mission rather than North Beach…Martin’s only comment “if we had bought here (the Mission), we would be living in Germany already”.  Looks like we made the right decision.  And that decision was reinforced two nights later on Sunday… 

The one big upside of the canceled trip (other than the ability to attend an afternoon at Sam’s on Saturday to formally say goodbye to Hurricane McKane who just moved back to Colorado…but that is a different story) was our ability to attend the North Beach Citizen’s Annual Italian Dinner.  We went last year and had a great time; this year surpassed all expectations.  The food and wine were delicious as in prior years.  The atmosphere was jovial.  And more importantly we re-met old friends from last year, were introduced to new ones, heard about some other great organizations in the neighborhood (as well as some other great parties/fundraisers) and ended the night with the “who’s who” of North Beach at Original Joes for one last drink.  It was unreal and the perfect reminder as to why we love our neighborhood.