  Greetings from the Bay Area! San Francisco is amazing, and if it weren't for the crazy distance from our family/friends in the Great Lakes area, I think we'd be moving here ASAP!
The Ritz Carlton is spoiling us rotton, right down to the turndown service we were welcomed with after our evening out. I couldn't help but giggle like a schoolgirl and take pictures to show you all when we get back. Here's a sampling... our 2-sink extravagant bathroom complete w/ separate toilet room (with phone) and the luxurious gym & pool area are my personal favorites.. (the ladies' locker room looks like a fancy parlor in a mansion!! ) We've yet to hop on the cable cars but we've walked the steep hills, browsed through Macy's & ate a fabulous dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. We also caught a movie (we still can't stay away from the theater! ) at the Sony Metreon, which is 4 stories high!
Tomorrow we plan to have breakfast at the 5 Star Terrace here at the Ritz, visit the SFMoMA (museum of modern art), and check out Chinatown (which is 1/2 a block from our hotel) before trading the Ritz for the Archbishop's Mansion til Thursday! We're looking forward to biking around Golden Gate Park once we're there :) Btw-- We know many of you suggested against it, but we decided to bring Mark's laptop amongst the other 5 bags of luggage we've been struggling with... (And I'm contemplating a trip to "The Container Store" for a suitable box in which we can send extranious stuff back to A2)! We made a rule, however, that both of us need to agree to "laptop time" for it to occur... and even then it's pretty much only use for 3 things. 1) For clearing the 10 million spam from my email account... Sadly I receive about 150 msgs a day and if I let them pile up I don't think UMHS would be too pleased with me! 2) To make sure Mark's workplace isn't freaking out in his absence (and he's pretty good at saying "oh that's not important" and ignoring them unless it's imperitive to throw them a bone...) 3) Last, but not least, so we can put occasional updates on here and let you all know we're happy & safe on our fabulous honeymoon!
We love you all very much, but aside from the 2 calls we made to our parents (to let them know our plane didn't crash), our voices will be unheard by y'all until June 10th when we land in Detroit! More to come... Love, Mrs. Andrea Marie Heimonen (!!
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