Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My

Friday night we started talking about our plans for the weekend- this is a rare occurrence as we generally are quite booked on the weekends. I asked Sophia if she wanted to go on a family adventure; her eyes lit up and she yelled yes across the dining table. Cyrus and I both looked at each other and without hesitation said let’s go the zoo. Oddly we have only been to the zoo once in this area & we both thought of it.


Saturday morning we got dressed, packed up some snacks and headed out to the San Francisco Zoo. We arrived just in time to run across the zoo to see the Grizzly Bears being fed. This was quite an experience to see them tossing tree stumps to get to sweet potatoes and lettuce and diving into their pool to get the live fish. It was only up from there- we saw peacocks wandering the park, the hippo coming up for breaths, the penguins and even a tiger roar. I managed to get a few priceless photos of the animals and a few of the kids as well.

All in all it was the perfect family outing.

The remainder of the weekend we spent having a playdate, visiting a new gymnastics place & smoking some pork for dinner with some close friends. It was a great weekend.

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Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My

Friday night we started talking about our plans for the weekend- this is a rare occurrence as we generally are quite booked on the weekends. I asked Sophia if she wanted to go on a family adventure; her eyes lit up and she yelled yes across the dining table. Cyrus and I both looked at each other and without hesitation said let’s go the zoo. Oddly we have only been to the zoo once in this area & we both thought of it.


Saturday morning we got dressed, packed up some snacks and headed out to the San Francisco Zoo. We arrived just in time to run across the zoo to see the Grizzly Bears being fed. This was quite an experience to see them tossing tree stumps to get to sweet potatoes and lettuce and diving into their pool to get the live fish. It was only up from there- we saw peacocks wandering the park, the hippo coming up for breaths, the penguins and even a tiger roar. I managed to get a few priceless photos of the animals and a few of the kids as well.

All in all it was the perfect family outing.

The remainder of the weekend we spent having a playdate, visiting a new gymnastics place & smoking some pork for dinner with some close friends. It was a great weekend.

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Oakland Zoo

For months a group of us have been trying to plan a trip to the zoo.  We finally made it happen last Friday.  We all headed up there and got to see all the animals first thing in the morning.  Many of them were eating breakfast, which was fun to witness.  At one point the chimpanzee got upset and jump kicked the glass right in front of us.  That was quite a moment. 

After the zoo we headed to Fenton’s for lunch and of course ice cream.  We all devoured ice cream sundaes, the kids included, and chatted. It was a wonderful day for all of us. 

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Oakland Zoo

For months a group of us have been trying to plan a trip to the zoo.  We finally made it happen last Friday.  We all headed up there and got to see all the animals first thing in the morning.  Many of them were eating breakfast, which was fun to witness.  At one point the chimpanzee got upset and jump kicked the glass right in front of us.  That was quite a moment. 

After the zoo we headed to Fenton’s for lunch and of course ice cream.  We all devoured ice cream sundaes, the kids included, and chatted. It was a wonderful day for all of us. 

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