*ESF* kayaking conclusion?!

[LoveTrains]

ESF, I am dying to hear how the office "retreat" went on Sunday. 

[lasagnasshole]

Tagging ESF to make sure she sees this!

[carfar]

I want to know all about the dinner so I can drool and be jealous!

[LoveTrains]

bump ESF no details to share?!

[luvmagoldn]

Me too, me too!

[starlily]

ESF where are you? Do we need to alert the Coast Guard?

[AAM2012]

Yes we need updates!

[Deleted]

Inquiring minds!

[Pilsy]

If you faked your own death, you can still communicate here. We're not going to tell your office.

[AAM2012]

Uh oh...did she kayak and get frostbite? Embarrassed to death? I am getting worried..

[ESF]

Hi guys,

Sorry, both Sunday and Monday were insanely busy, and I did not have time to check back in.

On Friday, they gave me the name of the place, so I called that place up just pretending to be random person with questions about kayaking. That place said that wetsuits were definitely not needed, and they provided waterproof windbreaker-type jackets and pants that could be worn over jeans or yoga pants. Shortly thereafter, one of my male coworkers emailed the group to ask what to wear, and my boss replied that he could wear normal clothes, as the risk of falling in the water was slim to none.

So I did it, shingles and all. Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed myself.

Then we ate dinner at State Bird Provisions. carfar, have you been? It was mind-blowing, absolutely deserving of all the hype, and one of the top three meals of my entire life.

[takeonyou]

I'm glad you enjoyed yourself!!!

[justjen]

I was thinking about this in the dentist chair today, haha. I'm glad you didn't fall in

[emilyinchile]

Dec 17, 2013 11:30:58 GMT -5 ESF said:

Hi guys,

Sorry, both Sunday and Monday were insanely busy, and I did not have time to check back in.

On Friday, they gave me the name of the place, so I called that place up just pretending to be random person with questions about kayaking. That place said that wetsuits were definitely not needed, and they provided waterproof windbreaker-type jackets and pants that could be worn over jeans or yoga pants. Shortly thereafter, one of my male coworkers emailed the group to ask what to wear, and my boss replied that he could wear normal clothes, as the risk of falling in the water was slim to none.

So I did it, shingles and all. Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed myself.

Then we ate dinner at State Bird Provisions. carfar, have you been? It was mind-blowing, absolutely deserving of all the hype, and one of the top three meals of my entire life.

I just went from feeling so bad for you to being extremely jealous. I wanted to have my birthday dinner here, but they were closed for a while and of course that was right when I was in the US Next time!

[carfar]

So glad it turned out ok and you had a good time!! Yes, I have been there! Definitejy jealous. It was awesome. Did you have the whole place to yourselves? So so good!

[LoveTrains]

Thank you so much for coming back and letting us know how it went. I am glad you had a good time.

[ESF]

Dec 17, 2013 13:08:15 GMT -5 carfar said:

So glad it turned out ok and you had a good time!! Yes, I have been there! Definitejy jealous. It was awesome. Did you have the whole place to yourselves? So so good!

There were 10 of us, and we had a big table in the back.  They had a large group menu so nobody had to really think about what they wanted, or how many to get.  They brought out about 12-15 things with enough for everyone.  Apparently, they take large group reservations by email now, which was not done before.  My boss had been stalking them during their closure, and thinks that not many people realized that they had made that change, which is how he was able to pull it off.  Something to keep in mind!


What was most interesting is that typically when I've been to restaurants, people tend to agree on what's the best, what was their favorite, etc.  But I think if you asked everyone at the table what their favorite thing was, it would have been something different.  The quality was just so incredibly consistent across the board that there was no weak, forgettable dish.

emilyinchile - you better let carfar and me know next time you are in town!

[Deleted]

ESF - that's so great that you had fun!!!! Glad there were no wetsuits and you did not need to fake death, etc. And dinner just sounds amazing. What a fantastic (unexpected) oucome!

[dexteroni]

Glad it worked out! And I'm also jealous of your dinner. We wanted to go there when we were in SF in October but they were closed for renovations.

[lime]

That's great that it went well.

[whitemerlot]

Good update!

[vtdiamond]

Glad to hear you got a good meal out of it!!

[emilyinchile]

ESF carfar I definitely plan on getting together with @sfgal530 again when I'm home in May - MM SF GTG! All the acronyms!

[carfar]

Would love this!